Complainant was JPI Commercial, LLC from Minnesota, USA. Respondent was Alan Capalditallon from United Kingdom. Complainant, a pharmaceutical company, owns numerous US and EU trademark registrations for XYREM, used in connection with various pharmaceutical goods …
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The new Afternic – Redesigned website coming next week
We just got a press release from Afternic. A couple of days back Afternic announced the launch of NameFind, a one-stop, name generation tool. Next week Afternic will launch the new and redesigned Afternic. Afternic is …
Read More »EURid is sponsoring .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution procedure at less than half price (600 Euro)
The Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) and .eu registry EURid are running a special fee reduction to make the .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process even more accessible to the European public. EURid is sponsoring the .eu …
Read More »Who owns the .xxx domains of the 49 categories featured in Search.xxx?
I did a review on the new search engine at Search.xxx dedicated to developed .XXX websites and .XXX content only launched by ICM Registry. ICM Registry, the registry operator of .xxx, announced that Search.xxx got …
Read More »EURid publishes .eu identity magazine for Autumn 2012
EURid, the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, manages the .eu top-level Internet domain under contract to the European Commission. EURid publishes the .eu identity magazine twice a year. The magazine contains articles on general …
Read More »Search.xxx – A review of the new .xxx search engine
ICM Registry, the registry operator of .xxx, launched today, September the 27th, a new search engine at Search.xxx dedicated to developed .XXX websites and .XXX content only. ICM Registry claims to have 21 million pages …
Read More »NameMedia introduces NameFind.com in association with Afternic
NameMedia, that owns Afternic, launched NameFind.com today, a new website that is a collaborative, one-stop, name generation tool. NameFind is a discovery and acquisition tool that gives entrepreneurs the information they need when they are making …
Read More »ngf.com successfully defended at NAF – PPC is a bona fide offering of goods or services
A three-member Panel denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name ngf.com. Complainant was the National Golf Foundation, Inc. and Respondent was Mediablue, represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com Law Firm. The Complaint was submitted …
Read More »Sedo made a mistake: Oops! Correction for Sedo’s Select 50 – It’s Whiskey.com!
A few hours ago I posted the top 50 domains for September from Sedo. It appears Sedo made a mistake on the top domain name! Apparently someone at Sedo made a typo and instead of …
Read More »Sedo selects the top 50 domain names for September
A few days ago Sedo announced that its brokerage team is going to select the top 50 domains every month, and deliver this list to Sedo’s newsletter subscribers. Sedo said that this email would also include the …
Read More »High school lets domain expire and then goes after volunteer coach with a UDRP complaint that fails
Complainant Grandville Academic Team Boosters, from the Grandville High School, submitted a Complaint to the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name robodawgs.com. Respondent was a former volunteer coach with at the Grandville High School …
Read More »Snapnames got me 3 domains I backordered 5 years ago in an account I thought was closed!
A few days back I got an email with subject: “Notification of domain transfer-out” from Moniker. The email message was: Congratulations! The following domain has been automatically transferred out of your Moniker registrar account xxxxxx …
Read More »Ebay gets a new logo after 17 years
In September 1995, Ebay was created as a marketplace for people to buy and sell practically anything. Last week Ebay introduced a new look for the eBay brand by revealing their new logo, it’s first …
Read More »en.org gets renewed! It was sold for $21,586 at GoDaddy but auction has been cancelled
Last week I wrote about the domain name en.org being sold at GoDaddy Auctions for $21,586. Auction ended on the 14th but the domain was renewed on the 16th by it’s original owner. So the …
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