“Domain Companies” is now a registered trademark

Posted by DomainGang on August 23, 2021, at 9:42 am

Domainers, take notice: using the term “domain companies” from now on might be infringing on a newly registered trademark. As we wrote about in April, the mark DOMAIN COMPANIES was applied for registration at the USPTO. The registration is complete, and as of July DOMAIN COMPANIES is a registered trademark for the following services: Real […]

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Frame.io acquisition by Adobe changes target buyer for the .com

Posted by DomainGang on August 22, 2021, at 6:12 pm

Adobe has acquired Frame, operating from the domain Frame.io; the venture-backed company fell into the lap of Adobe for the sum of $1.275 billion dollars. While the feat is remarkable it most likely signifies a future “end of the road” for the video collaboration solution provider. Adobe is known for acquiring and absorbing companies and […]

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Rare no-domain sighting: Help us identify this #domain name!

Posted by DomainGang on August 22, 2021, at 3:30 pm

This is what happens when your domain collides with another vehicle! Apparently an accident took the right side of the van door off, and the cost of recreating the van wrap was too prohibitive. This rare no-domain sighting displays half (or almost half) of a domain and if you want to find out what is […]

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InterAmazon.com: Affiliate sellers have no right to the Amazon brand

Posted by DomainGang on August 21, 2021, at 10:21 am

If you’re selling stuff on Amazon, or if you curate items for sale with your affiliate id, you cannot use the Amazon brand. Using, for example, a domain such as InterAmazon.com while claiming to be a “subsidiary” of Amazon, is a big no-no. The registrant of InterAmazon.com soon found out that Amazon is very protective […]

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SAV announces zero price increase for .com #domain registrations

Posted by DomainGang on August 20, 2021, at 12:45 pm

SAV has announced that there will be zero price increase for .com domain registrations. From September 1st, Verisign, operators of the .com Registry, are increasing the base registration of .com by 7% per their contractual agreement with ICANN. It seems that SAV will be “eating” the cost of the .com price increase, per their announcement: […]

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2DG.com: Indian latecomer fails to get 19 year old domain via the #WIPO

Posted by DomainGang on August 20, 2021, at 12:08 pm

Shocking? Not really: An Indian company engaged in “Plan B” to usurp a 19 year old domain via the UDRP process. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, India, filed a UDRP at the WIPO to get 2DG.com, a domain registered in 2002. The “2DG” part allegedly infringed on the Complainant’s Indian marks of 2 DG, 2DG, and […]

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TransBank.com: Chilean bank won’t pay $1.809 million for the #domain – what happened next?

Posted by DomainGang on August 20, 2021, at 11:49 am

Transbank S.A., Chile, registered the Chilean TRANSBANK mark in 2011, acquiring several “Transbank” domains in the .CL ccTLD. The registrant of TransBank.com sits on a 2003 domain registration, predating the mark by a good 8 years. It’s not odd that the asking price for the domain was $1.809 million dollars. Banks might have that kind […]

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Messiverse: Ready to drop but without the matching .com #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on August 20, 2021, at 10:06 am

Leo Messi is perhaps the best football (soccer) player of all time and a living legend. The Argentinian athlete spent the majority of his career with Barcelona FC but moved to Paris Saint-Germain for some serious money. Messi’s income from endorsements is expected to be astronomical and that number is expected to be multiplied by […]

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No more sex, we’re British, says #OnlyFans

Posted by DomainGang on August 19, 2021, at 9:08 pm

London-based OnlyFans built a fortune on collecting many pounds of naked flesh, but now it’s all changing. Beginning in October, the porn-friendly platform will be booting such peddlers despite growing off the back of sex workers, who found a safe haven in the platform to charge their fans for access to explicit photos and videos. […]

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Pillow Guy vs. Monster: Who won?

Posted by DomainGang on August 19, 2021, at 2:15 pm

Michael James Lindell, also known as the MyPillow Guy, is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and conspiracy theorist. A few months ago he attempted to launch a new social media platform called VOCL (pronounced “vocal”) and for that purpose acquired the domain VOCL.com. That transaction was brokered by Epik, netting its founder, Rob Monster, a portion […]

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Seven with Sedo: Get Quickies.com, Footballs.com, and more #domain names

Posted by DomainGang on August 19, 2021, at 9:29 am

GreatDomains is a bi-monthly domain auction organized by Sedo, our premium sponsor. The current GreatDomains event takes place from August 19th to August 26th with 180 carefully curated domains in auction. From that list, we picked seven domains for this edition of “Seven with Sedo.” Note: Neither Sedo or the domains’ owners influenced our selection […]

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Approve.com: After a full year, the domain’s trademark got approved

Posted by DomainGang on August 19, 2021, at 7:53 am

Say hello to the latest domain/trademark pair, APPROVE.COM. A full year after its application was filed at the USPTO, the operators of Approve.com received the approval of the matching mark, APPROVE.COM. The domain and the mark are now in the possession of Approve.com Ltd, an Israeli corporation. It’s the Research and Development arm of Tipalti, […]

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