HBO Buys 9 "Outcast" Domains For Upcoming Cinemax TV Series Outcast - Robert Kirkman’s “Outcast” which is a paranormal drama has been ordered as a series by Cinemax. The show Outcast was featured during Comic Con 2015 with OutcastCinemax.com which was registered November 24, 2014 and owned by HBO. The domain name is in use as a redirect to HBO.com featuring information from SDCC in July 2015. They are also using #outcastcinemax on Twitter.
Both HBO and Cinemax are subsidiaries of Time Warner.
Home Box Office, Inc. registered 9 new domain names related to “Outcast”. ... read more ...
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Thu 17th September 2015
Thu 9th July 2009
Comcast Starts Typosquatting Domain Names -
IMHO, such “typosquatting”/”DNS help” these ISPs perform is “browser hijacking” (using my standard method of “definition based on actions”). A combination of my problems jover the years with Comcast’s DNS servers (including totally unresponsive DNS servers and the resolutions of domain names only after the second or third request — and using a third-party DNS server violates Comcast’s TOS, the last time I checked) — combined with the fact that Comcast regularly ... read more ...
Wed 17th December 2008
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 10th March 2008
Cease & Desist Sent to Domain Owner Based on Redirect Service -
Cease desist letter claims infringement based on ISP’s redirect service.
Anyone who owns generic acronym domain names is well aware of the possibility of receiving a cease desist letter from someone claiming rights to it. This is particularly prevalent with three and four character domain names, for which any number of companies may hold a trademark or at least use the acronym.
Some domain owners completely disable their acronym domains rather than park them, ... read more ...