Why Fortune-500 firms are booking porn domain names
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:23:45 -0800

According to reports, ICM expects to earn a minimum of $200 million annually from the sale of .xxx domains , and see between 3 million and 5 million domain registrations as companies defensively register their domains . Among those who have registered ...

Domain Spammers Fill-Up Christmas Inboxes
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:06:38 -0800

by Adam Strong in Categories: Legal Issues - 2 Comments The onslaught of domain spammers emailing solicitations to acquire domain names that are dropping or pitching domains for sale seems to have increased dramatically over the last month. ...

Bad Decision For The TM Holder? Lawyer/Owner Wins UDRP On The Domain ...
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:59:17 -0800

The Respondent maintains that he has established rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name based on the intent to use the disputed domain name in connection with a website offering for sale got milk? advertisements. ...

Generic top-level domain sale begins on web
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:30:21 -0800

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) will start accepting applications for "top-level domains " such as .Pepsi or .London rather than just the traditional .com and .net . Organisations that can afford it are expected to apply ...

Boycott forces Go Daddy to stop supporting SOPA
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:03:37 -0800

"Bye @Godaddy just transferred 58 domains away because of your SOPA and PIPA support. #sopa #sopasucks Stay in servers, not politics," tweeted 1HChandler. In a flurry of statements released over the last few days, Go Daddy said it no longer ...

Not for sale : candidate .xxx domains
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:57:09 -0800

And what about Jon Huntsman and Gary Johnson, whose .xxx domains are still for sale ? Loren Pomerantz, who handles media for ICM, tells politico that when the field of Republican presidential contenders first fell into place, the company pulled from ...

Creditcard.net.au sold in record transaction for $18000
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:03:54 -0800

There were certainly a number of key domain sales last year, including investmentproperty.com.au, which sold for $125000, along with hardware.com.au and electricity.com.au. "This is a record for a .net.au sale." Meanwhile, top-level domain name ...

Leading Online Real Estate Portals Appoint Technology Veterans as CTO and CIO ...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:56:04 -0800

The rapid growth of three our category domains in the online real estate space and the recent acquisition of Location.com created a need for expanded technology leadership , stated Richard Swerdlow, CEO of e Real Estate Holdings. ...

New .XXX Domain Name Rightly Isolates Adult Content on the Internet
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:29:45 -0800

While rumors circulated that Vatican.xxx was purchased, and not by the Vatican, the domain name is permanently blocked from sale . Once this scandal subsided, a more positive buzz emerged, highlighting the benefits of the .xxx extension. ...

How SOPA Will Destroy The Internet
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:40:44 -0800

While the ostensible intentions are to combat online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods, the bad news is that the legislation contains elements which basically puts every single domain registered under generic TLDs under the authority of the ...

Gingrich Web Site for Sale
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:47:16 -0800

This: A Democratic group on Wednesday posted a listing on Craigslist, offering to sell the newtgingrich.com domain for $1 million. We thought of giving it away, but we wouldn't want to be accused of being socialists, says the listing, ...

Anti-SOPA activists launch Go Daddy boycott
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:02:11 -0800

Earlier today, Reddit user selfprodigy submitted a post to Reddit.com, the title of which reads, Go Daddy supports SOPA, I'm transferring 51 domains & suggesting a move your domain day. That 'move your domain day' appears to have started. ...

Vatican .xxx domain sale sparks porn fears
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:12:11 -0800

The Vatican is bracing itself for an unwanted association with a likely porn site after it emerged that an unknown buyer had snapped up the Vatican.xxx domain . .xxx domains went on sale last month as part of a bid by ICANN, the body overseeing domain ...

Domain Name Prices Cut in Half by 34SP.com
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:09:59 -0800

To view a complete list of domain name extensions with the half off pricing see: domains . Stuart Melling is co-founder at 34SP.com and had this to say regarding the January Domain Name Sale , ''After two years of consistently great ...

SOPA Stance Cost Go Daddy More than 7000 Domains
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:51:36 -0800

On the other hand, shipment of media tablet sale increased by 23.9 percent within the third quarter of the year 2011, based on IDC or International Data Corporation. With this, IDC perceives solid demand for media tablet devices within the fourth ...

Night of the Zombie Branches; Rescues Possible?
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:05:33 -0800

Regional banks are the most likely to still run their networks as a series of regional domains with separate management teams. This often leads to a sharing arrangement for branch investments (if Tampa gets two, then Gainesville should have two), ...

City of Saskatoon, U of S buy .xxx domain names
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:43:27 -0800

He added that some universities decided against buying their namesake .xxx domains because they feel it's a cash-grab from companies organizing the domain name sales . Domain squatting buying a domain name of a recognized company and demanding ...

Expansion Of Direct NIC.com's Sedo MLS Premium Partnership Offers Customers More ...
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:46:13 -0800

Registrar partners can also offer more choices for their end user customers, as well as the opportunity to list their domains for sale throughout the entire Sedo MLS Promotion Network. It is great to see direct NIC.com integrate full Sedo MLS Premium ...

The Marijuana.com Sale For $4.2 Million Only Had A $125K Down Payment & Other ...
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:18:13 -0800

Seller hereby agrees to sell, and Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase, the Domain Name. 2. The purchase price for the Domain Name shall be Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($425000.00) (the Purchase Price ), payable as follows: on the ...

Media Revenue Jumps Into SEO Trademark Suit
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:51:44 -0800

"Media Revenue does not state in its motion to intervene just when it acquired ownership of the domains and domain names , but an email discovered by plaintiff, purportedly from defendants, claims a sale took place before March 15, 2011," Belville's ...