RIP #Tucows Downloads : Tucows pulls shareware archive off its servers
Tucows announced the retiring of its Tucows Downloads, a huge archive of mostly shareware and other sofware going back to 1993, the early years of the commercial internet. The Tucows acronym stood for “The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software.” There is no doubt that the original role of Tucows is not in alignment with the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Embrace the typo: #Coachella files to register #Couchella trademark
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is held annually at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley. Thousands attend every year. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 event was canceled and prospects for the 2021 event look very bleak. With that in mind, Coachella applied for the trademark COUCHELLA, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Marketplace unplug: DAN ends its relationship with SAV
Domain marketplace DAN.com, has announced the immediate termination of its relationship with SAV.com, a domain marketplace and registrar. Users of DAN with domains registered at SAV received the following message: Dear Dan Users, Important heads-up for Dan users that have domains registered at Sav.com. As you know we work with all parties in the market […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.McDonalds.com : Original registrant never got a dime for the #domain
McDonalds has always been popular with hungry people and that includes most domain investors. Despite its established footprint, McDonalds missed the dot com revolution by not registering the matching .com domain, McDonalds.com. In the summer of 1994 someone else did, and although the registration itself was free, it’s mind-blowing that an unauthorized party would somehow […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Operation Warp Speed #domains worthless after January 20th
If you own “Operation Warp Speed” domains, take them off the automatic renewal. Better still, hit the delete button! The term is being retired once the Joe Biden administration takes over on January 20th and will no longer be applicable to the Covid-19 vaccination process in the US. Incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GameRoom.com #UDRP: Rare case with #Facebook as the Respondent!
This is a rare UDRP case with Facebook as the Respondent and not the Complainant. My Gameroom LLC filed the UDRP with the National Arbitration Forum, to contest the domain Gameroom.com, owned and operated by Facebook. The Complainant noted its 2018 trademark registration for MY GAMEROOM and MYGAMEROOM. Complainant states that it has used its […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Batman comics vs. #domains : Seven figure sale!
It might take a lot of effort to sell a domain name for seven figures, but it’s even harder for comic books! A mint copy of the first issue of Batman, printed in 1940, just sold for $2.22 million dollars. The Heritage Auctions lot sale completed earlier today, making this the highest price ever paid […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BeckysFlowers.com : Florist puts up sign they didn’t storm the #Capitol
The owners of BeckysFlowers.com are distraught; news of the “Becky’s Flowers” owner being part of the mob that stormed the US Capitol is spreading faster than the Covid-19 virus. But this is not the company whose owner posed for selfies and a Trump flag among a group of dangerous imbeciles attempting to overthrow our democracy. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Must-see session: Ron Jackson’s video interview of Mike Mann!
Domain investor and serial entrepreneur, Mike Mann, has been interviewing prominent figures of the domain industry on his video show. The show is broadcast live and then saved on Mike’s YouTube channel. Today’s show is a must-see, as the legendary Ron Jackson, founder of DNJournal, is turning the tables around, interviewing Mike Mann! 😀 Says […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Powell vs Powell : British registrant gets to keep his namesake #domain!
Powell LLC, an architectural company from Tennessee, attempted to usurp the domain name Powell.co from its registrant of 10 years and filed a UDRP for it. The domain was registered in 2011 by Chris Powell, a Briton, who has used his name as an extension of his business and personal activities since 1985. In fact, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Refinance.com applies for #trademark registration at the #USPTO
The operators of the ultra-premium domain name, Refinance.com, have applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. Registered in 1998, the domain Refinance.com was listed as sold in 2005, in a private transaction reported at $706,000 dollars. Source: NameBio. Refinance.com has been under privacy WHOIS for more than a decade and as recently as […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Electral.com: Indian company tried to get the #domain via the #UDRP process
An Indian company, FDC Limited, attempted to get the domain Electral.com that a company from Ecuador uses. Citing common trademarks in India registered back in 1968, the Complainant was cocksure about their victory; furthermore, the Respondent filed no response. It was up to the WIPO panelist to dig into the case and did not find […]
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