By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 23rd February, 2010
If you’re advertising through Google AdWords and your ad has the ability to show up in search engines across the country, does that mean you’re doing business in the states where your ad can show up? A recent case between a Pennsylvania car repairman and a New York car owner brought this controversial issue to [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 11th February, 2010
Elliot from ElliotsBlog.com wrote an interesting article yesterday about lawyers that might be worth keeping in mind the next time you get involved in the UDRP process, a trademark infringement case or simply buying a domain name for a large sum of money. I think that yes, lawyers with blogs should be recognized for interacting [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 17th January, 2010
The South Butt has received a lot of publicity lately since The North Face filed a case against them for trademark infringement. The South Butt company was formed in 2007 by a high school student named James Winkelmann. The reason Winkelmann actually started the company was to help pay his way through college. DomainGang.com is [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 15th January, 2010
TheDomains.com wrote a great article that received a lot of attention between yesterday and today about the Chicago Tribune’s domain name, ChicagoSlate.com. With all of the talk about Apple’s iSlate, there has been some talk amongst the domaining industry that this could be a case of cybersquatting. And for those of you who believe that [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 9th November, 2009
Recently reported on Arstechnia, famous talk show host, Glenn Beck, filed a domain name dispute to gain control of the domain name, Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com. While there’s a strange story about how Glenn Beck even got accused of this, the stranger story is what Mr. Eiland-Hall’s lawyer, Marc Randazza, had to say about this in his response [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 7th November, 2009
About every other article in my news feed right now has something to do with the allegations against Nelson Brady (also known as Halvarez). After reading plenty of articles about him, I think about him in complete and utter disgust. It’s as if he’s the Bernie Madoff of the domaining industry. Now, Bernie Madoff got [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 26th October, 2009
As I continue reading the domaining news each day, I keep on seeing celebrities getting all of this publicity when they’re fighting for their domain name. The most recent story I heard was Kate Hudson fighting for her name, reported here on Domain Name Wire. To be honest, I think all of these celebrities are [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 23rd October, 2009
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, I’m sure you’ve heard about the Heenes Family, who allegedly told authorities their son was missing and might’ve been in a homemade, helium-filled balloon. Their son was hiding in the attic, which was allegedly known by both of the parents. And what could these parents of [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 22nd October, 2009
While catching up on the domaining news over the past few days, I read an interesting article on Domain Name Wire. Basically, a woman by the name of Lorie Price is suing Oversee.net and DomainSponsor for picking up a domain name in 2008, that she dropped in 2007. When I first read this, my original [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 16th October, 2009
Happy friday to everyone. I wanted to write about an interesting article I read over on Domain Name Wire which talked about how the owner of Yahoo.tel put up a fight against Yahoo to keep his name. Who in their right mind would fight a company as big as Yahoo on a domain name that [...]