Tag Archives: Frank Schilling

Mon 23rd May 2011
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Owner of FLVS.net Sues Frank Schilling Over FLVS.com - Schilling’s company named in lawsuit over four letter domain name. Florida VirtualSchool, which runs an online education service at FLVS.net, has sued Frank Schilling’s Name Administration, Inc. over his FLVS.com domain name. The suit (pdf) also names K12, Inc. Florida VirtualSchool says K12, Inc. is a competitor and was receiving clicks from the FLVS.com domain name, which is parked. Florida VirtualSchool has registered trademarks for Florida VirtualSchool and ... read more ...
Sun 30th January 2011
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After Losing UDRP, New York Times Buys DealBook.com from Frank Schilling - Media behemoth buys Dealbook.com domain name after losing arbitration for the domain. In November I wrote about how Frank Schilling defeated New York Times Company in a landmark UDRP ruling for the domain name Dealbook.com. After losing the decision it appears New York Times ponied up and bought the domain name. The domain name has not yet been forwarded to the publication’s Dealbook site. Schilling’s Name Administration owned the domain name through early ... read more ...
Mon 22nd November 2010
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Schilling Beats New York Times in Landmark UDRP - Frank Schilling beats media behemoth; panel decision could be important. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has won a case against the New York Times Company over the domain name DealBook.com. But it’s more than a victory; the National Arbitration Forum panel also addressed an issue that most other panels have dismissed: doctrine of laches. As described by the panel, “Laches is an equitable doctrine that may provide a defense when an adverse party has unreasonably ... read more ...
Wed 3rd November 2010
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Name Administration Settles Over ChilliBeans.com Domain Name - Frank Schilling settles disagreement over ChilliBeans.com. In 2008 Name Administration (Frank Schilling’s company) lost a UDRP for the generic domain name ChilliBeans.com. It was the company’s first loss in a UDRP case, and it then sued complainant Balglow Finance in order to retain the domain name. The two parties have settled the case. Name Administration provided the following statement to Domain Name Wire: Name Administration Inc. (“NAI”) and Balglow ... read more ...
Tue 28th September 2010
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$500k IPO.com Sale One of Many Big Sales during Sedo This Week - IPO.com headlines strong week for domain marketplace. Sedo had a great sales week including the sale of IPO.com that Michael Berkens wrote about on September 22. But that wasn’t the only notable sale the company brokered. In second place was AirTickets.com at $80,000 followed by ResumeWriting.com at $66,000. ResumeWriting.com appears to have been sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. But the buyer is peculiar. The current whois shows that EditMeNow.com, ... read more ...
Fri 20th August 2010
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No Grand Theft Domain: Take-Two Interactive Loses Battle over BioShock.com - Video game publisher loses arbitration for BioShock.com domain name. Take-Two Interactive Software, publishers of the Grand Theft Auto series and BioShock, have lost a domain name arbitration case to get the domain name BioShock.com. Take-Two filed for a trademark on BioShock back in 2005 on an intent-to-use basis, and first used the mark in commerce in 2007 according to USPTO filings. But the company claimed there was online chatter about the release of a new game ... read more ...
Mon 21st June 2010
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Name Administration Reaches Settlement over Cheat Code Mark - Company settles trademark dispute. Frank Schilling’s company Name Administration has reached a settlement with the holder of a trademark for Cheat Code, according to documents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Late last year CheatCodes.com LLC started going after people who had “cheat code” in their domain names, thanks to somehow slipping the generic term “Cheat Code” past a USPTO examiner. It went after small webmasters, but also sent a demand ... read more ...
Mon 2nd November 2009
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HomeAway.com Evicted in Domain Dispute - Vacation rental directory loses domain name dispute. HomeAway.com, Inc. has lost its domain dispute for HomeAwayFromHome.com against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. Name Administration was defended by domain attorney John Berryhill. Name Administration bought the domain name for $1,400 in an expired domain name auction in 2005. HomeAway.com acquired the Home Away From Home trademark from another company in 2007. The arbitration panel at National Arbitration ... read more ...
Sun 25th October 2009
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New York Magazine Buys Vulture.com Domain Name - Vulture.com now forwards to popular blog at New York Magazine. New York Magazine has acquired the domain name Vulture.com for its popular entertainment and culture blog Vulture. A review of historical whois records shows that Frank Schilling’s Name Administration sold the domain name to New York Magazine. Records indicate that the domain was transferred to New York Magazine around September 2. This is an interesting example of a domain purchase by a major media ... read more ...
Fri 18th September 2009
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Tenant Dispute Over HomeAwayfromHome.com - Well written article. I also think, that HomeAwayFromHome.com is the better name. This does show us, that long domains names can make sense, and be better than a shorter one. If I am allowed, to say this: I guess, if had created a such a name, with the same words, I probably would of looked like this: home-away-from-home.com, which I personally would favor, as homeawayfromhome.com is more difficult to read and understand. A lot of companies, who file a domain arbitration case, are not ... read more ...
Mon 24th August 2009
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Paul Sloan’s Frank Schilling Interview is Worth a Read - Take 10 minutes to read Frank Schilling’s latest interview. Paul Sloan’s latest interview of Frank Schilling has been posted at Sloan’s new “Playing the Angles” web site. Although the interview was posted last Friday, Sloan (and sidekick David Carter) sent out a message announcing the site launch today. As always, Schilling exudes humbleness while espousing prophecy. That’s what makes Schilling different from a lot of horn tooters in the domain industry. ... read more ...
Thu 2nd April 2009
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Name Administration Looks to Direct Advertisers - Name Administration to offer direct ad placement on its domain names. Perhaps in a bid to counter falling pay-per-click revenue, Frank Schilling’s company Name Administration is soliciting direct advertisers via a banner on some of its parked pages: The service will be called LinkBox. The description at Linkbox.com reads: Welcome to Linkbox.com. Direct advertising opportunities will be available soon with prices from less than $30 a month. If you would like to ... read more ...
Thu 26th February 2009
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Toys ‘R’ Us, Frank Schilling Among Bidders to Pay $1.35M or More for Toys.com - 6 companies to bid in Friday’s Toys.com auction. In a review of qualified bid documents, Domain Name Wire has discovered some familiar faces in Friday’s auction of Toys.com: Frank Schilling, National A-1 Advertising, and Toys ‘R’ Us to name a few. It’s clear that the press coverage of the original auction brought more bidders out of the woodwork. Most of the bidders submitted an initial bid of $1.35M, as I predicted. But it’s clear the auction will ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2008
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Frank Schilling Tests New Domain Parking Templates - Schilling’s Name Administration tests new parking templates. Mike Cohen of WannaDevelop.com has made some interesting observations about Frank Schilling’s parked domains. It seems that Schilling is testing some new designs. Here’s what a typical Name Administration (owned by Schilling) domain that I come across looks like: You have a relevant graphical header, 5 keyword tabs along the top, a section of either direct ad links or related keywords, related keywords ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2008
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Microsoft Could Use Domain Channel to Get Leg Up in Search - Is Microsoft looking to buy into the domain market? It could be a winning strategy. You may have read a few rumors lately that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be getting into the domain name business. The last time I talked to a Microsoft representative on the record, he said the company was very interested in the domain channel but had no immediately plans to provide an ad feed to parked domains. Would Microsoft be so bold as to buy up hundreds of thousands of generic ... read more ...
Mon 1st December 2008
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Frank Schilling Changes Registrar Name - Registrar for Frank Schilling’s Name Administration empire changes name. I was always a bit confused about the name of Frank Schilling’s domain registrar, Domain Name Sales Corp. Schilling would lament on his blog about how many purchase inquiries he received, when he generally did not sell domains. Well, if I saw a domain name registered at “Domain Name Sales Corp”, I would think it was for sale. An astute reader noticed that the name of the registrar ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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Frank Schilling Loses His First UDRP - Schilling’s company comes down on wrong end of ChilliBeans.com decision. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has lost its first UDRP decision, spoiling a perfect record of success (according to searches at National Arbitration Forum and WIPO). Schilling, teamed up with attorney John Berryhill as usual, failed to convince a three person WIPO panel that its use of the domain name ChilliBeans.com was generic. The complainant is a company selling sunglasses under ... read more ...
Fri 10th October 2008
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Schilling and Berryhill Win Another UDRP - Frank Schilling, with help of John Berryhill, successfully defend domain name. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has won an arbitration case brought by a trampoline company. Domain name attorney John Berryhill represented Schilling. NAOP, LLC, which apparently manufactures trampolines under the JUMPRO brand, filed for arbitration. I can find little information about the company, and jumpro.com is in use by a company unrelated to the trampoline manufacturer. The ... read more ...
Thu 28th August 2008
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Domain Arbitration Inconsistency: FoodEmporium.com/.net/.org - Think UDRP panels are inconsistent? Here’s proof. If you think UDRP panel decisions are inconsistent, look no further than three cases involving New York grocer The Food Emporium. It filed three separate actions under UDRP for FoodEmporium.com, FoodEmporium.net, and FoodEmporium.org. It won .org but lost the other two. There are reasons for the differences, including the registrant of .org not responding to the complaint. But if you read the decisions you’ll ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2008
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July Issue of Modern Domainer Ships Soon - Latest issue of Modern Domainer features domain blogs. The July issue of Modern Domainer magazine will be shipping soon, and Domain Name Wire got a sneak peek. The issue tips the scales at well over 100 pages and is Modern Domainer’s biggest issue yet. This issue’s main feature is the “Domainer’s Blog Bible”: As Modern Domainer chronicles the domaining and parked industries, the voices of a small handful of those on the avant-guard continue to be the ... read more ...
Mon 9th June 2008
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Can Marchex Pull it Off? - Local search evangelist pushes forward with Adhere. Is it enough? Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), the company that helped make domain portfolio sales popular with its purchase of Yun Ye’s portfolio, is moving forward with its local ad plans by integrating two platforms. The company announced today that it is combining its Industry Brains and Enhance pay-per-click services into a new platform called Adhere. The goal is to bring local online advertising to the masses in ... read more ...
Thu 29th May 2008
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Acronym Domain Name Owners Stave Off Attacks - Owners of three and four character domain names win UDRP decisions. Owning short domain names comes with risks. They are prized domains, and many people want to get their hands on them. The owner of Ace.com recently won its case, but the assaults continue. Here are several recent cases that domain owners managed to win. ANU.com In this case, a company you’ve probably never heard of — Anu Enterprises — went after domain owner DomainRegistry.com. Anu Enterprises ... read more ...
Wed 21st May 2008
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Review: “The Domain Game” Book Released - Long-awaited book about the domain name industry released today. What do you get when you take current reporting about the domain name industry, put it into the hands of an accomplished journalist, and give him a year to research and write about it? You get The Domain Game, the most thoroughly researched and interesting coverage of the domain name industry ever printed. Author David Kesmodel was introduced to the domain name industry while writing a few articles ... read more ...
Sun 18th May 2008
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The Domain Game Books Releases Soon - David Kesmodel’s book to be released soon, more information released. Wall Street Journal reporter David Kesmodel’s book about the domain industry, “The Domain Game”, will be released soon. He just launched a web site about the book at theDomainGame.org. The start of the book reads: In the fall of 2002, a thirty-three-year-old man living in the Cayman Islands made a rather unorthodox financial decision. He took all of his family’s savings, which totaled ... read more ...
Wed 14th May 2008
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Frank Schilling’s Defensive Patent - Legendary domainer’s patent-pending system could fend off ISP redirects. On April 24, 2006, domain name portfolio owner Frank Schilling filed a patent application for “Generic top-level domain re-routing system” with the help of attorney John Berryhill. This patent, if granted, could end up being very important to the domain name industry. Patent application 20060265516 describes a system for redirecting typos of domain names, such as a typo of the .com portion ... read more ...