GoDaddy repossesses BobbiKristina .com
Two weeks ago, we wrote about how on the day of Whitney Houston’s death, the domain name BobbiKristina.com was registered by some obscure adult entertainer and was placed for sale on AfterMarket.com. It was subsequently removed from the marketplace by force, but it seems that now GoDaddy has stepped in and repossessed the domain! According […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Whitney Houston legacy: Disrespecting the dead by cybersquatting on the living
The day Whitney Houston died more than 325 related domains were registered, declaring the passing away of the famous singer diva. This is not unusual, as the passing away of a famous person always triggers interest in their name and life’s achievements. We saw some distasteful registrations in the past, when Steve Jobs passed away. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Billions Registered: The story of the original registrant of McDonalds.com
Joshua Quittner is an American journalist, having co-authored with his wife several books, including the non-fiction Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace and Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How it Challenged Microsoft. As a freelancer for Wired magazine, Quittner performed one of the earliest demonstrations of cybersquatting, by registering […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa Friday: Microsoft domain hits the chopping block
Flippa.com, the domain and web site auction house Down Under, continues to allow trademark violations on its marketplace. Not content with iPhone and Apple trademarks, Flippa goes full house this Friday with a listing that clearly violates one of the famous Microsoft trademarks. MicrosoftFeed.com is presented by its seller at Flippa as “A top quality […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Selling Trademark Domains: Are listing venues guilty?
A post from yesterday regarding the listing of almost 500 “facebook” domains on TDNAM caused some serious stir. It seems that not everyone agrees about a listing venue’s responsibility regarding the trading of trademark-infringing domains. Such venues include GoDaddy’s TDNAM, eBay, Flippa.com and others. Sedo and Afternic are known to pro-actively enforce the removal of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hundreds of trademark violations for sale on TDNAM
Apparently GoDaddy is not concerned with selling domains infringing on a famous trademark, on its marketplace, TDNAM. There are currently 453 “facebook” domains listed there – some with outrageous asking prices. Incidentally, listing domains as HTML tables apparently breaks WordPress summaries, so this extra text serves as a protector against this bug – err, feature […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kodak goes down but its numerous Domain Names are still up
Kodak, the legendary film and camera manufacturer, filed for Chapter 11 earlier today; another corporate victim of the bad economy. The makers of camera film and numerous other quality products, produced the necessary materials for several generations of photographers and hobbyists alike. Founded by George Eastman in 1892, Kodak became synonymous with action photography through […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pepsi, the choice of a domain squatting generation!
Sedo is known for kicking out trademarks from its parking and domain marketplace, so how on earth was this one allowed to happen???
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Judge agrees: A 3 year old cannot blog on a Squatted Domain!
Vittoria, the 3 year old daughter of Vicdania Gomez is apparently very advanced for her age. After all, the toddler talks about it on her blog, aptly titled “Vittoria’s Freedom Blog“: Hi, Iām Vittoria and this my first website that my mommy helped me launch in order to begin my journey in making the world […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz completes acquisition of MarioMonti.com
The name of the new, interim prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti was registered in dot com years ago. According to DomainTools, MarioMonti.com was registered in 2005 and has been a part of the BuyDomains portfolio ever since. When Silvio Berlusconi stepped down and Mario Monti took over, the domain was still listed for sale […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mario Monti dot com: Gone with Berlusconi
The domain name in dot com of the new interim prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti, is gone for several years now. BuyDomains owns MarioMonti.com and it was registered in 2005 according to the DomainTools WHOIS tool. The dot net was registered as soon as speculation over the name of the replacement of scandalous Italian […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Trolls and Scum: Rick Schwartz is damn right!
While I just lost a bet that DomainGang can’t refrain from posting the name of the Domain King for 30 days, it’s for a good cause. Rick’s dead on about trolls and anonymous cowards on the Internet and forums. Since the era of Usenet and Newsgroups, trolling is an art that reveals many aspects of […]
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