Domain registered at least 6 years before hockey league was created. No surprise here: a National Arbitration Forum panel has determined that a case against StinkySocks.com was a stinker. Complainant The Trimount Company, Inc DBA StinkySocks Hockey, runs an adult hockey league in Boston. It started using the StinkySocks name as early as 2006. [...] Continue reading →

The Trimount Company, Inc DBA StinkySocks Hockey (“Complainant”), of Massachusetts, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name stinkysocks.com in a UDRP rather than just pay the domain holder the $6,500 he was asking for the domain. The domain was registered on February 2, 2000. The Complainant trademark was registered over 15 years later [...] Continue reading →

Back in November 2012 (more than three years ago), I used to own a hosting business which has since been sold and made the following offer: 100% of the revenue generated over a certain period of time ended up being donated via Kiva. That way, you guys got decent cheap hosting and helped those in [...] Continue reading →

Back in August we wrote about the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com which is has become Donald Trump’s famous tag line of the his 2016 Presidential run. At the time we noted that although “The Donald filed a trademark on the term back in November 2012, the trademark was filed for opposition in 2013 and not finally [...] Continue reading →

If you don’t get the newsletter from Giuseppe at GGRG.com you should.  He always has a great newsletter and plenty of good information.  You could also learn a lot form him about good marketing.  His newsletters are written very personal and it feels like it was written just for you.  He also does a [...] Continue reading →

Today:  Official .Web Pre-Registration Discussion / Where are the feeds of sold domains? / Domains with high PR / And more. Here are the new NamePros.com threads that caught my eye: G77X.com B87B.com LHX8.com X88W.com – Are these worth much? OLED.com Sold for $56,100; eCharge.com for $5,601… – Some recent sales reports to get you motivated. [...] Continue reading →

The 3rd annual NamesCon conference gets underway a a week from Sunday in Las Vegas. Show organizers will introduce a new Network Lane on opening day that will give attendees an opportunity to meet industry experts face to face and ask them any questions they may have. [...] Continue reading →