2012 Domain Industry Predictions
“…..Karen J. Bernstein, Bernstein IP – I predict that in 2012 there will be substantial problems with the majority of Generic, Geographic and IDN gTLD applicants being approved by virtue of the complexities of the applicant proving it has the financial...
Company Manages to Get .secure Trademark
Company going after .bank and .secure domain names gets a (weak) trademark. A company hoping to offer .bank and .secure domain names has managed to get a trademark for .secure from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — albeit on the supplement register. How did it do...
Owner of Occupy.com Selling It for Six Figures
Virginia Comito, d.b.a. V.L. Raymer, is a California-based domain investor who bought occupy.com in 1998. Now, she’s selling it to the one percent. “People who are extremely wealthy, who are philanthropic, who want to help the movement, the concept would be for one of...
Still Squatting After all these Years? (Whether you know it or not!) By Karen J. Bernstein, Esq – Guest Blogger
These days, sophisticated web users understand and respect the fact that they can’t register domain names that belong to individuals or businesses who own trademarks (like McDonald’s or Starbucks), in hopes of later selling the domain names back to them...Legal Articles
