Whenever a celebrity dies the media has a “feeding frenzy” and sales of anything related to the departed go through the roof. It happened with Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Patrick Swayze .. the list goes on and on. When Amy Winehouse died a few weeks ago the same kind of thing happened. Every single media… Continue reading The Darker Side Of Domaining
Category: Domain Squatters
Bebo Drop Bebo.ie
Trademark holders do funny things with domains. Bebo.ie, which was registered in bad faith, was handed back to its rightful owners last year. However Bebo Inc obviously don’t care enough about the .ie domain to hold onto it, so it’s been dropped. So will anyone try to grab it again? It will be interesting to… Continue reading Bebo Drop Bebo.ie
IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
So what does a ccTLD operator do when they’re worried about cashflow? They go off and spend thousands on a glossy annual report obviously! The IEDR’s annual report and review for 2008 is the glossiest one they’ve produced to date. As usual it contains plenty of fluff while ignoring anything of substance. In the Chairman’s… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
Image via Wikipedia One of the more recent WIPO decisions caught my eye as it was for the domain ianfleming.com Ian Fleming was, of course, the creator of James Bond and wrote all 14 novels, as well as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This year happens to mark the centenary of his birth, which may or… Continue reading Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
David Curtin, IEDR CEO, was interviewed during the week by Sunday Business Post’s technology editor Adrian Weckler The full interview is available online. Some of the questions posed by Weckler revealed some of the more awkward and restrictive views of the registry, including its policy on censoring domain names. However it is interesting to note… Continue reading IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations
Image via Wikipedia I keep a close eye on the WIPO UDRP decisions, as sometimes they can be very interesting. In most cases decisions are either upheld or denied and when they are upheld the normal followup would be for the domain in question to be transferred to the IP holder. However WIPO’s latest set… Continue reading WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations
Netsol Take Evil To A New Level
A couple of months ago I posted about domain name front running. I’d been at a meeting during ICANN’s LA meeting and had also read Jay Daley’s paper on the subject.At the time I was unconvinced as to the existence of front running as a practice. In light of the revelations that have come to… Continue reading Netsol Take Evil To A New Level
Nominet Adds More RSS Feeds
Nominet has expanded the number of RSS feeds available on their site to include disputes (DRS) You can see a full list of available RSS feeds provided by the registry here
Eurid Registrar Possibly Implicated in Squatting
A few short days ago I mentioned that Eurid had taken action against a Chinese individual who had registered over ten thousand domains. While I initially did not expect to hear anything more about this story until the court made a declaration it seems that I was mistaken. According to a story published by French… Continue reading Eurid Registrar Possibly Implicated in Squatting
Where do you draw the line with domain typos?
Domain Blog’s most recent article covers an issue that is close to the heart of anyone with intellectual property to protect – typo squatting. While I can see that registering the most obvious typos makes sense, the question is where do you stop? At what point are the typos just plain silly? If you try… Continue reading Where do you draw the line with domain typos?