In an extremely short, lazy opinion, a one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Alpitour S.p.A. of Torino, Italy who tried to grab the generic domain EasyBook.com, but failed to address the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Here are the relevant facts and findings: The complainant owns an "Italian figurative EASY BOOK trademark, used in connection with travel services, registered … [Read more...]
Godaddy Roll Out New gTLD Pages
Godaddy has launched a few new page in anticipation of the launch of the new gTLD "Targeted, Relevant Domain Names are Coming!" "The Web is about to change forever." "Starting this summer, hundreds of new domain extensions will become available, allowing you to target your business or personal website like never before." The domains on the page keep changing randomly to show … [Read more...]
.Bloomingdales Becomes 45th WIthdrawn New gTLD Application
Macy's Inc. just withdrew its new gTLD application for .Bloomingdales with ICANN. The application had a prioritization number of 1150 and becomes the 45th new gTLD application to be withdrawn. The .Bloomingdales registry was going to be operated on a closed basis. Here is how Macy's described registry, the new .bloomingdales gTLD will operate as a restricted registry, in which Macy’s Inc … [Read more...]
UDRP Tells Alcohol Monitoring System, Inc To Scram.com
A one person UDRP panel just denied the Alcohol Monitoring System, Inc attempted grab of the generic domain name Scram.com While the Complainant owned registered Trademarks for SCRAM and SCRAMx with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 2,902,677), registered November 16, 2004 (“the Trademark”) the panel found that the term was generic and the domain holder didn't act in bad … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $922K In Domains Led By ExtremeFitness.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/8/13 – 4/13/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $921,604. The highest sale was ExtremeFitness.com, which sold for $25,000. Other reportable high dollar sales were Follow.net for $20,000 and Insales.com for $12,000. Here is the full list of reportable … [Read more...]
Godaddy Opens Seattle Office& Hires Executives of Microsoft Google & Amazon
Go Daddy announced today that is opening a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington n June. According to a Press Release out today, Godaddy is already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in Kirkland, as Go Daddy has hired "veteran executives from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and eBay, among others. "The reason to join Go Daddy is simple ... you can … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Sells Over $1.92MM In Domains Led By breathalyzer.com for $115K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending April 15th, 2013. In all over $1.92MM domains were sold. The top seller was breathalyzer.com at $115,000 followed by irondoors.com for $52,800. Breathalyzer.com was a sale co-brokered by Domain Holdings and Sedo. We congratulate each company's respective brokers - Dave Evanson and Steve Smith, as well as both the buyer and seller. In … [Read more...]