Company gets proactive with domain sales. Yesterday I wrote about Microsoft's sale of Do.com. Last month Microsoft finally relented and sold HotList.com to startup TheHotList.com. But it appears that Microsoft might also be proactively selling some ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Microsoft Sells (or Places for Sale) Do.com
· Domain SalesDomain name transfers to IP protection company. An old Microsoft domain name has changed hands. The whois record for Do.com changed yesterday from Microsoft to Glendale, California company Marksmen. Marksmen is an intellectual property company ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Will Microsoft App Your Web Site?
· UncategorizedCompany registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same ... Continue Reading1 Comment
TheHotList.com Buys HotList.com From Microsoft
· Domain SalesStartup pries domain name loose from software giant. When your startup wants to upgrade its domain name, it's never a good sign when the domain you want is owned by one of the biggest companies in the world. That's what happened recently with ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Microsoft Scores Bi.ng Domain Name
· UncategorizedCompany registers short Nigerian domain name. Microsoft registered the short URL Bi.ng on February 4 thanks to the liberalization of Nigeria's .ng domain name to allow limited second level registrations. Previously you were required to register .ng ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Microsoft Buys Kinect.com Domain Name
· Domain SalesMicrosoft gets domain name to go along with popular Kinect product. Microsoft has purchased the domain name Kinect.com, updated whois records show. The company launched its popular motion based Kinect system for Xbox last year, and it was a hot ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Microsoft Goes After Kinect Domain Names
· Policy & LawCompany files arbitration cases to get domain names. If you registered domain names with "Kinect" in them with plans to develop sites related to the XBox Kinect system, you better watch out. Microsoft has filed 7 UDRP cases at National Arbitration ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Microsoft Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit Over Bing Domain Names
· Policy & LawMicrosoft goes after Bing cybersquatters. Microsoft has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against a California man and several John Does over their registration of domain names containing the "Bing" mark. The suit lists 21 allegedly infringing domain names ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Internet Explorer 13? Microsoft is Covering its Bases with Domain Registrations
· UncategorizedMicrosoft registers domain names for future versions of Internet Explorer. How many versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's market-leading web browser, will we see? Just in case, Microsoft has registered a handful of domain names up to version ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Microsoft Gets Patent for “Cybersquatter Patrol”
· Policy & LawCompany granted patent for typosquatting and cybersquatting tools. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted Microsoft U.S. patent number 7,756,987 (pdf) for "Cybersquatter Patrol". The patent is for a system of generating lists of typo and ... Continue Reading4 Comments