There were a lot of new (old) faces, and organizers can improve next year’s show with some tweaks. NamesCon took place in Miami last week, and I’m glad I attended. Here are my thoughts on the show. Miami was a good move It’s good for conferences to move around the country, and Miami was a [...]
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Interviews with 16 people at NamesCon. The domain name industry converged in Miami last week for NamesCon. It’s the first time the show has been held in Miami. Held in conjunction with CloudFest, the event attracted nearly 1,000 people. On today’s podcast, you’ll hear from 16 people at the show. I recorded these on the [...]
Lots of crypto companies, a European company that’s rebranding, and a “mouse for voice” company bought domain names. Last week’s end user domain sales list is coming to you a week late. I was at NamesCon last week and didn’t get a chance to review the sales. While I was there, Sedo broker Dave Evanson [...]
Company didn’t exist when domain was registered. An Italian nutritional supplements company has been found guilty (pdf) of reverse domain name hijacking. SNEP S.p.A., which uses the domain name snep.it, filed a cybersquatting complaint against snep.com. A domain investor registered snep.com in 2000 and still owns the domain name. Based on the record the Complainant [...]
Panel denies claim against dictionary .ai domain. StayinFront, Inc., which operates an augmented reality platform marketed at augment.COM, has lost a cybersquatting case it filed against augment.AI. The panel found (pdf) this was a case of reverse domain name hijacking. It’s the fourth time Deep Vision Architects, which owns the domain, has had to defend [...]
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