GoDaddy recently acquired Worldwide Media’s majority domain name portfolio announced on Monday and as of late last night, I started to detect that many, if not all of the portfolio are starting to move to GoDaddy!

It was mentioned in the press release that the domains would be available “immediately” but that isn’t always the case due to the nature of several things like transfers.

70,000 domain names takes a bit of time to move (mainly transfer) but name servers … Read the rest

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Group III International, who also runs the website SwissGear.com, has acquired the premium generic domain name BackPacks.com from Vertical Axis.

According to a job listing: “Group III International, has been a leader for over 30 years in luggage, backpacks & travel accessories. We are the official licensee of Wenger, Swiss Gear & BMW, as well as having two in house Brands French West Indies & Navigator. Our expertise in multi-category product licensing and manufacturing with a strong focus on backpacks … Read the rest

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Microsoft Corporation has filed yet again, more “Holo” trademarks and in this latest round includes the terms HoloNotes and HoloShot.

The HoloLens trademark and purchase of the domain name HoloLens.com for $6,750 kicked off the holo storm of trademark filings but has really not kicked off the matching domain name buying. With trademarks filed now for:

  • HoloLens
  • HoloStudio
  • HoloTour
  • HoloPet
  • HoloNotes
  • HoloShot

Microsoft only has acquired the HoloLens.com domain and the remaining matching .com domain names have not been … Read the rest

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Microsoft Corporation has filed 6 new game related trademarks. Those trademarks include the following:

Blast Corps

Trademark

Own matching domain name: No. Owned by a Griffin IT Media Inc.

Jet Force Gemini

Trademark

Own matching domain name: Yes. Was once owned by Nintendo dating back to around 2001.

Jetpac

Trademark

Own matching domain name: No. Company that owns Jetpac.com has joined Google.

Perfect Dark

Trademark

Own matching domain name: Yes. Was also once owned by Nintendo dating back to around … Read the rest

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