Archive for March 2007
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Splenda Killed My Dog
Sustainable Is Good reports that Tate & Lyle, manufacturer of the chemical sweetener Splenda, along with its US based co-developer Johnson & Johnson, have bought up hundreds of chillingly expressive domain names, including SplendaPoison.com, SplendaKills.net, VictimsofSplenda.com, SplendaToxicity.com and SplendaAlert.com (full list below). Do they know something that we consumers don't, or are they merely protecting [...]
Microsoft Sues Competing Cybersquatters
In a return to anti-competitive strategies that got it into trouble with the U.S. justice department years ago, Microsoft is attacking its competitors like there is no tomorrow. This time, they go after competing cybersquatters, who, in cooperation with Google and Yahoo, apparently take a big bite out of Microsoft's domain typo profits. As the [...]
Topix.com Leads Domain Sales Charts
The latest report of domain sales prices is shown below (thanks to DNJournal). This report covers the past two weeks. Topix.com leads the list with a respectable $1,000,000 sale; the domain was sold to Topix.net in a private transaction.
WIPO: Cybersquatting On The Rise!
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a sensational press release entitled "Cybersquatting Remains On The Rise With Further Risk To Trademarks From New Registration Practices" The issues: The number of cybersquatting disputes filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2006 increased by 25% as compared to 2005. WIPO sees this as evidence [...]
EURid Invites Comments About .EU Code of Conduct
EURid, the domain registry responsible for the .eu domain, invites comments from the public regarding its planned .eu Code of Conduct (pdf file), a set of rules that registrars will be able to voluntarily subscribe to. The Daily Domainer reviewed the draft document and found that most elements of the Code fall into three categories: [...]
"Oh no, that was MY domain!"
A few weeks ago I was going through a weekly list of recent domain sales together with a friend of mine. Suddenly, he froze in his tracks. "That's my domain!", he screamed. And there it was: Expired, caught and sold. For five figures. His investigations revealed that he had simply failed to renew the domain. [...]
Kevin Medina Regains Control of RegisterFly
The mainstream media is beginning to take notice of the RegisterFly disaster. BusinessWeek reports that Kevin Medina has regained control of the company after he had been fired by his former partners several weeks ago: In a legal decision that stunned even the lawyers for the victor, a U.S. District Court judge on Mar. 8 [...]