UNIQUE DOMAIN NAMES

DN Journal's Lowdown has closing day highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, including news of a new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. show in Europe next year, two live auctions, a cautionary tale about the proposed new gTLDs and an unforgettable tropical island experience!

Ever seen a great deal get done and think to yourself, “I wish i could have been involved in that one?” Well you may have your chance. As you will recall that Yung Yee, arguably the best domain portfolio ever available, sold his portfolio several years ago for $165 million to Marchex, a publicly traded company. As of [...]

In one of the most ridiculous UDRP decisions that I have ever seen, Frank Schilling (owner of Name Administration) lost the domain ChilliBeans.com. The case was brought by a company in Uruguay, which owns a trademark for “CHILLI BEANS” for eyewear and watches. The panel found that the domain ChilliBeans.com was identical or confusingly similar to the [...]

Yesterday’s Aftermarket.com auction started out great. Then it flopped. I thought yesterday’s Aftermarket.com auction went great. And I still thought that well after the auction was over. Why? Because I didn’t watch the second half. I watched the first 25 or so auctions from my office, and then packed up and headed home. [...]

<p>Ron Jackson of DNJournal has just reported that Rick Latona has bought rights to host a T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference in Amsterdam in June 2009. The conference is to be based exclusively around ccTlds - which should be quite interesting.</p> <p>Interestingly, Jackson is in my home town of Brisbane (or rather Gold Coast to be precise) at the moment as the Down Under T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference winds down (sucks that I am stuck in Europe working on a major project at the moment) and ... <a href="http://www.dnxpert.com/2008/11/21/rick-latona-to-host-traffic-conference-in-amsterdam-in-2009/">READ MORE</a>

A number of attendees have asked for copies of my photos. I’ve got a “Traffic DownUnder 2008″ set at Flickr. Go crazy kids! Here we have myself and Ron from NamePros as well as Jessica and Jen. Of course, as the night progressed, more red wine, white wine, cocktails and beer was consumed. Then Jonathan Frakes dropped [...]