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What you need to know from ICA – DNW Podcast #128

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Here are some of the issues domainers need to be aware of.

dnw-podcastWhat do domainers need to look out for? This week we chat with Internet Commerce Association board member Zak Muscovitch about the issues facing domainers that the association is working on, including UDRP reform, “copyright UDRP” and more. Also: price hike fallout, a bespoke domain name and more.

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Big companies and domain names – DNW Podcast #112

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Jamie Zoch discusses corporate domain name strategies and how you can profit from them.

dnw-podcastDo big companies get it when it comes to domain names? Jamie Zoch closely tracks company domain name registrations and works with them to buy and sell domain names. On today’s podcast, Jamie discusses the mistakes they make and how you can transact with these big companies.

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How James Booth went from zero to $5 million in 6 months – DNW Podcast #94

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James Booth sold $5 million in domain names within six months of opening his brokerage firm.

James Booth had a bit of an “in” when he got into the domain name business. His brother Andy Booth is a very successful domain name investor. Still, James’ early success brokering domains has been phenomenal: about $5 million in domains in the past six months. Based in the Philippines, he’s had lots of success selling to the Chinese. On today’s program he discusses what’s happened to the value of two and three letter domains and where he thinks the market is headed. He also tells the scary story of almost buying a stolen domain name, and we discuss some of the due diligence you should do before buying a domain name. Also: Pokemon Go craze, lawsuit injustice and Tesla.

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Pssst… “Got Milk?” is a Trademark

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Don’t mess around with the Got Milk slogan.

Got Milk?

This slogan has become such a cultural mainstay that we see variations of it all the time.

But what many people don’t realize is that it’s trademarked. California Milk Processor Board has multiple trademarks to the slogan and related slogans.

That’s a lesson that one punk rock band learned the hard way. The band called “GotMilk” needs to find a new name.

The California Milk Processor Board just won the transfer of the group’s domain name GotMilkBand.com. Not only is the band called “GotMilk”, but it even used the stylized font commonly used with the milk slogan.

This isn’t the first time the California Milk Processor Board has gone after people who use domain names including its slogan. It recently won rights to momgotmilk.com and 1800gotmilk.net. It forced the owner of yougotmilkmoney.com to hand over its domain. It has even gone after variations such as GotHempMilk.com.

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Your Florida Tax Dollars at Work: flhsmv.gov

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Florida changes domain name for drivers license site. But it’s still bad.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles changed its domain name this month from hsmv.state.fl.us to flhsmv.gov. OK, so that’s an improvement, but wow that sucks.

According to Electra Bustle, the department’s executive director, “This new address is easier to remember and will help identify the department as a government organization.”

Hmmm. The original address was bad. But how much of an improvement is a six character .gov domain name? It went from really horrible to just horrible. Even stranger, the department owns the domain GoRenew.com for renewing drivers licenses, so someone in the organization knows what they’re doing.

I like to think we do things better in Texas than in Florida. After all, we haven’t messed up our elections in awhile. And our domain name for drivers licenses — TexasOnline.com — beats the socks off of flhsmv.org!

Before you rush out and register flhsmv.com (and you know that you are), the folks at Clicks Cons LTD have beaten you to it, registering it in 2006 through DomainDoorman.

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