#Domain planets : Forget about #Mercury, it’s all about #Uranus !
The sale of Mercury.com is secondary news; what matters right now is Uranus, and its matching domain, Uranus.com. Who is Uranus? The beautiful blue planet in our solar system took its name from Greek god Ouranos (Ουρανός) – the personification of the skies. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and it has the […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No, the FBI won’t be holding onto seized #domains forever
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is doing an excellent job shutting down web sites that promote scams or assist crime. Many of these domains associated with the active web sites sell knock-offs. In other cases, the FBI seized domains associated with sex crimes and prostitution. Over the course of the past two decades, hundreds if […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Stöbich vs #Stobich .com : An #umlaut didn’t matter in this #UDRP decision
Registered in 1998, the domain name Stobich.com was taken through the UDRP process at the WIPO, where it was lost. Stöbich Brandschutz GmbH, the owner of the Stöbich mark, uses the German umlaut that is transliterated as “oe” – indeed, they operate from the domain Stoebich.com. According to the UDRP, the Complainant used to own […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Uniregistry Brokerage: Top 20 #domains sold – week ending Feb 3, 2020 – MyMind.com
Uniregistry, a DomainGang sponsor, announced its Top 20 sales for the week ending February 3, 2020. Top sale: MyMind.com at $36,000 dollars. The report includes only domain sales that can be shared publicly, and only domains that were sold using the services of the Uni Brokerage team — not self-brokered sales. Here’s the list of […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Sedo #domain sales for the week of Feb 3, 2020 topped by Chauffage.FR at 62500 EUR
Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of Chauffage.FR at 62500 EUR ($69,000.) The keyword means “heater” in French. Welcome to the latest edition of reporting on the Sedo domain sales; this time we cover the week ending on February 3, 2020. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, sponsors of DomainGang. As a side note, […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Afilias is unloading a bunch of premium #geodomains!
If you’re looking for a premium geodomain, here’s your chance to acquire a top notch city domain from Afilias. The domain Registry manages dot .info along with several other TLDs, and is releasing the following domain names to parties interested in them: Miami.info MiamiBeach.info Florida.info LasVegas.info LosAngeles.info NewYorkCity.info Along with these geodomains, the following premium […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Molemax : How a 2012 trademark beat a 2005 #domain registration in a #UDRP?
Molemax.com, a domain registered in 2005, was just lost via the UDRP process. What’s strange, is that the Complainant’s trademark for MOLEMAX bears a 2012 registration date. In other words, the domain name is 7 years senior to the mark. The two dates aren’t hidden, they were listed by the WIPO panelist: The trademark is […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Neustar becomes Registry Service Provider for .Bank and .Insurance #TLDs
Neustar, our premium sponsor, will be providing domain registry services for two established TLDs, dot .Bank and dot .Insurance. Both TLDs are restricted, which means that domain registrations are limited to entities that satisfy certain requirements and other criteria. Here is the complete press release from Neustar: Neustar is pleased to announce that it is […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Uniregistry : New “single offer field” sales landers on the #domain marketplace
Uniregistry, a premium DomainGang sponsor, released a new “single offer field” lander to its customers using the Uniregistry Market. The single offer lander page informs visitors that the domain is for sale, and they need to place an offer. Once that offer is placed, the visitor must provide their contact information, in order to complete […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN bans travel to #China and Hong Kong thanks to #Coronavirus
ICANN has issued a travel ban to China, Hong Kong and Macau, to its organization members. The travel ban applies to all staff and includes connecting flights. ICANN is citing the WHO classification of the Coronavirus as a Global Health Emergency as the reason for this extraordinary notice. How exactly does ICANN plan to enforce […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Big #Game : Unmentionable #NFL #football event powers up commerce!
It’s that time of the year again, and this Sunday is The S*p*rb*wl. If you have a car with a radio, most do these days, except maybe the Dodge Demon, you may have noticed that you don’t hear the word S*p*rb*wl as much anymore. That’s because around 2015, the NFL and its lawyers, decided that […]
Copyright © 2020 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Funiber .com : How a “24/7 lawyer” lost one more #UDRP at the #WIPO
If you proclaim to be a “24/7 lawyer” but just lost your third UDRP case, there’s got to be something fishy going on. The domain name Funiber.com was taken through the UDRP process at the WIPO, and its Korean registrant did not respond. The Complainant is Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (Funiber), Spain, asserting rights to the […]
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