Author Archives: The Domains

About The Domains

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com which is a consultant in the new gTLD space and a broker of super premium domains. Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest this year.

Thu 11th September 2014
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Record? Owner of Braindumps.com Loses 4 Separate UDRP’s In One Day - Earlier today we wrote about the owner of the domain name braindumps.com losing a UDRP to grab the 13 year old domain braindumps.biz. The owner of Braindumps.com, Certplex, Ltd also lost three more UDRP’s yesterday. It maybe some sort of record UDRP as four separate  panels made up of separate panelists denied each and everyone of the Braindumps.com four Complaints. In addition to the Braindumps.biz case the subject of a previous post, the Company Certplex also lost its UDRP bid to grab the domain ... read more ...
 
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Owner Of Braindumps.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab 13 Year Old Braindumps.biz - Certplex, Ltd. (“Complainant”), who owns the domain name Braindumps.com just lost its attempt to grab the domain name Braindumps.biz after waiting 13 years to bring the UDRP. The one member panel of R. Glen Ayers while explicated not deciding the case on the doctrine of Laches spent a lot of time discussing the 13 period from which the .Biz domain name was registered to the date the Complainant filed a trademark (2014) and then filed this UDRP. Here are the highlights: Complainant uses the BRAINDUMPS ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371 - 4 New gTLD’s went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark holders in the Sunrise Period and the domains registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) for which people paid extra money to get early access to the domains: .Digital 2,658 .Finance 1,057 .Insure 788 .Accountants 371 We should note that there is already ... read more ...
Wed 10th September 2014
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Globeway LLC Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Globeway LLC of West Virgina was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Globleway.com The domain is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. who was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com The three member panel of Nathalie Dreyfus, G. Gervaise Davis and The Honorable Neil Anthony Brown rejected Globeway argument that they had common law rights to the term Globeway which they claimed they established earlier this year. The company was just incorporated ... read more ...
 
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.London Winds Up With Just Over 35,500 Domain Names After Its 1st Day; .Global 1,638 - One of the best and most anticipated new gTLD domain name extensions went into general availability (GA) yesterday as .London wound up with over 35,500 registered domain names .London wound up with 35,557 domain names registered after its first day of general availability according to ntldstats.com. However .London had over 24,000 domains before GA, in Sunrise for trademark holders and several phases for residents and businesses located in London. I would say the 11,000 additional domain names in ... read more ...
Tue 9th September 2014
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CryptoCurrency.com Changes Hands - The domain name CryptoCurrency.com recently traded hands and was acquired by Jeffrey Berns a partner at Berns Weiss LLP. Both Jeffrey Berns and his partner Lee Weiss are said to be well-known for filing claims against financial institutions on behalf of consumers. Together, they have collected over two billion dollars in relief for their clients in these actions during their professional careers. The domain names was originally registered by a Hong Kong firm back in 2009, in June of 2010 the ... read more ...
 
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How Long Is It Going To Take For Apple To File a UDRP On AppleWatch.com & Will They Win? -             Another new product announced today by Apple Computer today, what many people have been referring to as the iWatch, isn’t going to be called the iWatch at all, but the Apple Watch. Like in the case of the Apple Pay product, Apple Computer does not own the matching .Com domain name for this product either, AppleWatch.com. Unlike ApplePay.com however the domain name AppleWatch.com is going to a parked page. The domain name AppleWatch.com was registered over 10 years ago on February ... read more ...
 
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Apple Goes With “Apple Pay”; Domain ApplePay.com Registered Back in 2002; Not By Apple -       At the BIG Apple event today, the company just named its long rumored payment system and is calling it Apple Pay. As usual the company does not own the matching .com domain name ApplePay.com. The domain name ApplePay.com was first registered way back in 2002 and goes to an operating site; and is registered  a company known as Apple One Payroll. “AppleOne Payroll hold the memberships, certifications required to perform as a leading company in the payrolling industry nationwide. AppleOne ... read more ...
 
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After One Of The Most Successful Sunrise & Landrush Periods .Global Goes Live Today -       .Global which got almost 650 domain name registrations between its in Sunrise and Landrush period,  goes live today for general availability at 11am EST. .Global which already ranked in the top 5 of all new gTLD’s including .City  gTLD’s in the number of domain name registered in Sunrise, with almost 400 Sunrise registrations, added 225 domain names in Landrush. It should be noted that .Global’s landrush was one of the shortest lasting only 9 days which also ran during the Labor ... read more ...
 
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With 1 Day Left In Sedo Numeric Auction – 10 Names Have Met Reserve - The Sedo numeric auction closes on Wednesday and with one day to go 10 names have met reserve out of the 264 names up for auction. The highest priced name to meet reserve is 1029.com currently at 5,100 Euros. 55 names in total have bids. Names that have met reserve: 1029.com        5,100 EUR 666.me        510 USD 1786.net    500 USD 5.nu        259 USD 9.nu        259 USD 855.co        250 USD 1956.net    230 USD 2508.net    135 USD 20040.com    119 USD 3638.net   ... read more ...
Mon 8th September 2014
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The Internet of Things to Become a Biggest Trend Yet According to Goldman Sachs - The Internet of Things will consist of over 28 billion devices by 2020, that is according to a new article out posted today on Value Walk. The article also cites a Goldman Sachs report that The Internet of Things is” the third wave in the development of the Internet.” The report does also touch upon the fact that security is a concern, over my last year of research I have wondered if this is too big a concern, if the public understands these risks in layman’s term, will they opt out. There ... read more ...
 
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The Mayor Of New York Declares The 1st .NYC Websites Are Live - Think of it as a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony as  the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced that the first .NYC websites have gone live. The owners of these domain names, officially called “.NYC Founders,” represent a diverse group of New Yorkers” “It’s exciting to see New York City’s official domain coming to life with the launch of our first .nyc Founder websites,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Our .nyc Founders include an eclectic mix of small businesses, well-known ... read more ...
 
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Is .London Killing The Value Of .Uk Domains? - If you have been following NameJet.com over the past couple of weeks you couldn’t help but notice the number of two letter .co.uk and .Uk that have been at auction. Two letter domain names are some of the most valuable Internet real estate space. In the past few weeks over 50 two letter .co.uk and .Uk domain names have been at auction at NameJet.com As you can see from the list below, no two letter .UK domain name sold. We don’t know what the reserve price of any of the two letter .UK domain ... read more ...
 
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AllThings.Digital Tops Our List Of The More Interesting .Digital Registrations Ahead Of GA - The new gTLD .Digital goes into General Availability on Wednesday September 10th, and there are over 250 domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders, and in the Early Access Program (EAP) by those willing to pay additional fees for early access. The normal registration fee for a .Digital domain registration of $39.95 at Godaddy. Here are the more interesting registrations. abribus.digital accenture.digital accor.digital accorhotels.digital adventuretime.digital aerialvideo.digital agencies.digital agency.digital allthings.digital also.digital amplify.digital analog.digital anz.digital autotrader.digital axis.digital b2w.digital barrons.digital bayern.digital bestbuy.digital beyond.digital bitcoin.digital bitcoins.digital bklyn.digital blank.digital blonde.digital bond.digital bseller.digital buildingabetterworkingworld.digital campari.digital cartoonnetwork.digital cgi.digital cityprovider.digital cloudopen.digital coin.digital consumerreports.digital consumersunion.digital craft.digital davinci.digital decim.digital decimo.digital deeptwo.digital deloitte.digital diari.digital disrupt.digital dowjones.digital e-village.digital edge.digital educare.digital elle.digital elmundo.digital engineeredformen.digital entrepreneuroftheyear.digital eoy.digital ernst-and-young.digital ernstandyoung.digital expansion.digital eyewear.digital film.digital freedom.digital fullstack.digital furniture.digital gettherefaster.digital grandprix.digital heidelberg.digital hint.digital hostpoint.digital hunt.digital icap.digital innovate.digital juna.digital kentucky.digital kindle.digital knd.digital lci.digital leadingedge.digital linear.digital london.digital lossless.digital loteria.digital lottery.digital lotteryticket.digital lotterytickets.digital lotto.digital luminor.digital lux.digital marca.digital marketing.digital markxvii.digital marshall.digital marshallamps.digital michelin.digital montecarlo.digital mosaic.digital movies.digital naughty.digital ndr.digital netapp.digital newscorp.digital nhl.digital officinepanerai.digital omni.digital openbank.digital optics.digital organize.digital palmsprings.digital paramount.digital pearl.digital perfectly.digital petplan.digital phone.digital porn.digital portofino.digital postalservice.digital premierline.digital prime.digital proteus.digital purely.digital pwp.digital rhino.digital salt.digital savannah.digital saversguide.digital securing.digital selectsavings.digital shaw.digital shoptime.digital signal.digital simply.digital smarteyewear.digital smartglasses.digital smarthome.digital smartride.digital solid.digital spark.digital spiritofsport.digital spork.digital stanleycup.digital steve.digital sxsw.digital telecom.digital televisa.digital televisio.digital tempomedia.digital theedge.digital thewallstreetjournal.digital uav.digital usps.digital veterinarypetinsurance.digital vpi.digital wallstreetjournal.digital watchesandwonders.digital watchever.digital waveone.digital wearables.digital weoy.digital williams.digital worldsportsawards.digital wrap.digital wsj.digital wtc.digital yale.digital ... read more ...
 
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Dolly Parton Is Pioneer For The New gTLD .Country: Gets Dolly.Country, DollyParton.Country; Dollywood.Country - Dolly Parton, the legendary Queen of Country, has agreed to be part of the .new gTLD country pioneer program and registered Dolly.Country, DollyParton.Country, Queenof.Country,  Dollywood.Country and 9to5.Country The .Country pioneer program which allows  domain names to be registered by musicians, businesses, and organizations before the release of .Country domain names on to sale to the general public on September 15, 2014. The new gTLD .Country is a joint venture between  registry operators ... read more ...
Sun 7th September 2014
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Google Sued For Trademark Infringement Over Google Plus By Owned Of Googabox.com - Andre Rossouw filed a lawsuit against Google over its Google Plus service claiming it violates its own trademark for GOOGABOX. The Plaintiff’s also own the the domain name GOOGABOX.com. The Plaintiff also sued what appears to be Google’s attorney in this matter Eric Ball in one of the counts of the Complaint Here are the highlights of the lawsuit that was filed in the District Court of the State of California in the County of Santa Clara last week: Plaintiff adopted the trade names “GOOGABOX” ... read more ...
 
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Twitpic is Shutting Down Due To Trademark Issue With Twitter - According to a post on its company blog, Twitpic which has been around since 2008 is shutting down after due to trademark issues with Twitter. The company explained the situation and the back story on its blog post: “”Twitpic will be shutting down September 25th. You will be able to export all your photos and videos. We’ll let everyone know when this feature is live in the next few days. This is an unexpected and hard announcement for us to make and we want to lay out what led us to this decision. A ... read more ...
Sat 6th September 2014
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Namecheap Gets NC.Me & Giving Away Free .Me Domains & Email To College Students - Namecheap.com a top 10 domain name registrar, has just launched the “Namecheap for Education Program” through which it is giving away a free .Me domain name registration, 1 year of free email a premium About.me page,  a 1 click Github page as well as scholarships to college students Bike for them to use on Campus and for the Schools with the most signups will  “takeover” the Namecheap home page for a week where additional money will be raised for the school. Namecheap is also now the proud ... read more ...
 
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Totals For Two new gTLD’s German Geo’s Launched This Week; .Koeln 11,543; .Cologne 2,679 - Two new gTLD’s launched this week for the German city known as  Cologne and also Koeln depending on the language you speak. The two new Geographic domains combined for just over 14,000 registrations. Cologne is the 4th largest city in Germany and has a population of just over one million people. Cologne had 4.31 million overnight stays booked and 2.38 million arrivals in 2008 which is the most recent data wikipedia.org has. The registry for these two extensions is:  “NetCologne Gesellschaft ... read more ...
Fri 5th September 2014
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Study Shows Majority of U.S. Consumers Reluctant to Buy or Use Bitcoin - Andrew Moran wrote a piece for Coin Buzz that looked at a study conducted by the Massachusetts Division of Banks. In the study close to two – thirds of those who responded said they were unlikely to buy or use the virtual currency. The article also highlights a study from the U.K. where 71 percent of British consumers don’t want to use bitcoin for their shopping needs. Of course we are very early in the game and the age of the respondents matters, those in their late teens and twenties may be ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Of RightoftheDot.com Featured In HuffingtonPost Article On New gTLD’s/Domains - The HuffingtonPost.com just published an article on the new gTLD space domain name aftermarket Entitled “Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com?” “Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering domain names with unrealistic hopes and dreams of developing profitable, pure-play internet businesses. I, too, drank the Kool-Aid and registered blunders.com, and many others. No business plan. No strategy. Just $8.95/domain name and unrealistic, stupid thinking.” “It ... read more ...
 
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Clearwater Systems, Inc Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Domain Holder Asking - A one member UDRP panel has found that Clearwater Systems, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, represented by Walker Jocke, is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name clearwatersystems.net The decision is unusually because the domain holder, Glenn Johnson of Clearwater, Florida, / Clear Water Systems of Remington, Inc. of Remington, Indiana (“CWSRI”), didn’t even ask the panel for a finding of RDNH, Richard G. Lyon the sole panelist made a finding of RNDH on his own initiative Here ... read more ...
 
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YoYo.Email Defends URS on eharmony.email By Attaching A Copy Of Its Recently Filed Suit - Andrew over at DomainNamewire.com has been covering the myriad of  URS cases filed again YoYo.Email and today the company successful defended a URS against  eHarmony based it seemed on the lawsuit it filed last week. The examiner Honorable Karl V. Fink (Ret.), cited the lawsuit between Complaint in Yoyo.Email, LLC v. Playinnovation, LTD (filed August 29, 2014, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Case Number CV-14-01922-PHX-PGR). : In the U.S. District Court Complaint, Respondent ... read more ...
Thu 4th September 2014
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Godaddy Teams Up With Paypal on Its Brand New “Here SDK” Product - The PayPal Here DK, though complex in its capabilities, is simple to integrate with an easy to use API. We built a system that allows partners and developers to use the same SDK to implement payment solutions across several different geographic locations. We’ve also listened to the needs of our growing merchant customers, and have included the features and functionality important to them in our new PayPal Here SDK. This includes the ability to interact with credit card readers so customers can ... read more ...
 
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Trefis Research Says Verisign & .Com.Net Market Share Is At Risk From ccTLD’s - In an article from Trefis a stock analysis firm on Verisign out today cites ccTLD’s not new gTLD’s as the biggest threat to Verisign. “For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign reported revenues of approximately $499 million vs. $476 million during a similar period in 2013, indicating a 5% growth in its top line. Comparatively, sales growth from H1’12 to H1’13 was over 10%. The rapid slowdown in sales growth was partially affected by a surge in demand for country code top-level ... read more ...