Archive for February 2007
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Would The Real Morris Iemma Please Stand Up?
Morris Iemma, the Premier of New South Wales (Australia) and leader of the state's Labor Party, has fallen victim to the competing Liberal Party, which registered MorrisIemma.com and recently launched an aggressive pre-election video on the domain. Mr. Iemma's actual website is located at MorrisIemma.com.au. It is not known why the politician had failed to [...]
Google Goes After Polish Poets In Microsoft-Style Legal Attack
Google has launched legal action against the Polish Grupa Młodych Artystów i Literatów (GMAil), or Group of Young Artists and Writers, over the domain name gmail.pl which the group had registered on November 1, 2006. Izabela Krawczyk of GMAiL told news agency Agence France-Presse that Google had turned to Poland's IT and telecommunications tribunal to [...]
Who Is Monitoring Your Domain Searches?
It has happened to most of us: A perfect domain name pops into your mind. A quick check at your favorite domain registrar reveals that the domain is still available. For some reason, you put off the actual registration for a few days. And when you come back to finally register the domain, it's taken [...]
Generic Domain Owners Can Now Sell Their Traffic To The Highest Bidder
Have you ever dreamed of selling your domains' visitors to the highest bidder without having to worry about declining click-through rates and pay-per-click revenues? Sendori, a new service that was recently announced on Techcrunch, aims to connect advertisers with owners of generic domains. The company's concept is simple yet ingenious:
Ralph Lauren Fails To Hijack RL.com From Licensed Real Estate Broker
In an unethical attempt at reverse domain hijacking, PRL USA Holdings, the company that owns the Ralph Lauren trademark, tried to wrestle control of RL.com from a licensed real estate broker who was going to use the domain to offer real estate loans.
Sedo Adds Helpful Notices To IDN Auctions
Just a few days ago we reported on The Trouble With Bogus IDN Auctions, and domainer discussion boards were filled with related complaints. Sedo has now changed how they present IDN auctions in two essential ways:
Spanish .org Domains To Launch March 3
As of March 3, 2007, Spanish will join the list of languages whose special characters (á, é, í, ñ, ó, ú and ü) can be used as part of .org domain names. This move will allow the registration of Spanish .org domains such as mañana.org, córdoba.org or policía.org. It is already possible to register .org [...]