MySQL trademark prevails in yet another Yoyo Email Ltd. UDRP
Right on course for setting a new world record for being served with the most UDRP cases in a year, the British company Yoyo Email Ltd. lost yet another UDRP at the WIPO. The Complainant, MySQL AB, challenged the Respondent’s registration of the domain MySQL.email. The MySQL trademark has been registered since 2003 and it’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros video from NamesCon 2015 does not include Richard Lau!
A Very Important Person that was instrumental for putting NamesCon 2015 together, is missing from a NamePros video making the rounds. Shocked by the non inclusion of founder Richard Lau in the 4 and 1/2 minute, condensed version of the NamesCon experience, we decided to protest this. So we created an All Richard Lau NamesCon […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oreos! Greek registrant wins domain at auction
A few days ago we indicated the roots of the word “Oreos” to be a phonetic representation of the Greek word for “handsome” or “beautiful“, ΩΡΑΙΟΣ. The domain Oreos.com was auctioned off yesterday, and the winner paid $1,650 to acquire the domain, which – depending on use – might have some issues with the famous […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domaining.com : Francois pulls the plug at midnight on Friday
It’s often a good idea to refresh one’s business, and Domaining.com, the active project of French domain entrepreneur Francois Carrillo, is not an exception. Despite recent rumors on a sale, the buyer disappeared into thin air, sending Francois off in a quest for a business partner. As of today, there has been no official announcement […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lego Buddies: KickStarter project owner loses LEGO UDRP
A KickStarter project owner has just lost a UDRP over the domain LegoBuddies.com, after the toy maker took them to the WIPO over the use of the domain. Blessed Factory of Deland, Florida, used the domain to forward to the company’s KickStarter project, titled “Blessed Buddies“. According to the project, “Blessed Buddies is a cartoon […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Revision Legal: Law Firm recovered $3.5 million in stolen domain assets in 12 months
Revision Legal, a law firm based in Michigan, has announced its track record for the past 12 months, regarding the recovery of stolen domains. Acknowledging that domain theft has become rampant, the statement opens thus: “Domain name theft is an ever-increasing reality for any individual or business that owns a domain name. And combating this […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Five figures: One of Sedo’s largest sales is a .CO domain
Sedo reports of domain sales have been averaging $2,000 to $3,000 over the course of more than a year; the domain venue generates its sizable revenue by selling vast quantities of domains. Then again, exceptions do happen; yesterday, domain broker Dave Evanson revealed the brokerage of KHC.com for $120,000 dollars. Surprisingly, one of the largest […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Evanson and Wang team brokered KHC dot com for $120 Grand
A solid three letter .com sale was announced earlier today, by Dave Evanson, senior sales & brokerage consultant at Sedo. Along with one of the China-based Sedo brokers, Lijuan Wang, the dynamic duo achieved the sale of KHC.com for $120,000 dollars. That is one heck of a price for the three letter .com domain, and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Death threat via Domain Name Sales results in FBI report over domain pricing
Just like statements of impending suicide, death threats should always be taken very seriously. A person inquiring about a domain name on Frank Schilling’s Domain Name Sales, did not like the domain owner’s pricing, and threatened him with physical harm: “Likewise regarding attitude. The default message from the service you’re using/set up to sell your […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WorkMail: Amazon new service arrives without first securing the dot .com
Amazon announced WorkMail today, a hosted email service for corporations that aims at competing against Microsoft Office 365. Presented as Amazon WorkMail, the service is a secure, managed email and calendaring solution that would also compete against similar Google offerings. Naturally, Amazon secured AmazonWorkMail.com – a domain registered yesterday, according to DomainTools. Unlike Microsoft that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oreos.com auction ended; who will win the UDRP?
Several risk-takers participated in a last minute battle over the domain name Oreos.com, which was being auctioned publicly at DropCatch. During the final 10 minutes of the auction, a bidding war erupted, sending the price of Oreos.com from $210 to the final bid of $1,650. That bid, placed by someone using the username “afxxy5“, was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: Stolen domains 8KP.com, 3T6.com, A6Z.com were moved to Ename
No sooner did we announce the declaration of February 1st as National Punch a Domain Thief Day, and a group of domains was reported as stolen. The domains 8KP.com, 3T6.com and A6Z.com were removed unlawfully from their owner’s GoDaddy account, and were transferred to the usual destination: the Chinese domain registrar and auction market place, […]
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