Intocable, Ltd. of Zapata, Texas, lost its attempt to re-gain control domain name intocable.com The case has pretty interesting facts The Complainant gained control of the domain name through the UDRP in August 2015 when the previous owner transferred the domain to settle the UDRP. Complainant states in detail that through no fault of its own, the registration for the Domain Name expired on … [Read more...]
Troubling UDRP For Domain Investors As 10 year old Domain Lost
Crown Acquisitions, Inc, won control of the domain name CrownAcquisitions.com in a UDRP this week and although its not a headline type of domain I think it's a really poor decision by the one member panel of Houston Putnam Lowry, "Chartered Arbitrator", which contains language that should concern any domain investor. "The Complainant uses the CROWN ACQUISITIONS, INC. mark in connection with the … [Read more...]
Virgin Loses URS On The Domain Name VirginMedia.vip
Virgin Enterprise Limited of London, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding on the domain name VirginMedia.vip which is owned by Wang Hong Wei of Beijing, China who did not even respond to the URS. The Examiner Mr. Peter Müller concluded that Virgin failed to provide "a single copy of a trademark certificate or a printout of an official trademark database. Therefore, the Examiner … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Announces $600K+ in Sales In July
Namejet.com reported $616,344 in domain name sales in July 2016. Only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only domains sold and paid for in July are included. All sales were led by Present.com for $90,600 The high sale was followed by two first names very popular with women and then two three letter .com's Here is the list: Domain Name Payment … [Read more...]
Thoughts About Verisign’s $135 Million Dollar .Web Acquisition & What It Means For Domainers
I didn't write much leading up to the Verisign (VRSN) acquisition of .Web for $135 Million this week, but I have plenty of thoughts on the subject. First and foremost it's a no brainier for Verisign Forget the $1.9 Billion they have sitting in the bank and focus in on the over $9 Billion dollar valuation the company has which went up over 3% on Friday. This more than made up for the … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 9%: Has Operating Margin of 61.5%
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN),today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2016. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $286 million for the second quarter of 2016, up 9.1% from the same quarter in 2015. Verisign reported net income of $113 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $0.87 for the second quarter of 2016, compared to net income of $93 … [Read more...]
.Tel Which Once Had 340K Registrations Slips To Under 100K
.Tel which is not a new gTLD but gTLD that was launched in 2005, by January 2011 .Tel had around 340,000 domain registrations. By February 2014, when the new gTLD's started to launch .Tel had around 150,000 domain registrations. According to RegistarsStats.com, .Tel had a net loss of over 700 domain names yesterday bringing the total number of domain registrations to now under 100K to … [Read more...]