Amazon.com has won domain disputes involving 14 domain names it deemed were trademark violations. The domains included amazzone.com, amzaon.com, and amazln.com, among others. Unlike a recent Yahoo case, the registrant tried to defend some of his ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon.com wins domain names
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Domain name price comparison
· Domain Registrars, Expired Domains, ServicesWhat's the cheapest registrar for .com domain registrations? What about .org? What's the cheapest way to backorder domain names? You can find out at Midano.com. Midano.com is a price comparison engine for domain name services. It's like ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain Name King means well, gets duped
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedSelf-proclaimed "Domain Name King" Rick Schwartz, the man behind the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain name conferences, meant well by setting up the AirKatrina.com web site to ask for donations for a pilot claiming to assist Katrina search and recovery efforts. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Afternic sells RealEstateAgency.com for $20k
· Domain SalesDomain name aftermarket Afternic just posted a sale of RealEstateAgency.com for $20,000. They also sold Loan1.com for $10,000 yesterday. That's a high price for a domain with a digit, but the value is clear for a loans company. DNJournal's sales list ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Parking Dots vs. Parking Site
· Services, UncategorizedSeptember was a fairly quiet month in the Domain Parking field. Sedo has been gradually increasing their PPC numbers, while Parking Site recovered nicely from August's DNS attacks. Several services continue to experience growing pains. Parking ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How to generate bad publicity for your company
· Policy & LawCorporate attorneys aren't always the best PR people. Take the folks at telecom provider BT Ireland. BT Ireland found out about the web site BTIrelandSucks.com. Clearly the domain was set up as a gripe site. Very few people visited the site. But ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Yahoo wins disputed domains
· Policy & LawYahoo recently won rights to 54 disputed domain names that were similar to the Yahoo! trademark. Included are domains like YahooSports.com, launchYah00.com, matchYahoo.com, YahooCalendar.com, YahooSpots.com, and BaseballYahoo.com. The prior registrant ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Baseball domain names
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsMajor League Baseball playoffs are about to start. Have you invested in baseball domain names? Here are some you can add to your collection: Available at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
EU tries to wrestle for control of internet
· Policy & LawAccording to an article in TheRegister, a consortium of EU countries are trying to grab control of the internet from the US. There goal is to modify ICANN and make the internet overseen by an international community rather than the US. I am opposed ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain name WhoIs leads to piracy arrest
· Policy & LawThe October issue of Wired Magazine has a story about Randy Guthrie, a US citizen arrested in China for DVD piracy. What makes this story unique is how Guthrie was busted. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent heard about Guthrie's web site, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
