LMG.net.au UDRP denied; it’s the Respondent’s initials, dummy!
Some Australian companies late to the domain game are using the UDRP process as the “Plan B” approach. In the case of the domain name LMG.net.au, the UDRP was filed by Liquor Marketing Group Ltd, claiming rights to the LMG mark in Australia. It seems that they could have known the acronym matched Leo Mark […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Homebuilder.com.au: UDRP ends with Complainant’s loss & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
If you are a home builder in Australia, the ultimate domain name would be Homebuilder.com.au. The domain name was launched in mid December Down Under, all while it was hit with a UDRP just three days later. The Complainant, Homebuilder.com.au IP Pty Ltd, send out its lawyers to get the domain from another home builder. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .AU: The Aussies are coming!
Crikey! The Aussies are about to “invade” a fresh new ccTLD for their beautiful country. You might think we’re off our rocker, but mate, that’s not .com.au we’re talking about—it’s dot .AU. Per auDA, Australia’s administrator of the .AU top level domain, the time is nigh for such registrations to be made available. Beginning on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.G’day #domain granted grace in #UDRP Down Under
G’day mate. Australians use this greeting on a daily basis, as our friend Mike Robertson can confirm. It makes sense that an Aussie registered the matching domain, Gday.com.au Down Under. Not so fast, said Discovery Holiday Parks Pty Ltd of Australia, filing a UDRP: G’DAY is their registered mark. The Complainant is a proprietary company […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#AusRegistry shared its #domain registration data for May
AusRegistry, the Australian domain name Registry, shared its latest domain registration report for the month of May 2018. Each report contains information on registration, transactions, renewals, transfers and drop-offs. Also included in the reports is the overall number of .au domain names registered in the Australian name space and a breakdown of each zone; com.au, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Australian Domain Register Pty Ltd fooled domain registrants into .com registrations
Domain Register Pty Ltd is an Australian company, operating a “domain notification” scheme; according to Netregistry Australia, that explains what happened to its customers: “This group seems to have harvested the postal address information of several domain owners and has been sending them domain registration forms disguised as domain renewal forms. The group seem to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Australians prepare for the “Death of the .Com”
Australians are passionate about their nationality; the land of the Oz has its own ccTLD: dot .AU. Only problem is, you can’t register domains in .AU directly, you’d have to register a .com.au, which is also restricted to Australians. Australia’s regulatory body for domain names, (auDA), recently announced its 2015 Names Policy Panel proposal. Australian […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Crikey! Six figure sale of Carloan.com.au catapults TRAFFIC newbie to stardom
James Wester might be a TRAFFIC first time goer, but he’s not a newbie when it comes to domaining. The Texas native is a resident of Australia, amassing a very decent Aussie domain portfolio, over the course of several years. James overcame business and personal difficulties, and he’s back, having just sold a portfolio of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Seven figures: Domain Guardians very close to monumental deal for Aussie domains
A seven-figure offer was reportedly made for a portfolio of Australian domain names, under exclusive brokerage by Domain Guardians. Sydney.com.au is among the domains being offered as a package, which is being handled by Mike Robertson, formerly of Fabulous fame. News Limited of Australia states: “Mike Robertson […] confirmed a local media company had made […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa Commodities: New auction market opens with domainer-owned 177-ounce gold nugget!
Flippa – the domain and web site auction venue from Down Under – is breaking new ground Friday, with the introduction of Flippa Commodities. “We’re about to bridge into the market that most domain investors are often curious about,” said the Flippa CEO, Dave Slutzkin. “Gold, silver, oil and vegemite, the four essential elements abundant […]
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