Major acquisition shakes up domain name investor landscape. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring the Uniregistry registrar and marketplace, Frank Schilling's Name Administration domain name portfolio, and other associated assets for an undisclosed ... Continue Reading53 Comments
Frank Schilling wins cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawIndian insurance company falls short in UDRP. Frank Schilling's Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name CareHealthInsurance.com in a UDRP. The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel determined ... Continue Reading7 Comments
RDNH alert: Duplicitous dealings doom Digilove domain dispute
· Policy & LawElectronic dance website guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after engaging in "duplicitous dealings". I have to admit, I don't expect much business or legal sense from a company that uses the domain name digi10ve.com for a site it calls ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Why do people waste money filing this sort of UDRP against Name Administration?
· Policy & LawNo one has ultimately prevailed after filing a UDRP against Name Administration. Before you filed a UDRP, you'd think you'd google the domain name's owner to learn more. Yet time after time I see people file long shot UDRP complaints against Frank ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Company buys two domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000
· Domain SalesSearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling's Name Administration all the time, but here's an example that's in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a payment ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Locksmiths “pick” fight with Frank Schilling
· Policy & Law...and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn't help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling's Name Administration over the domain name ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Owner of FLVS.net Sues Frank Schilling Over FLVS.com
· Policy & LawSchilling's company named in lawsuit over four letter domain name. Florida VirtualSchool, which runs an online education service at FLVS.net, has sued Frank Schilling's Name Administration, Inc. over his FLVS.com domain name. The suit (pdf) also ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Name Administration Settles Over ChilliBeans.com Domain Name
· Policy & LawFrank Schilling settles disagreement over ChilliBeans.com. In 2008 Name Administration (Frank Schilling's company) lost a UDRP for the generic domain name ChilliBeans.com. It was the company's first loss in a UDRP case, and it then sued complainant ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Name Administration Reaches Settlement over Cheat Code Mark
· Policy & LawCompany settles trademark dispute. Frank Schilling's company Name Administration has reached a settlement with the holder of a trademark for Cheat Code, according to documents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Late last year CheatCodes.com ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Name Administration Challenges “Cheat Code” Trademark
· Policy & LawFrank Schilling's company files petition for cancellation after trademark owner threatens it. If you've ever filed for a trademark, you know that it can be a challenging process to get approval. Just ask hotels.com and mattress.com, which have failed ... Continue Reading39 Comments