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Sony Pictures to produce John Burdett crime novels? 29 domains registered

John Burdett

It looks as if Sony Pictures has struck a deal with British crime novelist John Burdett to produce as many as four films including Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts, The Godfather of Kathmandu, and his next novel set to be released in 2012 in the UK, Vulture Peak.

Sony Pictures registered nearly three dozen domain names this past Friday, like BangkokHauntsmovie.com, TheGodfatherofKathmandu.com, BangkokTattoomovie.com, and VulturePeakmovie.com.

Bangkok 8, the first book in the murder mystery series, was optioned by Millennium Films back in 2007, but filming was apparently cancelled.

While the domain registrations are certainly an indication of upcoming plans, as of yet, neither Sony Picture nor John Burdett have officially announced a partnership.

I’ve reached out to John Burdett for comment on this story through his web site at John-Burdett.com, and will update this post if I hear back.

Here’s a look at the full list of domain registrations.

bangkok-haunts.com
bangkok-haunts.net
bangkok-tattoo.com
bangkok-tattoo.net
bangkok-tattoomovie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.net
bangkokhaunts.net
bangkokhauntsmovie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.net
bangkoktattoomovie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
godfatherofkathmandu.com
godfatherofkathmandu.net
godfatherofkathmandumovie.com
kathmandugodfather.com
kathmandugodfather.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu.net
thegodfatherofkathmandumovie.com
vulture-peak.net
vulturepeak-movie.com
vulturepeak-movie.net
vulturepeak.net
vulturepeakmovie.com

Update 1, October 16th, 4:14pm EST: John Burdett replied by e-mail: “Sorry, no comment at this stage.”

Discussion: WhatCulture! and Dark Horizons

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Amazon to launch Endless shopping app

Endless Shopping App for iPhone

Amazon appears to be working on a mobile shopping app for Endless.com, its online shoe and handbag store that it launched in 2007.

On October 14, Amazon’s Legal Department registered the domains EndlessappforiPhone.com and EndlessShoppingapp.com through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor, hinting that an Endless app is right around the corner in time for the holiday shopping season.

Here’s a look at the WHOIS record for EndlessShoppingapp.com.

Registrant:
        Hostmaster, Amazon Legal Dept.
        Amazon Technologies, Inc.
        P.O. Box 8102
         Reno NV 89507
        US

    Domain Name: endlessshoppingapp.com

        Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
        Hostmaster, Amazon Legal Dept.
        Amazon Technologies, Inc.
        P.O. Box 8102
         Reno NV 89507
        US
 
    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
        Hostmaster, Amazon Legal Dept.
        Amazon Technologies, Inc.
        P.O. Box 8102
         Reno NV 89507
        US
 
    Created on…………..: 2011-10-14.
    Expires on…………..: 2012-10-14.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-10-14.

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Electronic Arts files trademark applications for ‘Prison Kings’

Prison Kings trademark

Electronic Arts is up to something when it comes to online games.

The game publisher filed two trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 10 for the term “Prison Kings”. 

Serial Number: 85443304 covers, “Entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line computer game; Provision of information relating to electronic computer games provided via the Internet.”  Serial Number: 85443315 covers, “Computer game software; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices.”

“Prison Kings” follows recent trademark filings for Style Empire, Fly with Me and Road Trippin’.

Discussion: Joystiq

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Washington Post shells out undisclosed amount of cash for SocialReader.com

The Washington Post Social Reader

Nearly a month after The Washington Post launched its Social Reader newspaper application on Facebook, it has acquired the domain name socialreader.com for an undisclosed amount of money.

According to WHOIS records, the domain name transferred to The Washington Post Company on October 14, 2011.

One can only guess what the dollar amount was, and considering The Washington Post decided to buy the domain after it launched the application, the price likely shot up even higher by late September. 

I’ve reached out to the previous owner of the domain to learn more details about the transaction, and will update this post if I hear back.

At the time of this story, socialreader.com does not resolve to The Washington Post or Facebook and joins other domains owned by the newspaper company that it registered in early September like wpsocialreader.com and washingtonpostsocialreader.com.

Here’s a look at the current WHOIS record for socialreader.com.

Registrant:
      Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Company
      Domain Administrator
      1150 15th St NW
      Washington, DC 20071
      US
      Email:

   Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
   Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar Homepage: www. cscprotectsbrands.com

   Domain Name: socialreader.com

      Created on…………..: Tue, Sep 20, 2005
      Expires on…………..: Thu, Sep 20, 2012
      Record last updated on..: Fri, Oct 14, 2011

   Administrative Contact:
      Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Company
      Domain Administrator
      1150 15th St NW
      Washington, DC 20071
      US

   DNS Servers:

   wd1.ash.wpni.net
   wd3.arl.wpni.net
   wd2.ash.wpni.net

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Motorola registers Dreampix domain names, files Dreamshot trademark

Motorola Launch Event Invite

With the next big Motorola launch event only days away, the company has filed a new trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and registered a handful of new domain names.

On October 6, 2011, Motorola filed a trademark (Serial Number: 85440597) for “Dreamshot”.  The goods and services cover software for mobile phones, mobile computers and mobile devices for image enhancements.

Then on October 11, Motorola registered five new “dreampix” domain names like MotorolaDreampix.com through Corporation Service Company, the same brand protection service it uses for motorola.com.

The domain registrations include DreampixMotorola.com, Moto-Dreampix.com, MotoDreampix.com, Motorola-Dreampix.com and MotorolaDreampix.com.

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