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Gotta love homophones, words that sound alike. When you think of dot .COM, there’s only one way to spell it, right? Wrong. How about writing it as “.KOM” then, and even if that’s not a real TLD it can still become a brand. The a...
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January 14, 2021 DomainGang
.KOM, .KOM brand, uspto
The operators of the ultra-premium domain name, Refinance.com, have applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. Registered in 1998, the domain Refinance.com was listed as sold in 2005, in a private transaction reported at $706,000 dollar...
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January 13, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, refinance, refinance.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of the domain Lenscrafter.com lost a nice money-maker, after the typo-domain was lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. Lenscrafters is a registered trademark of Luxottica Group S.p.A., Italy, and the singular form most likely generated ...
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January 11, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Lenscrafter.com, LenscrafterEyewear.com
The dictionary word domain Insurgence.com (insurgence.com) dropped out of the blue, losing its original 1999 registration date. That’s the least of the previous owner’s worries, however: the domain is now in an auction at DropCatch, which e...
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December 21, 2020 DomainGang
DropCatch, dropped the ball, Insurgence.com, Lift Brands
Chinese mega-corporation, JD.com, has filed for the registration of the mark, JD.COM, at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark application was filed for: “Transport; transportation logistics; packaging of goods; piloting; h...
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December 18, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, JD.com, SCOTUS
Pirate Studios, registrant of Pirate.com, a 1997 domain, has applied for the registration of the mark PIRATE.COM at the USPTO. The application includes a graphical “P” in a circle before the domain as part of the claimed mark. The trademark...
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December 10, 2020 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, generic domains, Pirate Studios, Pirate.com, SCOTUS
Happy Hump Day Team – Another Wednesday and only 16 days Christmas… this year as much as being terrible for many reasons have absolutely flown past the days just seem to disappear… There is another...
The post If Domainers cared about trademarks why was this domain sold? appeared first on Robbie's Blog online since 2011 - Domain Names, Domain News, Domain Auctions.
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December 9, 2020 Robbie
Domain Aftermarket, Domain Law, Domain Name Investing, Domain Name Trade Marks, domain registration, Domaining.com, General News, namepros, Trade Mark, Trademark Law
A trademark application for ROOFER.COM at the USPTO is a positive indicator that the domain Roofer.com was sold recently. The application for the registration of the ROOFER.COM mark uses a date of first use “at least” as early as in 1/1/202...
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December 3, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, Don Lambrecht & Associates, Roofer, Roofer.com, roofers, roofing, roofing.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of Relation.com, a 1995 domain, has applied for the registration of the mark RELATION.COM at the USPTO. The “intent to use” application was filed for “Internet-based dating, social introduction and social networking ser...
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December 1, 2020 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, generic domains, Relation, Relation.com, SCOTUS
The owner of Calculator.com, a generic domain that was reported as stolen at some point, has applied for the registration of a US federal trademark at the USPTO. The application for the registration of CALCULATOR.COM as a trademark was filed on Novembe...
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November 30, 2020 DomainGang
calculator.com, Chloe Tsakiris, Domain Law, uspto