DOMAINfest 2012 Global conference is only three weeks away.This year’s conference will be held in Santa Monica,California from January 31,2012 to February 2,2011 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel .

Registration costs $1,295 and includes :

All Meals for 3 Days
All Sessions
Exhibit Hall Access
Keynote Fireside Chat
2 Live Domain Auctions
Networking Dinner Parties

Biz Stone,Twitter co-founder will be the keynote speaker .

Two domain name auction will be held  :

Moniker’s Low & No Reserve Plus Premium Domain Auction – on February 2,2012 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm
Moniker’s Extended Online Premium Domain Auction – February 2,2011 through February 16,2012 .

For this year’s show,DOMAINfest organizers introduced a new contest-the Fantasy Domaining Contest .You will have to show everybody how good your PPC domaining skills are .The winner will receive a travel stipend of $1,000 plus four nights hotel plus free DOMAINfest admission .The second place will receive free DFG Conference Ticket and the thrid place will receive 50%off DFG Conference Ticket.

For more details about the conference check out DOMAINfest.com

SalesForce.com acquired recently Desk.com domain name,according to whois records .The domain name was previously owned by Reflex Publishing Inc .

According to whois records,the domain name changed hands in November 2011.

SalesForce.com may be ready to do something with the domain name,since the message displayed on Desk.com is “Coming Soon” .

This is not the first time when Salesforce acquired a premium domain name.The company also acquired recently Database.com,Social.com (2011’s biggest domain name sale) and Data.com .

Cart.com domain name was sold through the Sedo domain name marketplace for $49,999 .According to whois records the domain name owner is Original Web Ventures Inc .

The domain name resolves to a parking page for now .

Another notable domain name sale is Bequiet.com,which sold for $15,000 .

Other notable domain name sales include :

lotterymaster.com    1,800 USD
yja.com    4,999 USD
myknx.com    1,750 USD
maisonenbois.info    1,180 EUR
investinireland.com    1,700 EUR
rockbot.com    6,500 USD
lainalaskuri.com    2,500 EUR
coupo.com    5,000 USD
hairdesign.com    9,850 EUR
x.gy    2,100 EUR
smson.com    1,400 USD
kompany.co.uk    12,000 USD
codemasters.me    5,000 USD
lvfa.com    5,100 USD
tecmen.com    2,599 USD
equity.co    1,800 USD
ousu.com    1,161 USD
hairdesign.com    9,850 EUR
kompany.co.uk    12,000 USD
page.org    3,300 USD
stereo.co    1,750 USD

For more details check out Sedo.com

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded Forces.com domain name to John Berryhill.SalesForce.com submitted a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum on November 2,2011,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name .

SalesForce.com contended in the complaint that Forces.com domain name is confusingly similar to its “Force” and “Force.com ” marks .Therefore,SalesForce contended that the respondent is guilty of typosquatting.Moreover,the company contended that the respondent ,John Berryhill ,registered and used the domain name in bad faith :

“John Berryhill had actual or constructive knowledge of Complainant’s rights before the domain name was registered.  Moreover, Complainant contends that Respondent is a “professional domain name seller,” has exhibited a pattern of infringement on the trademark rights of others, and has offered to sell the domain name to Complainant. “

On the other hand,JOhn Berryhill contended that Salesforce.com’s mark are neither famous nor distinctive and that the domain at issue in this case is a common dictionary word .

The Panel ordered the disputed domain name to remain with John Berryhill .

You can read the decision here .