google .mobi set to spark domain name mania - Independent

[Adam Dicker]

.mobi set to spark domain name mania
Independent, UK - 6 hours ago
The demand for internet domain names specifically used for mobile phones is expected to reach fever pitch next week when registration is opened up to the public ...
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[Creature]

I read your news article and then checked a few .mobi names at http://pc.mtld.mobi/whois/index.php.

I was suprised to find Bets.mobi registered using a dead TM registration number (76/309670) for bets.com. http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...ate=al1ouq.6.1

Domain registrant and TM registrant details do not appear match in this case. Therefore have there been some 'creative' registrations of the .mobi up to this point ?

[SuccessClick]

I read your news article and then checked a few .mobi names at http://pc.mtld.mobi/whois/index.php.

I was suprised to find Bets.mobi registered using a dead TM registration number (76/309670) for bets.com. http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...ate=al1ouq.6.1

Domain registrant and TM registrant details do not appear match in this case. Therefore have there been some 'creative' registrations of the .mobi up to this point ?

I was under the impression that the hot domains to get for mobile connections was any domain with the letter "M" preceding it. Like, mscores.com, mdirections.com, mconcerts.com, mHeadlines.com, etc. (those are mine, should i dump now that .mobi is coming?)

[Creature]

I was under the impression that the hot domains to get for mobile connections was any domain with the letter "M" preceding it. Like, mscores.com, mdirections.com, mconcerts.com, mHeadlines.com, etc. (those are mine, should i dump now that .mobi is coming?)

I didn't know that 'M'domains were for mobiles. Maybe you could try the appraisals section for other opinions.

[carlton]

I was under the impression that the hot domains to get for mobile connections was any domain with the letter "M" preceding it.

Few, if any, have heard this imo.

[March2005]

another new article:

“A lot of the new domain names just compound the problem of trademark infringement and fraud.”

She added: “Most of the new domain names have been failures and the vast majority of valuable real estate still rests in ‘dotcom’.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/709fbdec-4bf...0779e2340.html

[adill420]

thats not fraud..what is though, the fact that a company decides to launch .mobi and holds on to premium domain names..close to 5500 with the intention of pocketing $50 million

[katherine]

I just hope they bite the dust
IMO we won't see a landrush like .eu.
Maybe the next TLD approved by ICANN will be .hype :greenembarrassed:

[italiandragon]

I read somewhere they asked for TradeMarks old at least years to prove to be genuine and in good faih.......is this true?

I already found some names with TM old less than 1 year.