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Watch Out for “Generic” Sounding Trademarks

Elliot Silver

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July 6, 2020

Every day, I see quite a few domain names in auction with bids that could have trademark issues. Some of these trademarks are super obvious, like Microsoft or Volvo, but others are not as clear. Olympics, for example, is a highly defended trademark, and there are a number of UDRP filings for Olympic-related domain names.

Over the weekend, Peter Askew shared some advice about staying away from generic sounding terms that are actually trademarks. His observations were based on a domain name that is listed on GoDaddy Auctions and will be sold in about one week:

Nobody Will Request an “Appraisal Certificate”

Elliot Silver

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July 3, 2020

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Domain industry attorney Jason Schaeffer reported today that three of his clients received $60,000 offers to buy domain names, and the supposed prospective buyer requested an “appraisal certificate” in order to proceed with a deal.

3 clients this week had $60K offers through GoDaddy. Each appeared to be from Japan requesting an “Appraisal Certificate.” Screen shot of the result: Pay $349 to appraise and verify your domain name. A good way to lose $349. #domaining #domainnames pic.twitter.com/F3wOEKaCIU

— Jason Schaeffer (@TLDadvisor) July 3, 2020

Brandsight Job Opening: Account Executive

Elliot Silver

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July 3, 2020

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Brandsight is looking to hire someone in an Account Executive role, according to a job opening posted recently on LinkedIn. Because GoDaddy acquired Brandsight earlier this year, the job listing is under the GoDaddy branding. This is a work from home remote job (at least for the time being), and the location is the United States or United Kingdom.

Here’s the description of what the job entails:

GoDaddy Monetizing Mobile Parked Names with Link to Broker Service

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Elliot Silver

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June 26, 2020

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Nepotism Barbie is trending on Twitter right now, and the domain name NepotismBarbie.com was registered at GoDaddy in January of this year. It doesn’t look like the registrant has done anything with this domain name, but that is not really the point of this article.

Have a look at NepotismBarbie.com, a domain name that resolves to the default GoDaddy nameservers. This looks like the standard GoDaddy default landing page. Here’s a screenshot of what you would see if you were on your desktop computer and typed in NepotismBarbie.com:

GoDaddy Announces COVID-19 Related Layoffs

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Elliot Silver

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June 24, 2020

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Some unfortunate news to report from GoDaddy this morning. GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani had the difficult job of announcing a round of layoffs at the company, the direct result of the impact the COVID-19 coronavirus has had on the company. The news comes less than three months after the company “pledged not to lay off employees for at least 90 days,” according to a Phoenix Business Journal article from April.

More Sales Data Coming from DAN and GoDaddy

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June 17, 2020

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In the coming months, we will begin to see more domain name sales data shared publicly by two of the largest domain name sales platforms. This morning, GoDaddy and DAN separately announced that more domain name sales transacted on their platforms will be publicly shared and reported.

DAN announced its privacy policy change on Twitter, providing details about how sellers are able to opt out of sharing sales they transact on the platform: