http://www.domainbits.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:07:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In one of the most ridiculous UDRP decisions that I have ever seen, Frank Schilling (owner of Name Administration) lost the domain ChilliBeans.com. The case was brought by a company in Uruguay, which owns a trademark for "CHILLI BEANS" for eyewear and watches. The panel found that the domain ChilliBeans.com was identical ... http://www.domainbits.com/frank-schilling-loses-udrp/ Today the latest Sedo / dotMobi auction finishes.  All eyes are on this auction as it is a bellweather for the state of dot mobi domains.  While the domain market as a whole has fallen during the course of the year, some say that the mobi market has had a meltdown ... http://www.domainbits.com/mobi-auction/ In a sign that Canadian domains are now a major player in the domain world, Network Solutions has announced that is going to offer .ca domain registration.  This is hot on the heals of Godaddy doing the same thing in July. Network Solutions is charging $34.99 per year for a .ca ... http://www.domainbits.com/network-solutions-ca-domains/ An ugly war has broken out in the domainersphere between Mark Fulton and Owen Frager.  Mark states that Owen's GrandNames is a "Grand Waste";  Owen gives a "thumbs down" to Mark's blog and his AQDN marketplace.  I can't begin to express how disturbed and sad I am that this war ... http://www.domainbits.com/domainersphere-war/ In an increasingly hostile legal environment in the United States, your domains are at risk. Whether it's the US Treasury Department blacklisting your domains because they are about Cuba or the governor of a backwards state trying to put his cronies' competitors out of business, this legal risk is growing ... http://www.domainbits.com/protecting-domains-offshore/