People regularly compare domain names to real estate, and I think it is generally a good comparison. When a domain name owner is negotiating the sale of a domain name to someone unfamiliar with this “virtual real estate,” it can be helpful to use physical real estate as a comparable asset class. There are several [...] Continue reading →

History, it has been said, repeats itself. The same can be said of domain name disputes, as demonstrated by a pair of cases involving the same trademark ("Panavision") filed more than 20 years apart with remarkably similar facts. I can't hear the name "Panavision" without thinking about the origins of domain name disputes, [...] Continue reading →

John McAfee is 72 years old, founded one of the best known anti virus companies and is predicting Bitcoin will hit $1million by 2020. He has promised to eat his own dick if it does not. Here is one of the better and more interesting conversations you will read on Twitter. Read all the tweets [...] Continue reading →

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Panel makes the right decision but I understand why Etsy was upset. Homemade goods and crafts site Etsy.com has lost a dispute it filed with the National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name Esty.com. The case was doomed because the owner of the domain, PortMedia Holdings, registered it four years before Etsy started. In [...] Continue reading →

  I mentioned the other day that I won’t be able to attend NamesCon this year.  But I bought a ticket.  So I asked Namescon if I could give it away.  Not only did they say they would transfer it to the winner but they would upgrade the ticket to VIP.  Now I just [...] Continue reading →

Based on their questions and comments during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the commercial satellite industry, one could not tell whether a senator was a Democrat or Republican. The US government has a history of support of telecommunication. On March 3, 1843, the US Senate passed a bill "to [...] Continue reading →