Clash of the Teenage Mutant Titans from 90210

Often times, I wish we could see Hollywood producing films with titles that are longer than a couple of words, so that any sane person would never type the .com in their browser. This would probably lead to less domain squatting of movie titles. Surely, ClashOfTheTitans.com is receiving some … [Read more...]

Selling a trademark on eBay? Not so fast, buddy

Domain Name News wrote yesterday about the current sale of a trademark for "Sex.Sex" on eBay by its owner, as the best contender to an adult gTLD, with potentially a higher chance of approval than the much-despised .xxx Although the sale is based on pure speculation - there is no guarantee that … [Read more...]

Domainers and Development: Tight Budgets or simply Bad Taste?

I'm often amazed at the type of content slated as "development" with the usual tags of "minisite", "stores" and "portals". Often a euphemism for graphic headers slapped on an interface that lacks intuition, those design atrocities are presented to domainers as money-makers that would beat parking … [Read more...]

Pulling the plug on unauthorized copycats – an update

A month ago I wrote about how you can effectively remove unauthorized content from web sites, under the threat of a DMCA notice. The process is simple, straightforward and as long as you provide the necessary information to the legal department of the host providing the server space, it will work … [Read more...]