American real estate company RE/MAX is suing Cristine Rosa Lefkowit, a realtor specializing in luxury sales, for cybersquatting and trademark infringement. It claims that she registered more than 50 domains in bad faith, including remaxbrazil.com and remaxfrance.com. Lefkowitz said she registered the domains many years ago with the hope of …
July, 2009
June, 2009
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12 June
Real Estate Domain Auction a Washout
The 2,600 real estate domain auction that was supposed to happen today didn’t happen. A few buyers did show up to the San Francisco event, but none of them felt comfortable buying the domain portfolio. Instead, they wished to negotiate a sale behind closed doors. “Had we had premium names, …
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9 June
Buyer Beware: Harrison's Domains Are Worthless
Earlier today, I wrote about an upcoming domain auction where Craig Harrison, a Colorado real estate agent, plans to sell 2,600 geographic domains. The names all contain a city name followed by a term like “RealEstateListings.com.” The seller claims the names are valuable for their SEO merit. He and his …
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9 June
Man to Sell 2,600 Real Estate Domains
In what is probably the biggest real estate domain auction in history, a bloke from Colorado, Craig Harrison, is going to sell 2,600 geographic domains. Most of the names feature the name of a U.S. city with a population of over 35,000 followed by “RealEstateListings.com,” though there are international cities, …