Karen Bernstein is an Intellectual Property lawyer who has considerable domain industry expertise. Karen has been involved in the domain space for quite some time, and she is a regular participant at domain industry events.
According to a LinkedIn post she shared yesterday, Karen has been appointed as a UDRP panelist at the National Arbitration Forum.
Last month, InterNetX and Sedo released its annual Global Domain Report for 2024. This report offers a comprehensive look at the state of the domain name space and includes insights and some predictions from people who work in all sectors of the industry.
On April 17, Sedo and InterNetX will be hosting a webinar to discuss the report. The webinar is free to attend but advance registration is required to be able to access the webinar live. A link to register along with further details about the event can be seen here:
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I learned about a 6 figure domain name sale that hasn’t yet been reported. A hard seltzer company branded as Sandbagger has acquired its brand match Sandbagger.com domain name for $100,000 USD. The domain name was purchased via Afternic. This domain name sale was shared with me by an industry colleague I have known for many years who wishes to remain anonymous.
Sandbagger is an Ontario, Canada based company, and it is operating on the Sandbagger.ca ccTLD domain name. From what I can tell, it appears the company is operating a website on both Sandbagger.com and Sandbagger.ca. I am unfamiliar with this brand, but perhaps that is going to change following this domain name acquisition.
A UDRP was filed against the Cabot.com domain name at NAF. There are more than 1,000 companies with Cabot in their branding listed on LinkedIn alone and there are 46,000 people results. That alone should indicate the wide usage of the Cabot term. The Cabot I am most familiar with is a cheese company, and it was not the complainant here.
The complainant in the UDRP is Cabot Brand Co. Ltd. Just looking at that alone, I wouldn’t know which Cabot company is filing the UDRP. The domain registrant did not respond to the UDRP. Despite this, the UDRP was denied.
On August 3-4, 2024, I will be riding in my 11th Pan-Mass Challenge ride to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dana-Farber is a global leader in the fight against cancer, offering essential treatment and care to patients while spearheading some of the world’s most advanced cancer research. This year, the PMC will pass $1 billion in total funds raised for Dana-Farber.
When I started my fundraising in 2023, my cousin had recently been diagnosed with cancer. She was a patient at Dana-Farber, and after many months of treatment and surgeries, she is now cancer-free. A close friend of ours was just diagnosed with cancer, and she started her treatment plan a week ago. She will prevail. Sadly, Howard Neu recently passed away after battling cancer for 18 months. Cancer impacts all of us.
John Berryhill will be joining me again for this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge ride and fundraising campaign. With the help of domain industry friends and colleagues, John and I have helped raise nearly $165,000 for Dana-Farber. Thank you!
John and I will soon share more information about sponsoring the special domain industry PMC jersey we will wear this year while we train and when we cross the finish line. In the meantime, if you would like to support my fundraiser with a donation in any amount, my fundraising page is here. You can also support John’s fundraising campaign. All of this year’s domain industry supporters are listed below and will continue to be added throughout the year.
Thank you to business friends and colleagues who have always generously supported our Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising. We appreciate you.
2024 Domain Industry PMC supporters:
