By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 14th October, 2009
People are getting sued left and right for having domain names with others’ names in them (a.k.a. cybersquatting). They’ll buy a domain name with a famous person’s name in it, and normally try to sell it to that person, or make a website about that person with the intent of making a profit. While I [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 8th October, 2009
Why should I form an LLC? How do I form an LLC? What are the advantages of forming an LLC? These are all questions many of us ask ourselves at some point in our business ventures and have no clue what the answers are. For those of you that don’t know, LLC stands for limited [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 5th October, 2009
As announced on The Domains earlier today, if you own a (Trademark)Sucks.com domain name and decide to park it, you’re likely to lose it under cybersquatting and trademark infringement laws. This might be new news to you, but I’m not shocked by any means. For years now, I have been waiting for the day that [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 4th October, 2009
Well, it’s Sunday, our day off. But as always, I have been hard at work. I went over to our family friend’s house today for the second time who I am going to sell auto parts for. I had what was one of my more embarrassing moments while at his house due to a small [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 26th May, 2009
REVISION: DNUnderground apologizes for misleading information contained in this article. DNUnderground only used information acquired at the time of writing this article. The owner of Tweet.me has had previous conversations with Twitter and has gotten their approval on his domain name and business plan. If you’re interested, the only disclosed details can be found by [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 19th March, 2009
Always looking to keep my eye out for interesting news in the domain industry, I came across a story earlier today regarding a court case between Internet Specialties West v. Milon Digiorgio Enterprises, Inc. Internet Specialties west, the plaintiff, owned the domain name ISWest.com, and sued Milon Digiorgio Enterprises for trademark infringement with their domain [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 18th March, 2009
Many domainers will face a cease and desist letter and some point in their career. I have faced one so far, and am not hoping to face anymore. Normally in a cease and desist letter, the lawyer will point out the act or law you have broken, and their demand with the date you must [...]