Monthly Archives: February 2012

Fri 24th February 2012
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Google Loses UDRP On Youtube.com.pe - In a UDRP decision just handed down Google lost its case to acquire the domain name youtube.com.pe .Pe is the ccTLD (country code) for Peru. The domain holder was a company known as “googel ltd. which is located at Two Stooges LLC, China.” (The original decision was written in Spanish and we used Google translate to translate the decision to English) Basically the panel held that the domain name registration which predated the trademark application of Google of YouTube in Peru gave the domain ... read more ...
 
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Mississippi House Proposes Bill To Legalize Gambling & To Seize Domains - The MISSISSIPPI House Legislature just proposed a bill that would legalize gambling and as part of the bill give the state the power to seize domain names. The Bill entitled the “MISSISSIPPI LAWFUL INTERNET GAMING ACT” The Bill would allow all sorts of legalized Internet gambling would subject to heavy licensing, regulation, and taxation and would establish a commission to oversee the gaming Regarding domain names the Bill provides that the “commission may commence an in rem action against ... read more ...
 
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Catching Up With Namejet.com NYC.info; LLLL.com & More - A few interesting sales from NameJet.com in the last few days highlighted by LLLL.com and NYC.info LLLL.com sold for $13,100 LLLL.com is the generic way that domainers describe 4 letter .com Coop.org sold for $9,660 NYC.info sold for $9,100 DefensiveDrivingSchool.com $5,766 UsPresidents.com sold for $5,400 PompanoBeachRealEstate.com sold for $5,098 Pompano Beach is located in South Florida north of Ft. Lauderdale and south of Boca Raton Dexi.com sold for $4,802 Plak.com sold for $3,700 Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Four newcomers among Top 10 domain parking companies - Sedo is top parking company, but many newcomers rank in the top 10. Sedo and SedoPro are the top domain name parking companies according to respondents in Domain Name Wire’s 7th annual domain name industry survey. But a lot of new parking companies are challenging it. In absolute numbers, Sedo was ranked top. Google’s self-serve Adsense for Domains program, which is closing, ranked second. A good way to look at the parking rankings is to consider what percentage ... read more ...
 
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Survey: DNForum is tip domain forum - DNForum is rated “top domain forum”. DNForum once again finds itself on top of the Domain Name Wire annual survey for “best forum”. 54% of people who voted for a top forum selected DNForum as best, and then there was a big drop off from there. There’s a virtual three way tie for the second most popular forum. NamePros received the second highest vote total. Nipping at its heals is the private forum DomainBoardroom, and DomainState is just a couple votes ... read more ...
Thu 23rd February 2012
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Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses The Domain Name LifetimeAssistance.com in UDRP - Mike Mann’s company, Domain Asset Holdings, LLC of Potomac, Maryland, USA. just lost the domain name Lifetimeassistance.com in a one person UDRP panel decision. The domain name at issue was owned by the complainant and dropped.   Domain Asset Holdings picked to domain name off the drop on the same day Here are the facts and findings of the panel “Complainant’s prior registration of the Domain Name expired on October 6, 2011.” “Complainant inadvertently failed to renew the Domain Name’s ... read more ...
 
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FCM.com “A Domain Acquired In A Phising Scam” Taken In A UDRP - In a one panel decision issued today a the domain name FCM.com was handed over to the previous owner of the domain name. Its an interesting decision because other panels have refused to allow the UDRP system to recover domain names that were allegedly stolen. In this case its not even clear that the complainant had a trademark on the term FCM. Here are the relevant facts and findings; “”Complainant is an investment management firm which has operated under the name “Fermat Capital Management” ... read more ...
 
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Neustar & National Small Business Association Team Up To Promote .Biz - According to a press release out today, Neustar, Inc., the operator of the .biz registry announced a partnership today with the National Small Business Association (NSBA) to  promote .Biz domains. “Recent research by 11 Internet shows that many small businesses still don’t have a website” “In today’s world, doing business online is a critical component of any small-business strategy,” said NSBA President and CEO Todd McCracken. “We are pleased to be working with Neustar in connecting ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling: “Google Has Never Been More Committed To The Domain Name Channel.” - In the wake of the news that Google was terminating their own Domain parking program, Frank Schilling wrote today on this blog: “Google has never been more committed to the domain name channel.” Frank went on to say on his blog about domain name parking: “The innovations I see Google bringing – the sincerity, intelligence and seniority of the Googler’s managing this channel and the gravity of the positive changes coming to the domain-channel at Google, show me that this company not only ... read more ...
 
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If You Don’t Understand The Value of Domain Names, Maybe You Will Understand Comic Books - A few days ago we wrote about and compared the price and increase in value of Taxi Medallions to domain names. Today I read a story about another commodity-collectable that sold originally for just a few dollars that fetched over $3,500,000 at auction. Foxnews.com tells the story about a recent auction of Comic Books selling for a total of $3.5 Million dollars. Needless to say the original price of these comic books were under $10. “A 1939 copy of Detective Comics No. 27 that features the debut ... read more ...
 
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FCM.com, hijacked from owners in phishing attack, returned to owner - UDRP case returns domain to rightful owner. Fermat Capital Management LLC has won a UDRP for the domain name FCM.com, a domain name it used to own. According to the company, in December it fell victim to a phishing attach targeting GoDaddy customers. The phishing email was sent to the technical contact for the domain and asked him to “log in and reactivate your account”. Unfortunately he fell for it and handed over his username and password to a thief. The domain ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft files obvious focus for “safe” URL shortening, says no some-more Rick-Rolling - Safer link clicking. Microsoft has filed a patent application for safer URL shortening, and the patent application actually uses the term “rick-rolling”. The application was filed in 2010 but just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today. A big problem with shortened URLs is that you typically don’t know where they’ll take you when you click on them. As a result, you might end up on a malware site, something NSFW, or, gasp!, get rick-rolled. Microsoft’s ... read more ...
 
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Survey says GoDaddy is tip domain registrar - GoDaddy dominant, especially with larger domain registrars. 1,164 people answered the question “Which domain registrar do you think is best overall” on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. But some of these survey takers responded to social media requests to vote for a particular registrar, skewing the results. If you consider all respondents, here’s how the list shakes out: 1. GoDaddy 43% 2. NameSilo 35% 3. Dynadot 9% 4. Moniker 7% 5. Fabulous 6% I suspect ... read more ...
 
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What do people demeanour for in a domain registrar? - Don’t lose my domains, give them to me cheap, and be there to help. We’re going to kick off the results from this year’s Domain Name Wire survey with a look at which factors drive people to select their domain registrar. About 1,500 people ranked seven separate factors, and the results were the exact same as last year: 1. Security 2. Price 3. Customer service 4. Account management tools 5. Value added services 6. Intra-registrar transfers 7. What they do with ... read more ...
Wed 22nd February 2012
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Guest Post By Paul Keating ON “ABUSIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS” The UDRP Case Of AutoOwnersInsurance.com - This Guest Post was written by Paul Raynor Keating, Esq.[1] one of the preeminent attorney’s practicing in the domain industry.  Paul has handled many UDRP’s and had some thoughts about a recent UDRP involving the domain name autoownersinsurance.com. Paul’s post appears unedited: “”The recent decision in autoownersinsurance.com is a perfect example of things going from worse to horrible.  While the decision itself contains many substantive flaws, my overwhelming issue is with the lack ... read more ...
 
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TD Bank files 15th censure about .xxx - Only 15 UDRPs for .xxx after more than two months (but 15 rapid disputes). TD Bank has filed a UDRP for TDBank.xxx, making it the fifteenth entity to use UDRP in an effort to get control of a .xxx domain name. This seems like a relatively low number to me for a TLD that has been out for over two months. I suspect this is because of the high cost of registration which dissuaded some people from cybersquatting. On the other hand, I figure companies will be quick to ... read more ...
 
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21 finish user domain purchases in a past week including Fool.com, Novartis - Here are 21 domain purchases made by “end users”. This week’s chock-full end user sales report has 21 end user domain purchases. Notable buyers include Fool.com, Novartis, Southern Company, and The Future Project. All sales were at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Field Fresh Foods, Inc. paid $2,088 for FreshSnacks.com 501c3 The Future Project bought Dream.org for $25,000. Electronics repair company Tekmedia Group, Inc bought TechMediaGroup.com for $1,088. Seattle ... read more ...
 
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Military Order of a Purple Heart final PurpleHeart.com - Group chartered by Congress targets domain names. The Purple Heart is a military decoration given to those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for the U.S. military: being wounded or killed in duty. The Military Order of the Purple Heart was chartered by Congress in 1958 for recipients of the Purple Heart. The group, which has a web site at PurpleHeart.org, is now asking World Intellectual Property Organization to award it the domain names PurpleHeart.com and purpleheartcardonation.net ... read more ...
 
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ARI gets .sydney, .melbourne and .victoria contract - ARI Registry Services picks up three more new top level domains. ARI Registry Services has won a contract with the governments of New South Wales and Victoria to provide registry services for .sydney, .melbourne and .victoria, the company announced today. ARI definitely had a leg up in responding to the government’s RFP given that it’s located in Australia. Ernst Young and Melbourne IT will assist with developing the applications for the three top level domains. Yesterday ... read more ...
 
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Google kills “hosted” Adsense for Domains program - Program introduced in 2008 will be phased out. Google is ending its Adsense for Domains program that allowed users of its online Adsense program to park their domain names. The company recommends that customers migrate their parked domain names to a domain name parking company. A message sent to effected publishers this morning includes a link to a migration guide, although that link does not appear functional at this time. [Update: the link now works.] Here’s how ... read more ...
Tue 21st February 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names Led by Dream.Org At $25K - Afternic.com just published its weekly sales report and in all sold just over $1 Million Dollars in domain names. The reportable sales was led by a .Org domain, Dream.org The highest .com sale of the week off the reportable list was JunkDrawer.com for $20K Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Sells $2 Million In Domain Names - Sedo.com just released its weekly sales report. In all 946 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $2.0 million. 33.1% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: smartstop.com at 59,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: couponcodes.co.uk at 22,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: routenplaner.net at 12,000 EUR   Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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ICM & Name.com Announce Details Of “Adult Performer Program” & 3,500 .XXX Domain Names - According to a Press release we just received from ICM Registry, the company behind the new .XXX Top Level Domain, they just announced today “details of the highly anticipated Adult Performer Program, which releases more than 3,500 .XXX domain names that were initially held in reserve to protect the individual name interests of performers and personalities within the adult entertainment industry.” Here is the rest of the Press release “We recognized early on that a significant portion of the ... read more ...
 
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Manwin Amends Complaint Against ICM & ICANN & Drops 2 State Claims & Talks Of Settlement - According to a Press Release by Manwin Licensing International, they filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit for antitrust violations against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry (ICM). In the PR Manwin says that the amended complaint drops two related state law claims against ICM and ICANN. “While Manwin believes that it would have prevailed on the two state law claims, those claims involved procedural peculiarities of California law that posed risks ... read more ...
 
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PrivateJet.com Sold For $30 Million In What Maybe The Highest Priced Pure Domain Sale Ever - According to a Press release just out “”Nations Luxury Transportation, LLC (Nations) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Nations has acquired the domain name http://www.PrivateJet.com, from privately held Don’t Look Media.com, a leading intellectual property holding company, for $30.18 million in cash and stock.”” The domain name PrivateJet.com appears to have been parked most recently according to Screenshots.com, and therefore looks like a pure ... read more ...