Domain Name News

Facebook Disputes 21 Squatter Domain Names

Facebook is trying to buy 21 domain names currently held by Domain Asset Holdings, a known domain squatter based in Potomac, Maryland. The full list of domains is available on Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) Search website (UDRPSearch) under case number D2011-0516. Here are all 21 of them, 14 of which start with the word Facebook: aboutfacebook.com, facebookbabes.com…

Facebook Tries to Squash 21 Squatted Domain Names

Facebook is trying to gain ownership over 21 domain names that include the term ‘facebook’, including KillFacebook.com, FacebookStuff.com and FacebookSafety.com. The domain names are all currently owned by a company called Domain Asset Holdings, a known domain squatter based in Potomac, Maryland.

Indeed, when you visit those URLs, they are all listed for sale – some even feature the reserve price (FacebookCheats.com is priced $4,000 and AboutFacebook.com even double that).

Microsoft Just Bought 600000 Internet Addresses for $11 Each

As reported by The Register, Microsoft just spent $7.5 million to buy a block of 666,624 IPv4 addresses from Nortel in bankruptcy court. That works out to about $11.25 apiece.

Color.com Was Acquired for $350000 (The Domain Name, That Is)

By now, everyone and their dog have been able to form and voice their opinions about the $41 million in early-stage funding raised by mobile photo sharing app developer Color. In the interest of feeding those that see the financing round as one of the most apparent signs of a major bubble in technology, consider this: the company spent more money acquiring the domain name color.com than most startups will raise in their lifetime.

Demand Media Applies Content Strategy to Enom

Santa Monica-based Demand Media, the Internet content publishing company run by Richard Rosenblatt, is applying its crowdsourced content model to eNom, the domain name registrar it owns. According to eNom, it has put up a new content po

Domain Madness 3 Releases Auction Catalog

Will Domain Madness be as *mad* as last year? Domain Madness has just released the catalog for its third annual domain auction. The auction will start on March 29 with a live auction finale April 5 at 4pm CDT. The auction starts all domains out at their reserve price, with prices ranging from $1,000 to $200,000.

Godaddy: We're Ready to Secure .com Names With Dnssec

With more than 47 million domain names under management, GoDaddy has a huge DNS infrastructure that it has upgraded to support the emerging Internet security standard known as DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions.

Go Daddy Wants Patents for Announcing Domain Registrations On Facebook

Domain name registrar files two patent applications for promoting newly registered domain names. The Go Daddy Group, parent company of domain name registrar GoDaddy, has filed a pair of patent applications related to announcing a new domain registration on social networking sites such as Facebook.

Sedo Holding Revenue Drops, Value of Domain Portfolio Falls

Company reports preliminary numbers for 2010. Sedo Holding, parent company of domain parking and sales company Sedo, saw its revenue drop significantly in the 2010 financial year. It also took an earnings hit thanks to a devaluation of its own domain portfolio. Revenue fell from EUR 135.3 to EUR 116.1 million in FY 2010.

WIPO Results: Typos Vs. .CO

I want to point out two UDRP filings that were based on the same primary domain name but had different results. The first case involves a .CO domain name that matches an established .com website, and the second case involves several .com typos of the same .com domain name as the first case.