Rick Schwartz's 'forceful' reaction in a case of trademark abuse, is justified - in my not so humble opinion. The purpose of registering a trademark is to distinguish oneself and associate products or services with the mark. When one fails to protect the mark, they risk witnessing it become … [Read more...]

Over the course of a decade, I have repeatedly assisted domain owners recover their stolen domains. Some were domainers, others were simply owners who woke up one morning to find that their accounts were compromised and their "intangible property" was gone. The first thing one needs to … [Read more...]

Part 1 of "Spam, Lies and Videotape" was an introduction to how information can be deceptive, and how anyone can claim to be someone, even promoting their location and address profoundly. But does it really matter where one resides? I suppose it does, when you want to achieve something of … [Read more...]

After seeing a blog post syndicated on the Domaining.com feed appear in today's Newsletter that Francois Carrillo emails to subscribers, I just had to ask Francois: how do headlines get rated? My question makes sense: to appear in a sponsored headline in the Domaining.com newsletter, one has to … [Read more...]