Huge trade show for online advertising has a disappointing domain name. This morning I’m off to ad:tech, a large interactive advertising conference, in San Francisco. Countless times over the past month I’ve gone to ad:tech’s web site to remind myself of the agenda, book a hotel, etc. And most of the time I type in [...]
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AOL Owns Patch.com, But Can’t Win wwwPatch.com UDRP
AOL’s lawyers didn’t provide enough evidence of common law rights. AOL owns the web site Patch.com, yet it has failed to obtain the typo wwwPatch.com through a National Arbitration Forum proceeding. How is this possible? It seems that AOL’s lawyers may have taken this case for granted and not supplied enough evidence. The panel found [...]
From Domain Industry to TechCrunch, Now Arrington Cashes Out to AOL
Michael Arrington sells his business to AOL. It’s official. AOL has purchased TechCrunch. GigaOm was the first to break the news last night that AOL was buying TechCrunch. The popular tech blog confirmed the news today. TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington spent much of the five or so years directly before starting the blog bouncing around [...]
Consultant Says New gTLDs Will Banish .Com to Less Professional, Mom-and-Pop Operations
I was interviewed for an article posted on AOL News today. The reporter asked for my reaction to a comment from an attorney/new gTLD consultant who said “Some day people will look upon .com as the less professional, mom-and-pop segment of the Web where…
AOL Loses Battle in TM War With Advertise.com – Will It Impact Aborted $1.4M Ad.com Sale?
A Federal Appellate Court has ruled against AOL and given Advertise.com the right to continue doing business under their generic domain name. AOL claimed Advertise.com violates their trademark on Advertising.com. AOL’s over-reaching claims also scuttle…
