Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid

Readings for March 28th, 2008

Published on 2008-03-28 14:40:46 4 Comments Edit
URL: http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1142379.htm

Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

            Respondent has urged the Panel to find that Complainant has engaged in everse domain             name hijacking by submitting a Complaint, which Complainant knew or should have

            known was devoid of merit. Respondent contends Complainant knew or in the exercise            of even slight effort should have known that <enki.com> had been registered several          years prior to Complainant's first claimed use of the ENKI mark. The Panel agrees.   See    Aspen Grove, Inc. v. Aspen Grove, D2001-0798 (WIPO Oct. 5, 2001) (finding that when          the complainant knows it has no rights in the mark but brings a complaint despite this      fact, the complainant has acted in bad faith and attempted Reverse Domain Name      Hijacking which constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding); see also Vortal    Group, Inc. v. Digital Transp., FA 222968 (Nat. Arb. Forum Mar. 9, 2004) ("The claim             for reverse domain name hijacking is granted, because filing a Complaint which one        knows or should have known would fail based upon the admissions of Complainant can           be interpreted as harassing per se and should be discouraged."?); see also Labrada         Bodybuilding Nutrition, Inc. v. Glisson, FA 250232 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 28, 2004) (finding that complainant engaged in reverse domain name hijacking where it used "the Policy as a tool to simply wrest the disputed domain name in spite of its knowledge that    the complainant was not entitled to that name and hence had no colorable claim under the      Policy"?).   This is a frivolous proceeding which should never have           been filed by             Complainant.

            Accordingly, the Panel finds that Complainant is guilty of Reverse Domain Name           Hijacking in accordance with Policy ¶ 15(e).

Source: NAF

The Latest On Dot Me Domains

Published on 2008-03-28 13:54:37 5 Comments Edit
URL: http://www.buymedomains.com/2008/03/latest-on-dot-me-domains...

Here's the next best thing while waiting for the soon to be most coveted domain name extensions since dot com. Well... what's there left to do but wait...

Godaddy.com which won the bidding to provide and register dot me domains in behalf of the assigned country Montenegro says the sale of these Top-Level domains will most likely be this summer or early fall season but stopped short of identifying the exact date.

According to Godaddy Inc., the .ME domain extension may be registered by anyone. The registry, in consultation with Montenegro's Government Council for the .ME domain, expects to begin selling .ME domains in the second or third quarter of 2008.

Source: Dot Me Domains

TheDomains: Our ICA Match Program Ends as "the most successful fundraising effort ever for ICA"?

Published on 2008-03-28 13:17:03 0 Comment Edit
URL: http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/28/our-ica-match-program-e...

Last Friday after finding that only 10K in contribution were received by the ICA in the month since the Snow Bill was introduced, we challenged the domain industry to step up to the plate and join the ICA.

We put our money where our mouth is and offered to match up to 10K in new member contributions.

We are happy to report that as Michael Collins stated today "The matching program has been the most successful fundraising effort ever for ICA"?

There were 19 new members this week and the ICA collected in cash and pledges a total of $50,870, including our $10,000 match.

Source: TheDomains.com

Boston Business Journal: What's in a name? Big money for local entrepreneur

Published on 2008-03-28 08:22:08 2 Comments Edit
URL: http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/03/31/stor...

Internet domain-name speculator Christian Zouzas recently pocketed a hefty profit by flipping several hundred of his cyberspace properties.

Zouzas, a Chelmsford-based real estate attorney who dabbles in virtual properties on the side, last month sold about 800 of his three-letter dot-us domain names to NameMedia Inc., a Waltham-based company that controls more than 2 million domain names.

Although Zouzas, 46, would not disclose the value of the deal, Web experts pegged the value of some three-letter, dot-us names -- which are likened to beachfront property in the virtual world because they can serve as acronyms for businesses, similar to the more popular dot-com Web protocol -- at a value of $1,000 to $2,000 per name.

Source: Boston Business Journal

Gotta love that "web experts" line. Complete nonsense by the way as three letter .US hardly have any value in the marketplace these days. .Com though? a different story. Boston Business Journal gets thumbs down for inaccuracy. (Story link found via Elliot's Blog)