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Old 09-23-2009, 08:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Lightbulb Apple Inc bought AppStore.com?!

Just noticed that the registrant of AppStore.com is Apple Inc now.

If I recall correctly, the domain was registered by another company in the past.

Anyone knows when did Apple get this domain and what's the cost?

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Old 09-23-2009, 09:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Just noticed that the registrant of AppStore.com is Apple Inc now.

If I recall correctly, the domain was registered by another company in the past.

Anyone knows when did Apple get this domain and what's the cost?

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Yes, here is the archive -- a major company owned AppStore.com, SalesForce.com --

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.appstore.com
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...and appropriate too!
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wonder what they paid SalesForce for it...I'm pretty sure salesforce wouldn't have let it go for a bargain
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wonder what they paid SalesForce for it...I'm pretty sure salesforce wouldn't have let it go for a bargain

I agree, but the purchase makes sense for Apple, of course depending on the sale price, but I am sure they could afford it
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Old 10-06-2009, 01:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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what i dont get is how it was trademarked. seems like a generic term.
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if the greater recognition for APP would be for apple, wouldn't that follow ICANN's rules regarding domain use, recognition, and salesforce not being known by the "appstore" name?

ICANN holds that passive holding of a disputed domain name permits an unlawful inference of registration and domain use in bad faith. The other two tenets of disputed domains are that no use of the domain name or website that connected with the domain name is occurring, and that the domain holder is not widely known by that name.

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Old 10-06-2009, 06:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
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ICANN holds that passive holding of a disputed domain name permits an unlawful inference of registration and domain use in bad faith. The other two tenets of disputed domains are that no use of the domain name or website that connected with the domain name is occurring, and that the domain holder is not widely known by that name.

Those are scary words for any domainer.....
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Appstore is used so much by Apple and Iphone/ipod/Ipod touch/itunes users . Its a good buy for Apple but i wonder how much they might have paid for it or how they got it.
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I got a good "App" name, but it has nothing to do directly with Apple. was planning on developing it to sell applications for a various amount of different mobile phones including the G1 (google phone).
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ICANN holds that passive holding of a disputed domain name permits an unlawful inference of registration and domain use in bad faith. The other two tenets of disputed domains are that no use of the domain name or website that connected with the domain name is occurring, and that the domain holder is not widely known by that name.

Those are scary words for any domainer.....
Yes they are. Who gave them the right to make that decision? Isn't that power in the courts? At least the US Govt. is backing off of their influence in ICANN (at least a little).
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Apps.com is run by Intuit (Fortune 500 payroll company) --

Apps.com is an outstanding name
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ICANN holds that passive holding of a disputed domain name permits an unlawful inference of registration and domain use in bad faith. The other two tenets of disputed domains are that no use of the domain name or website that connected with the domain name is occurring, and that the domain holder is not widely known by that name.

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What's source of above statement; blog link has statement but no substantiating source(s). There have been some very bad UDRP rulings -- but believe thses are bad UDRP rulings versus ICANN (though if the IP lobby gets its way...). A significant contributing factor in a recent URDP case was that there was no response. Don't get me wrong, this is not an excuse for an extremely sloppy and piss-poor ruling by the National Arbitration Forum (NAF).

Did you know NAF was sued by Minnesota for fraud, false advertising, and deceptive trade practices due to substantial bias? Now they can now only participate in domain name disputes. And they need to quickly tighten handling of domain arbitration (e.g. such as above) -- or get out of business altogether.

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I just posted the above and then found an excellent analysis by Paul Keating of this piss-poor decision by a NAF Panelist.
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