Comments on: My Campaign: Get the Domain Name www.JeffBarr.com http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom Online PR, Business Blogging, and Social Media Fri, 18 May 2012 16:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Wilson http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-819 Paul Wilson Tue, 22 May 2007 19:49:01 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-819 Matt- Your comments are really amazing, thank you for posting (in depth) all of this information. It really has helped me in my case study on domain grabbing. ~Paul W. Matt- Your comments are really amazing, thank you for posting (in depth) all of this information. It really has helped me in my case study on domain grabbing. ~Paul W.

]]> By: Matt Brown http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-818 Matt Brown Thu, 17 May 2007 19:40:28 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-818 Follow-up: I found this arbitration resolution for Carnie Wilson (from the band Wilson Philips) who successfully used her un-registered personal name as a trademark and was able to get www.carniewilson.com transferred from one of the many domain name holding companies to herself. If anyone wanted to take this approach to get their name back, this case might be a good starting point for what needs to be proven to ICANN. http://www.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/417186.htm Follow-up:

I found this arbitration resolution for Carnie Wilson (from the band Wilson Philips) who successfully used her un-registered personal name as a trademark and was able to get http://www.carniewilson.com transferred from one of the many domain name holding companies to herself. If anyone wanted to take this approach to get their name back, this case might be a good starting point for what needs to be proven to ICANN.

http://www.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/417186.htm

]]> By: Matt Brown http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-817 Matt Brown Thu, 17 May 2007 18:54:09 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-817 Here's another thought I had that may be applicable, or at least interesting knowledge for someone interested in the industry. There are a number of scam registrars out there that are really just domain name holding companies. They register a few hundred thousand names, stick up an automatic PPC page and call it a day. Bob Parsons, CEO of Go Daddy, has led a crusade against some of these registrars the last couple years. When ICANN launched the new .eu domain name, hundreds of these domain holding companies got themselves listed as registrars and had unfair access to the official registry. Here is one of his blog postings about the subject: http://www.bobparsons.com/EURidResponds.html He has also spoken out about general domain name fraud and a good blog about that is available here: http://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.html Frankly, I don't know a thing about this particular registrar. If they're in Belize, odds are that it is a tax haven-type holding company trying to take advantage of Belize privacy laws to hide the "real owner". If someone wanted to spend a couple hours digging and doing some research, it may be that a case could be made that this group is misusing the ICANN registry to squat on domains. If a good case can be made that they are misusing the registry, send messages to ICANN reporting what has been found and it probably couldn't help to get some of the self-proclaimed internet "spokespeople" like Bob Parsons and Mark Cuban involved. They both talk openly with anyone who emails them are love to take up causes like this for us "regular" users. Hope this helps! Here’s another thought I had that may be applicable, or at least interesting knowledge for someone interested in the industry.

There are a number of scam registrars out there that are really just domain name holding companies. They register a few hundred thousand names, stick up an automatic PPC page and call it a day. Bob Parsons, CEO of Go Daddy, has led a crusade against some of these registrars the last couple years. When ICANN launched the new .eu domain name, hundreds of these domain holding companies got themselves listed as registrars and had unfair access to the official registry. Here is one of his blog postings about the subject: http://www.bobparsons.com/EURidResponds.html

He has also spoken out about general domain name fraud and a good blog about that is available here: http://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.html

Frankly, I don’t know a thing about this particular registrar. If they’re in Belize, odds are that it is a tax haven-type holding company trying to take advantage of Belize privacy laws to hide the “real owner”. If someone wanted to spend a couple hours digging and doing some research, it may be that a case could be made that this group is misusing the ICANN registry to squat on domains. If a good case can be made that they are misusing the registry, send messages to ICANN reporting what has been found and it probably couldn’t help to get some of the self-proclaimed internet “spokespeople” like Bob Parsons and Mark Cuban involved. They both talk openly with anyone who emails them are love to take up causes like this for us “regular” users.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Matt Brown http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-815 Matt Brown Thu, 17 May 2007 18:40:57 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-815 Here's one idea. ICANN, the international organization responsible for managing domain names, has a formal dispute procedure that allows trademark owners to reclaim the domains for their registered trademark. For this to work, Jeff would need to find a way to get his name registered as a trademark - likely both in the US and in Belize (or wherever the owner of the domain is actually, legally, registered). I'm not terribly familiar with the process of registering a trademark but perhaps someone else could help with that. Since the current owner just has the domain showing a spam/AdSense type page, a case could probably be made that they are simply squatting on the name. Once Jeff has a formal trademark on his name, he would start an arbitration request with ICANN. The details on that process are available at: http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm I've been considering using this method myself for my own name, unfortunately "Matt Brown" is so generic there are plenty of other people with the same name who already own the domains. Hope this helps and I would love to hear any feedback or suggestions. Here’s one idea. ICANN, the international organization responsible for managing domain names, has a formal dispute procedure that allows trademark owners to reclaim the domains for their registered trademark. For this to work, Jeff would need to find a way to get his name registered as a trademark – likely both in the US and in Belize (or wherever the owner of the domain is actually, legally, registered). I’m not terribly familiar with the process of registering a trademark but perhaps someone else could help with that.

Since the current owner just has the domain showing a spam/AdSense type page, a case could probably be made that they are simply squatting on the name. Once Jeff has a formal trademark on his name, he would start an arbitration request with ICANN. The details on that process are available at: http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm

I’ve been considering using this method myself for my own name, unfortunately “Matt Brown” is so generic there are plenty of other people with the same name who already own the domains. Hope this helps and I would love to hear any feedback or suggestions.

]]> By: Nate Moller http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-816 Nate Moller Thu, 10 May 2007 20:06:45 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-816 Congrats on the domain name. Props to Jeff Barr. I'm in to help do what I can to get Jeff his name (or domain name) back. Let me know how I can help. Nate Moller http://mollermarketing.com Congrats on the domain name. Props to Jeff Barr. I’m in to help do what I can to get Jeff his name (or domain name) back. Let me know how I can help.

Nate Moller
http://mollermarketing.com

]]> By: Jonathan FeBland (Znethru) http://www.newspapergrl.com/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/comment-page-1#comment-814 Jonathan FeBland (Znethru) Thu, 10 May 2007 16:52:10 +0000 http://www.newspapergrl.com/660/my-campaign-get-the-domain-name-wwwjeffbarrcom/#comment-814 Wowzers! Congrats on the URL! I own about 20 including creativexplosion with one and two e's in the middle .co.uk rather than .com though! Wowzers! Congrats on the URL! I own about 20 including creativexplosion with one and two e’s in the middle .co.uk rather than .com though!

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