Tag Archives: bank of america

Sat 25th December 2010
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Squawk Box Squawks About Bank of America Domain Names - Plenty of attention to recent Bank of America domain name registrations. Over the past few days the mainstream media has picked up on a story I first wrote about regarding Bank of America. The company defensively registered over 300 domain names that included many derogatory terms attached to its executives’ names. Most of the domain names included an executive’s name followed by “sucks” or blows”. I was quoted in a Financial Times article as well as ... read more ...
Tue 19th May 2009
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Bank of America Gets Split Decision in Domain Name Dispute - Company awarded 2 of 4 domain names related to Merrill Lynch acquisition. It’s not often that I read a domain name arbitration decision and think a cybersquatter won. But that’s the case with a recent decision handed down through National Arbitration Forum. A New York company registered four domain names last year related to Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) acquisition: bofaml.com, mlbofa.com, bofamerrill.com, and merrillbofa.com. When you look at these four ... read more ...
Wed 17th December 2008
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Microsoft, Time Warner, Others Weigh In On New TLDs - A quick synopsis of public comments about new top level domains. The deadline to comment on the latest revisions of ICANN’s plan for introducing new top level domains was Monday. As is usually the case, the big companies waited until the last minute to file their comments. The general consensus is: 1. We don’t like the trademark implications 2. There’s no need to add more TLDs (save for IDNs) as they won’t actually create competition for .com 3. Don’t ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2008
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Bank of America Promotes .Mobi, One Million Users - Andrew… ummm, that was in gest? I am very big into geo in all extensions. But I understand Sahar does not like them, calls them “hype”. So for that “factual assertion, you would actually have to visit Sahar’s blob. http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/ Are Geo Domains Overrated? http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/29/the-other-side-of-geo/ The Other Side Of Geo “In my opinion, observing from the sidelines, majority of the people who promote ... read more ...