As we noted earlier today over 6,000 .XYZ new gTLD domain names were registered yesterday, after Google Inc. announced it's holding company Alphabet Inc., using the domain name ABC.XYZ. It is interesting though, as Mike pointed out that of the 6,000 newly registered .xyz domains registered yesterday hundreds of them related to ABC, Alphabet and XYZ. I wanted to compare that to .com / .net … [Read more...]
Twitter Files 3 New Trademarks: Including It’s Stock Symbol TWTR
Twitter Inc. has filed 3 new trademarks including one for TWTR which is the NYSE stock symbol for the company. The trademark states: "Providing business and corporate information via a web site and via social media". Twitter Inc. currently does not own the matching domain name TWTR.com according to whois records. The domain name is for sale currently on domain name marketplace Sedo.com, with … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Float.com, RO.com, TractorSales.com & More Domains
Welcome to the latest installment of Domain Movers where we detect domain names on the move due to recently being purchased, registered and more. The vast majority of the domain names in our reports are corporate related or high value domain names. Here we go with the latest: Target Brands, Inc. registered the domain name CollegeStyler.com adding to it domain name portfolio of over 3,700 … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Orb.com, OpenWheel.com, MPCG.com & More Domains
Welcome to the latest Domain Movers where we detect domain names on the move and the majority all relate to large corporations. Some of the following domain names have been purchased from a previous owner, some registered and some are simply moving for one reason or another. Here we go with the latest domain mover series: Time Inc. has secured the domain name PeopleStyle.com from a Joseph … [Read more...]
Virtual Network SA Adds To $10M+ In Domain Investments With Purchase of Brain.com
Brain.com has been purchased by Virtual Network SA of Switzerland. Virtual Networks CEO Stéphane Pictet confirmed the purchase to TheDomains by stating “Virtual Network has bought Brain.com in Dec 2014 for an undisclosed amount. This highly brandable domain name is now part of our pipeline of premium brands for future internal or external projects.” Brain.com is currently redirecting to … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Working On An HIV Vaccine Buys HIVAidsVaccine.com Domain
It was reported earlier this month that Johnson & Johnson has been showing success with a preclinical trial for an HIV-1 vaccine: The article quotes lead author Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at BIDMC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School chatting about Johnson & Johnson vaccine: "We are very encouraged by the results of … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Sells MafiaGame.com To Maker of Grand Theft Auto For Launch This Week
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (2K Games) TTWO (NASDAQ) has purchased the domain name MafiaGame.com which was owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. and has put up a website to launch its new Mafia III game, which is set for "worldwide reveal" on August 5, 2015 according to the new site. I had reported several Mafia 3 domain registrations by Take-Two in early July 2015, which … [Read more...]