Monthly Archives: April 2012

Mon 30th April 2012
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Hermes Gets $100 Million Dollar Damage Award Against 34 Sites Selling Fake Goods & Judge Orders De-Indexing - According to sfgate.com, A Federal Court in New York just awarded Hermes International $100 million dollars in damages against 34 websites that sold fake copies of its goods. The fake goods were for “at least nine Hermes products including Birkin and Kelly handbags, wallets, watches, belts and jewelry”. Some of the websites were: HermesBags- Outlet.net HermesBirkin-Bags.org HermesOutletStore.Com “If plaintiffs discover new domain names registered by the defendants containing one or more of ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Eliminates Friday Public Board Meeting At Future Conferences - According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past conference the Friday Board meeting have been kind of exciting with voting on .XXX and the new gTLD program hanging in the air. But at the last ICANN conference in San Jose the Friday Board meeting was completely uneventful. I guess this means is that ... read more ...
 
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BuyDomains.com Gets Hit With 3rd UDRP In A Week With Visible Difference.com - Buydomains.com just got hit with another UDRP this time on the descriptive term VisibleDifference.com The complainant this go around is the worldwide cosmetic brand of Elizabeth Arden which uses the term for a skin care product. The domain name is parked and pulls up results for anti-aging skin products and other skin cremes. However I couldn’t find a Trademark in the USPTO for the term registered to Elizabeth Arden.  I did find a Trademark on the term that belongs to Eli Lilly for a skin cream.  ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Jumps 40% In Pre-Market - Following the story this weekend that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD)  turned down an offer of $1.2 Billion dollars a 100% premium to its closing price of Friday, it looks like Demand is going to open Way up this morning. In pre-market trading shares of Demand are up almost 40% currently at $9.95 a gain of $2.70 from Friday’s close. We will let you know later today how the stock fared.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Blog.com With 8.5 Million Visitors a Month Hits The Sales Block - The category killer domain name Blog.com is hitting the sales block. Blog.com is being brokered by Sedo.com, and according to its press release has an Alexa Traffic Rank just above 700. “Blog.com currently hosts a fully-featured online publishing platform that launched in January 2010 with great success.” “Immediately, the site attracted upwards of 3 million unique monthly visitors and, since then, has grown exponentially. In March 2012, Blog.com welcomed more than 8.5 million visitors that ... read more ...
 
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This could have been retreat domain hijacking had a domain owners responded… - Your comadre wouldn’t approve. The National Arbitration Forum has found against Texas company Comadre Commerce, LLC in arbitration over the domain name Comadre.com. This is despite the owner of the domain name not responding. Had the owner responded, this case could have been an easy case of reverse domain name hijacking. First things first, comadre is a generic term meaning “godmother” in Spanish. Second, Comadre Commerce said it had a trademark registration ... read more ...
 
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Which domains a tip 10 domain registrars promote - .co is a favorite among non-VeriSign domains. Registrars have many options when it comes to which top level domains to promote to customers. Sometimes this is based purely on demand calculations. In other instances domain registries strike deals with domain registrars to give them premium shelf space or promotion on their home pages. I just checked the top 10 domain registrars. These results are for either the drop down box in their domain search function or the results ... read more ...
 
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Blog.com site and blog network adult for sale - Network with close to 20 million monthly page views goes up for sale. Domain name marketplace Sedo announced today that it is the exclusive broker for the sale of Blog.com. Blog.com launched as a self-serve blog network (a la Blogger.com) in 2010. It boasts two million bloggers (according to the site) and had 19.3 million page views in March (according to Sedo). The site has an Alexa overall rank of 697 and and Quantcast U.S. rank of 1,794. Blog.com is owned by Portugalmail, ... read more ...
Sat 28th April 2012
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Demand Media Turns Down $1.2 Billion To Go Private - Allthingsd.com is reporting that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) turned down $1.2 Billion dollars in a deal that would have taken the company private this past week. The current market cap of Demand Media is $620 Million at the closing share price on Friday of around $7.25 a share.  Demand is off 65% of its market cap when it went public at $17 a share. “According to the report,  “Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online ... read more ...
 
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George Kirikos of Leap.com, Gets Hit With A UDRP On A 4 Letter Domain: Pupa.com - Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com,  just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab the domain name Pupa.com How generic is Pupa? A search under Google for Pupa returns a wikipedia.org entry for the term in the 1st position. Pupa is “A pupa (Latin pupa for doll, pl: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st - According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at a couple of weeks away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promised a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and for the Big Reveal Here is what ICANN said a week ago about today April 27th: ““”No later than 27 April 2012 we will provide an update on the reopening of the system and the publication of the applied-for new domain names.”” Yet today the only update ... read more ...
Fri 27th April 2012
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Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info - Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people already employed or enrolled, and those seeking employment or admittance, or those facing disciplinary action. “Social media sites have become a widespread communications tool – both personally and professionally – all across the world.  However, ... read more ...
 
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How To Lose A Fortune In The Domain Business, Register Domains Like This: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-42-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info - I was looking on the dropping domain name list on NameJet.com today and I found these  gems: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-43-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-44-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-45-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-46-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-47-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-48-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-49-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-50-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-51-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-52-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-53-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-54-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-55-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-56-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info They ... read more ...
 
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On The Heals Of Yesterday’s Loss On Faci.com, BuyDomains Is Hit With Another UDRP On JoyfulEvents.com - Buydomains.com which just lost a UDRP on the domain name Faci.com yesterday, just got hit with another UDRP filing today. Today its another generic term at issue. The domain is JoyfulEvents.com, which is going to a parked page returning results for things like Weddings and Quinceanera Dresses. Although the complainant is not yet listed I did find a couple of live trademarks for the term “Joyful Events” filed by Joyful Events, LLC of Arizona. The Trademark was obtained in June 2007. The domain ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
ICANN some-more than a week divided from opening TAS again - At least a couple weeks until application period concludes. ICANN’s online system for new top level domain applications is likely more than a week away from opening up again. If that’s the case, that means we’re at least a couple weeks away from the application period concluding. In an update posted this evening, ICANN said applicants that had data potentially exposed by the bug will be notified within the next seven business days. They will also be told who ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Spring auction begins, and sites get new logos - Moniker Spring auction springs into action. Moniker just started its Spring Auction on SnapNames. The auction features 103 domain names, many with no reserves. Some of the no reserve domains are: NJLawFirms.com Obese.net UPCbarcodes.com attempt.net grilled.net Several of the no reserve domains already have bids. Other notable domains in the auction include IdentifyTheft.com, Security.com, Platinum.com, and Unplugged.com. In other Moniker/SnapNames news, It looks ... read more ...
 
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Mastercard’s “Priceless” symbol isn’t priceless, row rules - WIPO arbitration panel finds against Mastercard on “Priceless” claims. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled against Mastercard in a dispute over domain names related to its “Priceless” trademark. The credit card company filed complaints against pricelessistanbul.com and pricelessamsterdam.com, saying they violated their trademark rights. In both cases the owner of the domains didn’t bother to respond to the allegations. But panelist ... read more ...
 
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FIBA to request for a .basketball tip turn domain - Organization taps Minds + Machines to assist with registry services. FIBA, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations, has applied for the .basketball top level domain, the organization announced this wee. FIBA partnered with ROAR Domains, LLC and Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) for the application. TLDH subsidiary Minds + Machines will provide the backend registry services for the domain name should FIBA’s application be successful. ... read more ...
Thu 26th April 2012
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GoldCoins.org, GoldPrices.com, RareCoins.com & RareCoins.org Become Lastest Target Of A UDRP - Yup someone just filed for a UDRP on a bunch of generic domain names including: GoldCoins.org,  GoldPrices.com, RareCoins.com RareCoins.org The filing also includes the domains: acoins.com austinreport.com goldinfo.net silverinfo.net All of the domain name are currently owned according to the whois by a “Hoa Nguyen” but were owned in December of last year by Aleks Krasnopolski of Linden, NJ Not sure what is going on here including who the complainant is, but on the face of its looks pretty ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Reports 1st Q: Revenues Up 13%, Net Up 67%; 116.7 Million .com/.net Domains & 1.39 Billion In The Bank - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 after the market closed today. “VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $206 million for the first quarter of 2012, up 13% from the same quarter in 2011. ” “Verisign reported net income of $68 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.42 for the first quarter of 2012, compared to net income of $41 million and diluted EPS of $0.24 in the same quarter ... read more ...
 
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Domain Dropped In Feburary, Sold By Mike Mann For $25K 2 Weeks Ago, Now Covered By TechCrunch.com - TechCrunch.com just covered the story of the company behind the domain name GetFunded.com “which will be a “crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs who are seeking new investments in their businesses and ideas,” What TechCrunch didn’t discuss is the very interesting story of how the current holder of the domain name got the domain. The domain name, Getfunded.com was in “Pending Renewal or Deletion” status just in Feburary. Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings got the domain either from ... read more ...
 
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Buydomains.com Loses Faci.com In a UDRP - A three member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name FACI.com, owned by BuyDomains.com to FACI Industries of Bolingbrook, Illinois Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: “Complainant markets its wares under the trademark FACI, which was registered as a word mark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) in 1998 and 2011.” “Respondent, since 1999, has been in the business of registering domain names that become available when an existing registration expires. ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Announces Next .Me Registry Auction; We Have All 200 Domains To Be Auctioned - Sedo just  announced the next .Me branded auction of registry owned  premium .ME domain names. The auction begins on May 26, 2012 and runs until May 31, 2012. In all there are 200 .Me domain names included in the auction As in the previously couple of .Me Sedo auctions, the list is light on call to action or verb domains and has a lot of keywords and Geographic domains. Here is the full list Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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KPN krijgt eigen top-level domein - KPN is bezig met de aanvraag van een eigen top-level domein. Datanews meldt dat de Leuvense dienstenbedrijfje Sensirius de aanvraag en het beheer voor zijn rekening neemt. Met de gTLD domein kan KPN straks zijn websites laten eindigen op .kpn. Tot voor kort waren er slechts 22 top-level domeinnamen zoals .nl en .org. Daar komen straks honderden varianten bij. Bedrijven kunnen hun bedrijfsnaam eveneens als top-level domein aanvragen. De registratie is echter ... read more ...
 
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3 tip domain registrars charity .com domains for underneath $3 - Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special deals via other channels, too. Go Daddy just posted this link to its Twitter account. It’s good for a one domain name in a number of TLDs for just $2.49. Web.com’s two big registrars have similar deals going on right now. Register.com ... read more ...