Adam Dicker | Domain Expert » domain http://www.adamdicker.com SEO, Buying, Selling and Developing Domains Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 .Ping trademark in jeopardy, but Ping sailing through http://www.adamdicker.com/ping-trademark-in-jeopardy-but-ping-sailing-through/ http://www.adamdicker.com/ping-trademark-in-jeopardy-but-ping-sailing-through/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:29 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/ping-trademark-in-jeopardy-but-ping-sailing-through/ PING golf manufacturer still has a TLD trademark going through the system. Last month I wrote about how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had caught on to an trademark application for .Ping.

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/occupy-com-domain-name-sells/feed/ 0 How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500 http://www.adamdicker.com/how-twitter-was-named-and-bought-twitter-com-for-7500/ http://www.adamdicker.com/how-twitter-was-named-and-bought-twitter-com-for-7500/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:47:42 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/how-twitter-was-named-and-bought-twitter-com-for-7500/ Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his co-founders wanted a name that showed “urgency”

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/moniker-publishes-final-domainfest-auction-list/feed/ 0 USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING http://www.adamdicker.com/uspto-to-karsten-not-so-fast-with-ping/ http://www.adamdicker.com/uspto-to-karsten-not-so-fast-with-ping/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:10:16 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/uspto-to-karsten-not-so-fast-with-ping/ Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner. On Wednesday I posted a list of 115 trademark applications that could be related to new top level domains, along with their current status. The USPTO has a policy of not granting trademarks on top level domains, and the number of “speculative” trademark applications has ballooned as ICANN gets ready to expand the TLD universe

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/uspto-to-karsten-not-so-fast-with-ping/feed/ 0 2011 was record breaking year for .com and .net domain registrations http://www.adamdicker.com/2011-was-record-breaking-year-for-com-and-net-domain-registrations/ http://www.adamdicker.com/2011-was-record-breaking-year-for-com-and-net-domain-registrations/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:49:24 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/2011-was-record-breaking-year-for-com-and-net-domain-registrations/ Over 32 million new domain registrations in .com and .net last year. 2011 set a record for new .com/.net domain registrations with over 32 million registration, VeriSign announced on its investor conference call this afternoon: In the fourth quarter, we added 1.9 million net names to the domain name base, and we processed 7.9 million new registrations, which is about a 4% increase over the same period a year ago.

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/2011-was-record-breaking-year-for-com-and-net-domain-registrations/feed/ 0 VeriSign likely to announce 100M .com milestone today http://www.adamdicker.com/verisign-likely-to-announce-100m-com-milestone-today/ http://www.adamdicker.com/verisign-likely-to-announce-100m-com-milestone-today/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:35:21 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/verisign-likely-to-announce-100m-com-milestone-today/ DomainTools claims milestone reached; VeriSign earnings call on tap for today. At the end of October VeriSign was very, very close to hitting the 100 million .com domain name milestone. Now, according to DomainTools , there are officially 100 million .com domain names registered, not including those going through the redemption process or pending delete

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/verisign-likely-to-announce-100m-com-milestone-today/feed/ 0 WIPO gives Twitter popular typo Twittr.com http://www.adamdicker.com/wipo-gives-twitter-popular-typo-twittr-com/ http://www.adamdicker.com/wipo-gives-twitter-popular-typo-twittr-com/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:41 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/wipo-gives-twitter-popular-typo-twittr-com/ Twitter gets typo of its Twitter.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded Twitter the domain name Twittr.com in a uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) proceeding. Twittr.com was originally registered before Twitter’s “first use in commerce” date on its trademark for “Twitter”.

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/domaintools-estimates-verisign-manages-over-100-million-com-domains/feed/ 0 Is Marchex considering selling its domain name portfolio? http://www.adamdicker.com/is-marchex-considering-selling-its-domain-name-portfolio/ http://www.adamdicker.com/is-marchex-considering-selling-its-domain-name-portfolio/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:32:06 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/is-marchex-considering-selling-its-domain-name-portfolio/ Company considering what to do with its domain name portfolio. Marchex is often cited as starting a wave of acquisitions of domain portfolios when it announced the purchase of Ultimate Search from Yun Ye in 2004 for $164 million. Now it is looking at “ strategic alternatives ” for its domain name portfolio

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/is-marchex-considering-selling-its-domain-name-portfolio/feed/ 0 115 Top level domain trademarks and their current status http://www.adamdicker.com/115-top-level-domain-trademarks-and-their-current-status/ http://www.adamdicker.com/115-top-level-domain-trademarks-and-their-current-status/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:41:38 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/115-top-level-domain-trademarks-and-their-current-status/ I’ve made plenty of commotion about companies filing for trademarks on future top level domain names. It always seems that they’re successfully pulling a fast one on the U.S

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/115-top-level-domain-trademarks-and-their-current-status/feed/ 0 Best Buy buys PhoneFreedom.com and other end user domain sales http://www.adamdicker.com/best-buy-buys-phonefreedom-com-and-other-end-user-domain-sales/ http://www.adamdicker.com/best-buy-buys-phonefreedom-com-and-other-end-user-domain-sales/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:02 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/best-buy-buys-phonefreedom-com-and-other-end-user-domain-sales/ A big retailer makes a small domain purchase.

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/best-buy-buys-phonefreedom-com-and-other-end-user-domain-sales/feed/ 0 Doh! AARP lawyer forgets to attach screenshot, loses case http://www.adamdicker.com/doh-aarp-lawyer-forgets-to-attach-screenshot-loses-case/ http://www.adamdicker.com/doh-aarp-lawyer-forgets-to-attach-screenshot-loses-case/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:37:39 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/doh-aarp-lawyer-forgets-to-attach-screenshot-loses-case/ AARP wins two cases for similar domain names but loses third. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) just received determinations in three cases it filed for aarpdiscounts.info, aarpdiscounts.net, aarpdiscount.org, and AARPdiscounts.org.

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/doh-aarp-lawyer-forgets-to-attach-screenshot-loses-case/feed/ 0 Some legal advice: LegalAdvice.org is generic http://www.adamdicker.com/some-legal-advice-legaladvice-org-is-generic/ http://www.adamdicker.com/some-legal-advice-legaladvice-org-is-generic/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:21:17 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/some-legal-advice-legaladvice-org-is-generic/ Panel rules against company claiming rights to LegalAdvice.org. A company called Capitalism, Inc

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]]> http://www.adamdicker.com/some-legal-advice-legaladvice-org-is-generic/feed/ 0 QE.com hits reserve and other Moniker auction insights http://www.adamdicker.com/qe-com-hits-reserve-and-other-moniker-auction-insights/ http://www.adamdicker.com/qe-com-hits-reserve-and-other-moniker-auction-insights/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:58:34 +0000 DomainNameWire http://www.adamdicker.com/qe-com-hits-reserve-and-other-moniker-auction-insights/ Three domains have already hit reserve ahead of auction, and CA lists five domains for sale.

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