Coffee.club Sells for $100,000
The domain name Coffee.club has recently sold for a whopping $100,000 at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference,according to Larry Fischer.
Larry Fischer broke the news on Twitter.
The domain name has been registered since 2000 under privacy at Fabulous.
Congratulations for both the seller and the buyer.
Jurisdictional Limits of in rem Proceedings Against Domain Names by Michael Xun Liu, University of Michigan Law School
Abstract: In 1999, Congress passed the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) to combat “cybersquatters” who profited by registering domain names that were confusingly similar to established trademarks. Under the ACPA, trademark owners have a specific cause of action against domain name registrants accused of cybersquatting. Moreover, the law gives U.S. courts in rem jurisdiction over trademark infringing domain names registered to parties that are not subject to personal jurisdiction.
Over the past decade, proceeding in rem against domain names has proven to be an effective strategy for trademark owners. While many companies have used the ACPA against cybersquatters, others have relied on the in rem provision to secure domain names registered to foreign companies that happen to use a similar mark for their goods or services. From a policy perspective, this latter practice is troubling because it allows district courts to determine whether foreign companies can use their marks as domain names, even if these companies lack minimum contacts with the court’s forum. To prevent such overreach, courts should limit the ACPA’s in rem jurisdiction to domain names that were registered in a bad faith attempt to profit from another’s trademark.
This article can be downloaded in full from:
repository.law.umich.edu/mttlr/vol20/iss2/5/
The Tangled Web: A Case Against New gTLDs by Joseph P. Smith III
Is the “dot-com” era over as we know it? On June 13, 2012, ICANN revealed the list of applied-for new gTLDs. TLDs are the words at the end of a website’s address, such as <.com>. ICANN is a non-profit organization responsible for managing the Internet’s system of unique identifiers, including domain names. ICANN describes itself as the definer of “policies for how the ‘names and numbers’ of the Internet should run.”
It is structured on a multi-stakeholder model including “registries, registrars, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), intellectual property advocates, commercial and business interests, non-commercial and non-profit interests, representation from more than 100 governments, and a global array of individual Internet users.” ICANN contracts with generic top-level domain registries and registrars to manage the Internet’s domains. Each registrar is required to enter into a register accreditation agreement with ICANN, which gives registrars the ability to register new domains.
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This article’s purpose is to provide a general understanding of the legal and financial implications of the new gTLDs. By looking at the history and functionality of generic top-level domains, the reader will hopefully have the requisite background to understand the implications of adding new top-level domains. The article discusses the following topics.
Section III of this article examines the positive and negative implications of introducing new gTLDs. This section discusses ICANN’s stated policy goals in introducing new generic top-level domains, it addresses the potential benefits of introducing new top-level domains based on economic and trademark rationales, and it analyzes the negative implications of introducing new generic top-level domains and why these negative effects outweigh any positives. Specifically, it dismisses ICANN’s argument that new generic top-level domains are necessary, exposes the conflict between private ownership of generic top-level domains and trademark law, discusses the detrimental effect new generic top-level domains will have on the FTC’s ability to prosecute online fraud, and addresses the persistent ethical concerns raised by the apparent conflicts of interest between ICANN officials and new generic top-level domain applicants.
Section IV of this article proposes three remedial measures that attempt to alleviate some of the problems addressed in Part C of section III. It proposes that ICANN implement a small pilot program rather than continue its plan of examining the roughly 2000 applications it received for new generic top-level domains, that ICANN increase the transparency of the organization in two ways, and that ICANN tweak its Trademark Clearinghouse procedure to balance the power between trademark owners and Internet users.
To download this abstract and article in full, go to:
jolt.richmond.edu/index.php/the-tangled-web-a-case-against-new-generic-top-level-domains/
Google Wins Googleekip.com Domain Name in Arbitration
Breathe Luxury Releases Auction List With Starting Prices
Breathe Luxury will hold during the World Travel Market eventa live domain name auction. The auction features 35 domain names.The auction take place on November 5th,2014 in London.
Breathe Luxury releases recently the auction list with the starting prices.
1 Dubai.net – No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $1m
2 LuxuryHotel.net No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $25k
3 LuxuryTravel.net No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $25k
4 Africa.tv Starting Bid $50k
5 Cannes.tv Starting Bid $30k
6 Espana.tv – Spain.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $300k
7 Finland.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $75k
8 France.tv Starting Bid $50k
9 Geneva.tv Starting Bid $70k
10 Indonesia.tv Starting Bid $70k
11 Korea.tv Starting Bid $88k
12 Madrid.tv Starting Bid $100k
13 Moscow.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $150k
14 Switzerland.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $200k
15 TelAviv.tv Starting Bid $130k
16 Ireland.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $175k
17 Holiday.tv No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $500k
18 Book-Flights.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $25k
19 Flight-Booking.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $25k
20 Travel-Deals.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $25k
21 CompareCruises.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $20k
22 DirectFlight.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $20k
23 VacationAgency.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $20k
24 CaribbeanVacations.com + CaribbeanVacation.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $50k
25 Doha.com Starting Bid $2m
26 Iraq.com & Iraq.net Starting Bid $3m
27 Kuwait.com Starting Bid $2m
28 Arab.com Starting Bid $5m
29 Nas.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $300k
30 GolfCourses.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $150k
31 Journey.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $1.5m
32 Paradise.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $1.5m
33 Crete.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $450k
34 WorldHoliday.com TBA Live @WTM event
35 Holiday.com No Reserve Auction Starting Bid $5m
Holiday.com is considered to be the “Holy Grail” of the travel industry.Moreover, Arab.com is one of the most prestigious domains for Arabs worldwide.
