During the first quarter of 2019, domain sales reached 9.5 million dollars on the second-hand market! The fact that each individual domain name always is unique creates a strong demand for attractive wordings, and on the second-hand market, some domain names can be sold to new owners for several millions. The domain names above, along…
According to the study “High-growth firms and intellectual property rights”, investments in innovation, IP-protection, and international expansion are all important to a business’ success in achieving high growth. This is because IP (intellectual property) enables businesses to get a return on investments in research and development, and thus they are able to maximise their potential….
One of our most read blog posts of all time is “Help! Someone has registered my domain!”. The blog post is usually read by one of two reasons: either someone has lost their domain name, for one reason or another, or someone else has been quicker and registered the domain name they are interested in….
While the importance of SSL Certificates remains, the change will rather affect how the security information is displayed for website visitors. According to fresh statistics from W3Counters, Chrome controls over half (55.4%) of the web browser market, which means that the change will have significant impact. There are supposedly several reasons for these updates. Among…
Previously, this type of blocking has been available for the .XXX TLD, but that protection service disappears in conjunction with its 10th anniversary in 2021, and is instead replaced by AdultBlock and AdultBlock+, two new protection services, offering a more extensive coverage. When the protection service first was introduced in 2011, it was widely successful….
I get a bit nervous just thinking about carrying such an important key. When I first heard about it, I assumed it was some sort of digital device but, no, it’s an actual, physical key. Not much bigger than the one you use to lock your bike. In all likelihood, Anne-Marie doesn’t keep it on…
Why should you legally register your trademark? Registering your trademarks brings many advantages. Here are the two principal, most important reasons: Exclusive rights The range of available goods and services grows constantly, which leads to a trademark becoming an all-important symbol for a company’s profile and reputation. Exclusivity means that no-one else has the right…
Almost exactly five years ago, on June 10, 2014, it became possible to register domain names under the .uk top level domain. During this five-year period, .co.uk domain name holders had priority to register their corresponding domain names directly under the .uk top-level domain. But soon this period will come to an end and these…
One impact of this development is that, more than ever before, legal trademarks® are closely connected to the digital world. At the center of this connection is the relationship between trademarks and domains. Whereas they may have previously been seen as two different worlds, domains and trademarks have been inseparably linked through digitalisation and the…
Most of us associate the name Uber with the company that sells taxi services all over the world. But long before Uber became a globe-conquering brand, the domain uber.com belonged to a social network that – despite large investments – went to the grave in 2008. One of the biggest investors was no less than…
