Master Call Connections, LLC (represented by Mikhail Lezhnev, New York, USA has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Mastercall.com. The one member UDRP panel of David J. Steele found the domain name that was registered 23 years ago back on April 24th, 1995 which was 13 years before the Complainant filed a trademark which alleged a first in use date of January … [Read more...]
Tinder Files UDRP to Get The Domain TinderBuster.com; But Is The Target SwipeBuster.com?
An interesting UDRP was filed by the dating app Tinder against the domain name TinderBuster.com which is being forwarded to SwipeBuster.com SwiperBuster.com is not a parked page but a service which allows people to see whether someone is active on the app. People might want to search for their significant, boss, friend, family or even favorite or hated politician for a $5 fee. All you need … [Read more...]
Minds+Machines Rebranded Domain MMX.co Purchased For $2,200
Minds + Machines announced yesterday, it was re-branding its website from MindsandMachines.com to the domain name MMX.co. The domain name MMX.co was on Sedo weekly transaction list back in May 2015 selling for $2,200. Minds + Machines has a market cap of around £69.03 which is around $97.5 million USD. If you're wondering, the domain name MMX.com is owned by Intel but does not … [Read more...]
2 UDRP’s: Trademark Holder Of Rocket Pay Wins RocketPays.com Loses on RocketPay.com
Two interesting UDRP decisions were handed down today but two different UDRP panelist both involving the trademark holder of "Rocket Pay" In the first case Rocketgate PR LLC went after the direct match domain name rocketpay.com, which was registered in 2002, some ten years before the trademark was filed the sole Panelist Nathalie Dreyfus found for the domain holder in denying the UDRP, however … [Read more...]
.Store Goes Live in Sunrise & Picks Up Over 150 Registrations On Day One
Radix, the Portfolio Registry behind .online, .tech, .space announced the launch .store which went live into Sunrise yesterday a period where domain names can be registered by Trademark Holders. On Day 1 of Sunrise, .store garnered 150+ requests from brands ranging across product categories like gameofthrones, chopard, nike, walmart, nivea, apple, google etc. Several leading brands out … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Sells Over $2 Million in Domains in March
Namejet.com released it monthly report of domain sales for March 2016. As usual Namejet.com only includes domain that sold for $2,000 or more and only those domains that were sold and paid for in the month. Some sales from the RightoftheDot.com auction from Namescon are included in this list from the live and extended auctions: Domain Name Payment … [Read more...]
Six NFL/NBA players Moved their Websites to new gTLD Extensions this Month
Six NFL/NBA players announced they moved their websites to new gTLD extensions this month: AJ Hawk – Linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals New Website: TheHawkcast.Show Gordon Hayward – Forward for the Utah Jazz New Website: GordonHayward20.Life DeMarre Carroll – Forward for the Toronto Raptors New Website: DemarreCarroll5.Life Brandon Bair – Defensive End for the … [Read more...]