Monthly Archives: September 2011

Fri 9th September 2011
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Movie Studio Of The Twilight Series Sues Twilight.com For Trademark Infringement (A Domain Registered in 1994) - According to various sources, The studio behind the “Twilight” series, Summit Entertainment,  filed suit in Federal court against the owner of Twilight.com and its owner. The studio is suing for copyright and trademark infringement and demanding gains, profits and advantages from the defendant. The complaint was filed against Tom Marskon, and TM Consulting, in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California on Sept. 2. According to the lawsuit: “Summit learned that defendant is using ... read more ...
 
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Doppelganger Domains. Oh, My. - Research sheds light on email security from domain name typos. A new research report about typosquatting is making waves on mainstream web sites today. The report covers what researchers at “Information Security Think Tank” Godai Group call Doppelganger Domains. I’ve never heard the term doppelganger applied to domain names before, but the group uses the term to label domain names that are missing a dot. For example, a doppelganger of us.ibm.com would be usibm.com. The ... read more ...
 
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Tucows Wins Another Surname UDRP - Another win but panel makes an error. Tucows has successfully defended another one of the domains in the surname portfolio it acquired in 2006. Marden Group B.V. filed the case over the domain name Marden.com. According to the complaint, Marden wasn’t even founded until 2008 (or at least didn’t file for a trademark until then), some 12 years after Marden.com was registered. Among Marden’s somewhat incredible claims, as written in the panel decision: As surnames ... read more ...
 
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Is 3-D Really Dead? - 3-D is certainly not a sure thing. I originally read with amusement Michael Berkens’ 2010 article about 3-D domain names: I sure blew this one. But at least I’m not alone. The next big thing is going to be 3D. Berkens bemoaned the fact that he missed the boat on registering 3D related domain names. I chuckled a bit at this because I think this is probably the third time in the past 15 years that entertainment executives said 3D was going to be the next big thing ... read more ...
 
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Garry Chernoff Beats AutoTrader in Domain Dispute - AutoTrader.com fails to win AutoTrade.com. Long time domain name investor Garry Chernoff has successfully defended a case brought against his AutoTrade.com domain name by AutoTrader. The case was defended by John Berryhill. Chernoff registered the domain name in 1998 based on the generic term “auto trade”. This was prior to AutoTrader publishing its web sit; it was a print publication at the time. The majority including panelist Alfred Meijboom and The Hon Neil ... read more ...
 
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Warner Bros Registers Domains for Upcoming Beetlejuice Sequel - Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! I was just ten years old when Beetlejuice came to theaters. I remember being horrified watching the dark comedy. Now a couple decades later Warner Bros plans to produce Beetlejuice 2. News of the sequel just broke this week, but Warner Bros has snapped up at least nine domain names for it. Most importantly it got the domain name beetlejuice2.com. It also registered beetlejuice-2.com, beetlejuice-movie.com, beetlejuice2movie.com, ... read more ...
Thu 8th September 2011
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VeriSign CFO Quits & Stock Plunges & Quickly As It Soared - The CFO of Verisign (VRSN) resigned today causing shares to fall as quickly as the rose the other day on buyout rumors. The other day we notice that shares of Verisign rose on take over rumors from around $29 a share to almost $35 a share. Today the Chief Financial Officer of Verisign, Brian Robins resigned which seemed to end rumors that the company is being bought out. Shares Verisign was down almost 9% on the news after hours to $31.10 after closing at $33.91 on Thursday on Nasdaq. Robins’ resignation ... read more ...
 
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Google Acquires Zagat - Google has acquired Zagat for an undisclosed sum. Google executive Marissa Mayer said in a blog post that Zagat will become a “cornerstone” of Google’s local services, which include listings and maps for restaurants and other small businesses. Google announced the deal on its blog. I’m thrilled that Google has acquired Zagat. Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering—delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people ... read more ...
 
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Despite Facebook File Massive Cybersqautting Lawsuit People Are Bidding On Typos As Facebopok.com Sells For $2K - It was just a few weeks ago that Facebook filed a massive Cybersquatting lawsuit against 25 named companies and individuals   over 100 “john Doe’s” for $100K for each domain name and damages and all the money generated by the typo’s. So yesterday I was pretty surprised to see another typo Facebopok.com sell on SnapNames.com on an expired domain name auction for $1,999. There were actually 5 people battling it out from $1k+, with the lucky winner having the handle of “latarioni”. The ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Updates Lawsuit Against Oversee.net with New Details - Cahn claims company deliberately shifted Moniker’s revenue to other Oversee.net entities. Monte Cahn has filed an amended complaint (pdf) against Oversee.net after a judge tossed out many of his original claims against his former employer. The amended complaint includes new details regarding how Oversee.net allegedly affected Moniker’s revenues after the acquisition. First, Cahn explains that the acquisition violated Oversee.net’s advertising agreement with ... read more ...
 
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Registrar Renewal Notices: Damned if we Do, Damned if we Don’t - Guy complains about receiving renewal notices after his domain expires. I just read a post on ZDNet by Scott Raymond that lambasted GoDaddy.com for a number of its practices. The article starts out complaining about how GoDaddy continued to send him renewal notices for his domain even after it expired: Recently I had deliberately allowed a domain to expire, since I no longer used it and it wasn’t worth maintaining for sentimental reasons. However, GoDaddy has a ... read more ...
 
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NameMedia Sends “School Webmasters” Back to School - Arizona company loses domain name dispute over SchoolWebmaster.com. NameMedia, which runs domain name marketplaces Afternic and BuyDomains, has taught the owner of SchoolWebmasters.com a lesson. ScribeWrite, LLC operates as School Webmasters (schoolwebmasters.com), which provides web site services to schools and teachers. It filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum in July, asking for it to award the domain name SchoolWebmaster.com (singular) to it. NameMedia ... read more ...
 
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Vampires Fight Over Upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn Movie Domain - Domain names an issue for upcoming movie release. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is coming to theaters this November. But before vampires duke it out on screen, a fight has already broken out over the film’s domain name: the creators have filed a complaint against the owner of BreakingDawnTheMovie.com in an effort to get the domain name. The complaint was filed with National Arbitration Forum. Movie studios often add “themovie” to the end of titles ... read more ...
Wed 7th September 2011
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Checkout .XXX’s Full Page Ad - As I told you last night a full page ad ran in today’s edition of the LA Times and the Financial Times. I case like me you don’t get those publications I reached out to ICM and got a copy of the ad. Personally I think its a little wordy and think ICM should have included their slogan “Let’s Be Adult About It” alongside their logo. Also I don’t know what the costs are but I think a one page ad in USA Today would get a wider US audience and more of a bang for the buck. Here is the ad (you ... read more ...
 
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Rumor Of The Day: Will Verisign Be Bought Out? - Verisign is up big for the 2nd day in a row on rumors that it maybe in play to be bought out. Yesterday Chief Financial Officer Brian Robins cancelled a planned appearance at a financial conference organized by Citigroup Inc which sparked a rumor that the company maybe a buyout target. At the time Verisign was trading down to around $29 a share but wound up over $2 a share yesterday and is up over $2 again today to 34.20 so basically a $5 jump in less than 2 days. Forbes.com, is reporting that “VeriSign ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Sells $700K In Domains Led By DanceFashion.com $27,780, Garnish.com $22K and PowerBox.com during $21K - Afternic just posted its sales for the week ending Sunday September 4th. Afternic sold around $700,000 in reportable domain names led by DanceFashion.com at $27,780, Garnish.com at $22K and PowerBox.com at $21K Here are all the sales reported for the week. .com Sales $2K dancefashion.com $27,780.00 garnish.com $22,000.00 powerbox.com $21,200.00 adguard.com $14,800.00 publishingsoftware.com $8,888.00 futurevisions.com $8,580.00 professionali.com $6,500.00 hotelplaza.com $6,500.00 mailz.com $5,250.00 ospgroup.com ... read more ...
 
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Get Ready For “Unprecedented Media Blitz” For .XXX Starting Tomorrow: Full Page Ads, & Interview On BBC & Bloomberg TV - With The Sunrise period opening up tomorrow for .XXX domain names, expect to see a full on, paid and non-paid, media blitz. According to the CEO of ICM Registry, Stuart Lawley there will be “unprecedented media blitz” starting tomorrow for .XXX. “”I don’t think any new TLD has had the kind of exposure .XXX will get” Already scheduled for tomorrow are full page Ads in the LA Times and the Financial Times which is setting back ICM Registry around $250K. 4 commercials have already been shot ... read more ...
 
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Guy Sues Alamo Car Rental After Losing UDRP - Man in the home of the Alamo sues after losing UDRP for Alamo domain name. A San Antonio man has sued Vanguard Trademark Holdings USA LLC, which manages the Alamo car rental trademarks, after losing a UDRP for the domain name AlamoClub.com. John K. Rivenburgh found himself on the losing end of a decision handed down by National Arbitration Forum panelist Maninder Singh. If you read the complaint, you’ll find Rivenburgh’s claimed use of the domain rather plausible. ... read more ...
 
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Warning: Retargeted Ads a New Way for Trademark Holders to Go After Your Domains - Think your site doesn’t show ads related to a trademark? Think again. Have you ever noticed a Google Adsense ad that seems to have nothing to do with the context of the page you’re viewing? These are retargeted ads based on your previous web browsing. These ads may prove to be a new way for trademark owners to claim that your web site was designed to infringe on their marks. For years, trademark owners have manipulated the results on parked domain names to show ... read more ...
 
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UBM Confirms Data.com Domain Name Sale during $4.5 Million - Financial report mentions sale of “portfolio” of domains for $4.5 million. We basically already knew that Salesforce.com paid $4.5 million for the domain name Data.com. But if you’re looking for a little bit more proof of the transaction price, you’ll find it in the seller’s 2011 first half financial report. On page 35 of UBM Plc’s report it states: On 2 June 2011, the Group sold a portfolio of domain names for total consideration of $4.5m (£2.8m). ... read more ...
 
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13 End User Domain Name Sales from a Past Week - Rediff among domain buyers over U.S. holiday week. Here’s a look at 13 end user domain sales facilitated by Afternic over the past week. Indian news site Rediff.com bought GoodKnowledge.com for $1,488. Future Visions, Inc., an authorized partner for Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and Epicor, upgraded its domain name from eFutureVisions.com to FutureVisions.com for $8,580. The owner of nurse community site AllNurses.com bought AllTeachers.com for $1,344. I think we’ll ... read more ...
 
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Here’s A .XXX Domain Name Sunrise Price Sheet - Price guide to domain registrars offering .xxx domain names. Companies wishing to participate in the .xxx sunrise kicking off today have a number of registrar options. I compiled a list of accredited registrars and their prices to help you choose. First, some caveats: 1. Only registrars included on ICM Registry’s web site are included here. I also only included registrars that have a direct link from the site to their .xxx page and have conspicuous pricing for .xxx ... read more ...
 
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Companies Have 52 Days Starting Today to Manage .XXX - Sunrise period starts today for new .xxx domain name. Companies have 52 days starting today to participate in the “sunrise” period for .xxx domain names. The sunrise period closes October 28. During this period, trademark holders can apply for first dibs on .xxx domain names as well as pay a one time fee to block a .xxx corresponding to their trademark from ever being registered. Two sunrise options run concurrently. Sunrise A is designed for adult companies. ... read more ...
Tue 6th September 2011
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Bartz Out As CEO Of Yahoo & Shares Rise Over 5% - Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO – News), the premier digital media company, today announced a leadership reorganization under which the Board of Directors has appointed Timothy Morse interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Carol Bartz, who has been removed by the Board from her role as Chief Executive Officer. The Board has also named key senior Yahoo! executives to a newly formed Executive Leadership Council tasked with supporting Morse in managing the Company’s day-to-day ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells $700K In Domains Led By FindInsurance.com, Hopper.com & Food.de - Sedo.com just reported its weekly sales and they total over $700k. Leading the way for the week was the domain name FindInsurance.com which we wrote about earlier today which sold for $50,500 The domain Hopper.com was a close second $50,000. Food.de lead all of the non-com’s selling for around $40K     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...