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What Go Daddy's Purchase of Outright Means for Small Sellers
July 18, 2012 @ 10:40 PMGo Daddy has acquired Outright, an accounting solution for online sellers and small businesses. Go Daddy, which also focuses on small businesses, is known for its easy and inexpensive domain registration service (it manages over 53 million domain names) and for its annual Super Bowl ads.
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DomainTools Lawsuit Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
July 18, 2012 @ 10:11 PMPreemptive case against New Jersey man can’t go forward in Washington, judge rules. DomainTools’ preemptive lawsuit against Russ Smith has been dismissed (pdf) with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. Russ Smith had threatened to sue DomainTools for copyright infringement and try to get its trademark canceled. Among Smith’s complaints: DomainTools’ archival […]
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Kohls Loses UDRP Over for Letter Kols.com Domain Name
July 18, 2012 @ 10:02 PMKOLS.com was registered three years before Kohls.com. Retailer Kohls.com has lost a UDRP dispute for the domain name Kols.com, which it claimed was a typo of its domain name Kohls.com. The respondent, Fox Business Systems / KansasNet, said it registered the domain name as an acronym for “Kansas Online Systems” and had intended to develop […]
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Brothel Beats Victoria’s Secret in Titillating Domain Name Dispute
July 18, 2012 @ 9:45 PM…and it’s seriously a fascinating UDRP case. An Australian brothel has rebuffed an attempt by lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret to take its domain name VictoriasSecrets.com.au. The decision was handed down on a couple weeks ago and a Domain Name Wire reader just brought the case to my attention. The subject matter certainly makes for an […]
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Meat Loaf launches $100,000 lawsuit against tribute act accusing him of being an online impostor
July 18, 2012 @ 2:41 PMA Meat Loaf tribute artist from Lancashire is fighting a $100,000 (£64,000) writ from the US rock star, who accuses him of being a “cybersquatter and online imposter”.
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Go Daddy Makes Its First “Business” Acquisition
July 18, 2012 @ 4:31 AMGo Daddy acquires Outright. More to come? Go Daddy today announced the acquisition of Outright, a provider of online financial software for small businesses. This is only the company’s third acquisition in its history, and the first one that involves bringing over people from the acquired business. (It’s previous acquisitions were a technology acquisition for […]
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Are There Fewer Domain Conferences or Just Different Domain Conferences?
July 17, 2012 @ 11:39 PMThere are only two big domainer conferences this year, but domainers still find opportunities to get together. Two years ago you could have gone to a domain name conference every other month. This year there are just two big domain conferences: DOMAINfest (which already took place) and the upcoming TRAFFIC conference in Fort Lauderdale. Here […]
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Zynga Acquires Chefville.com Domain Name
July 17, 2012 @ 11:35 PMZynga pockets key domain name for new game. Last month social gaming company Chefville announced its newest games including Chefville. But it didn’t have the Chefville.com domain name — until now. Chefville.com was registered back in January 2006. Its current owner, an individual in California, appears to have owned it that whole time. (The oldest […]
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Afternic Expands Further Into Asian Domain Market With Dnbiz Partnership
July 17, 2012 @ 4:22 PMAfternic, the leading marketplace for premium domains, announces partnership with Chinese registrar Dnbiz.
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Doorkings.com: This is Why You Hire a Domain Attorney for UDRP
July 16, 2012 @ 10:43 PMA complainant’s UDRP filing should be pretty simple, if it knows what it’s doing. John Berryhill was ready. His client, United Marketing Group, Inc, had to prove to a WIPO panel that its domain names DoorKings.com and DKSOpeners.com were registered in good faith after DoorKing, Inc. filed a UDRP complaint. So he dutifully explained that, […]
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