News and rumors with the help of domains
In August 2012, Riot Games announced The League of Legends Championship Series, a global league of the top professional, salaried teams that features multiple matches per week and playoff events leading up to the World Championship. As players begin to battle for spots in the League of Legends … [Read more...]
Sometime in the mid-2000s, the domain name Project425.com was privately registered through the registrar Melbourne IT. The organization behind the registration was unknown until November 2008, when the Whois record showed Riot Games President Marc Merrill as the name's owner. Merrill continued … [Read more...]
It may not be official just yet, but all signs point to Facebook launching Facebook Publishing Garage, "a program geared at building world-class social publishing systems that enable brands to create the most meaningful connections with their connections and their friends through News Feed … [Read more...]
Model Cindy Crawford who is well known for her mole just above her lip, has filed a complaint (Case Number: D2012-2454) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name CindyCrawford.com, a web address that - at the time of this story - redirects users to a hardcore … [Read more...]
Chalk this up to unusual domain names that companies register. According to WHOIS records, Activision Publishing, Inc, now owns CommandLineSystems.com, a name that was first registered back in January 2011. The identity of the owner was hidden behind Go Daddy’s Domains By Proxy (DBP) … [Read more...]
Microsoft has filed a complaint (Case Number 1473274) with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over the domain names XboxFitness.com and XboxFitness.net. So, is this domain dispute nothing more than the company trying to protect its intellectual property? Or, could Microsoft be looking to … [Read more...]
It would appear that Square Enix is working on something game-related called "All The Bravest". This past week, the company not only registered the domain names AllTheBravest.com (WHOIS) and AllTheBravest.net (WHOIS), it also filed a European Community Trademark for the name. Both domain names … [Read more...]
In late November, Facebook revised its long-standing terms with Zynga, and in doing so, it opened up more opportunities for game developers. Only a day after Zynga filed a document with the SEC outlining new terms in its agreement, Facebook registered a handful of domains around the term "Live … [Read more...]
Blizzard Entertainment has had quite a bit of activity lately on the domain front. Earlier this month the company filed a complaint against the owner of HeroesofWarcraft.com. Then this week, Blizzard registered the name ProjectBlackstone.com (WHOIS). ProjectBlackstone.com was at one time … [Read more...]
Over the past year, Blizzard Entertainment has made a number of domain acquisitions including StarCraft.com, nearly 15 years after the game's first release. The company also registered the name WarcraftBattles.com just last month for unknown reasons. Now, Blizzard Entertainment is attempting to … [Read more...]
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