Domain Sales

Soon, ICANN will allow Internationalized Domain Names to be registered. These names will allow speakers of languages like Japanese, Swahili, and Russian to register domains in their native vernacular using characters not found in Latin-derived alphabets. Unfortunately, it seems as though an outdated ICANN policy might seriously hinder the IDN …

A twenty-four-year-old woman in Manchester, formerly known as Claire Forshaw, has officially changed her name to Princess-Rainbow.com. She had apparently been contemplating such a move for quite some time, but her boyfriend dissuaded her, arguing that it would cost a lot of money. She finally investigated and found that she …

Every good domain taken? Beau Welling at the Domain Name Dollar Star has you covered, where everything from fwingle.com gooplop.com is available for just a dollar! Want to register Myspace.com? Well, you can always get myshpaesh.com! Can’t get Facebook.com? Why not try Baycebark.com? Though the video is a parody, it …

You might not think your keyboard and mouse are worth much, but the related domains are. Crash-strapped Live Current Media, a Canadian start-up that monetizes premium domains, is liquidating some of its cyber real estate. Apparently mouse.com and keyboard.com weren’t good enough to be monetized, so the company told them …

Leo Enriquez is a former employee of Aurora Health Center in Cook County Illinois. While he was working for them, he registered domain names for them under his own company’s name. The domains were “aurorahealthcenter.com, centrodesaludaurora.com, immigrationexamines.com, medicodeinmigracion.com, and yourimmigrationdoctor.com”. When Enriquez left the clinic, he still owned the domains. …

Last April, blogger Mike Morgan got a cease and desist letter from financial firm Goldman Sachs. The letter demanded that he take down his website, GoldmanSachs666.com, a blog critical of the company. Goldman claims it violated its intellectual property rights. An attorney himself, Morgan fought back, and won. Though “Goldman …

Leo Enriquez was fired from Aurora Health Clinic in Chicago five years ago. As it turns out, his employer lost more than an employee when the termination took place. As an officer manager, one of Enriquez’s jobs was was to manage the clinic’s domains. Instead of registering them in the …

This week has been a busy one for domain auctions. A number of big sales have taken place. Hardware.de, a name that could be used for both home improvement and computer parts, sold for £91,600 ($150,000 USD). Meanwhile, motivational product company Ego Friendly, LLC picked up eGo.com for £45,804 ($75,000 …

Florida resident Chris Williams must have thought he was really on to something when he registered victoriassecretangelcreditcard.com. As with most cybersquatting, he used the domain name to setup a website with third-party links, some of which linked to competitors of the popular lingerie company. He did not respond to the …

Cybersquatting has been a problem for many years, and one of the chief criticisms of ICANN has been its failure to stop the problem. With the new gTLD system coming next year, trademark holders are pushing ICANN to take action. Now a plan to stop cybersquatting is being planned. Known …