Patents.com and Patents.net have a high bid of $350,000.
The domains patents.com and patents.net belonged to the law firm of Oppedahl & Larson LLP. But the firm has disolved and the domains are being auctioned together. The auction is not being handled by a domain broker but offers can be submitted through the patents.com web site. The current high offer is $350,000.
Patents.com receives considerable type-in traffic. It’s Overture+Ext score is 131 and the term “patent” receives nearly 50,000 searches per month through the Yahoo network. Companies often pay $5-$10 per click for this term as patent filing and litigation is a very lucrative business. Furthermore, Patents.com has a #4 ranking on Google when someone searches for “patents”. It trails only the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Google patent search, and Wikipedia.
Given the growing business of intellectual property and the deep pockets of many players in this industry, I expect this domain to sell for 7 figures. The only thing holding this auction back is that it isn’t being handled by a neutral third party such as Sedo or Afternic.
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