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Advanced Pre-Registration Detection Tool Released
April 1st, 2008 by 
Jay Westerdal
We have spent months creating the “Who’s It Gonna Be” Tool. No longer will intellectual property attorneys need to track down offenders of trademarks in domain names. The technology is roughly based around the Psychic Whois system we released last year. The new system stops all trademark registrations before they happen. The technology uses proprietary algorithms and millions of whois queries and extensive history to come up with predictions on who will register any given domain name in the future. The system will email challenging lawyers prior to the registration of a domain to let them know they may want to object to the registration prior to it actually getting registered. They can either register the domain before the offending registrant or they can choose to take the registrant to court to stop them. If the registrant is not alerted by an attorney prior to the registration, they are guaranteed that the domain is trademark-free and that no one will sue them over the domain.
Our technology is now so good we believe we can predict what people will registered about 36 hours before they commit the crime. This is clearly a win-win for everyone involved in the domain industry. There will no longer be squatters and only true domainers will be registering new domains. Attorneys will be able to send out “cease and desist” letters to suspected registrants to keep them on their toes. “This is keeping us one step ahead of the bad guys” said an IP attorney who wished to remain anonymous. The tool will likely cause a serious outcry in the domainer community but eventually everyone should accept it. Lawyers have begun private beta testing of the service two months ago and it will be released to everyone later this week. Please email us if you would like access to the private beta as signups are limited.
ICANN has indicated this new, “Who’s It Gonna Be” technology will allow them to form a new UDPRP (Uniform Domain Pre-Registration Policy). Cases will be more proactive than the current UDRP. We’re happy we can assist ICANN in making the world safer one domain at a time.
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April 1st, 2008 at 1:25 am
I think this is shocking and is something that you should seriously reconsider. You would be FOOLISH to release this - just think of the abuse potential. Instead of protecting legitimate trademarks, it would be possible for a trademark troll to work out what domain registrations were upcoming and then file for a trademark in advance!!!1! It’s completely unethical and very dangerous.
Please can I have a beta signup?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:00 am
This is the worst attempt so far I’ve seen at an April Fool’s joke. At least be either funny or slightly realistic.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:44 am
Well here’s one even your “Psychic Whois” missed 18 months ago.
Download DomainTools
Whois Record
domain: whositgonnabe.com
created: 19-Aug-2006
last-changed: 20-Aug-2007
registration-expiration: 19-Aug-2008
nserver: ns47.1and1.com 74.208.2.7
nserver: ns48.1and1.com 74.208.3.6
status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED
registrant-firstname: Travis
registrant-lastname: Clayton
registrant-street1: 8410 W.lynx ave
registrant-pcode: 53225
registrant-state: WI
registrant-city: Milwaukee
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.4145873568
registrant-email:
admin-c-firstname: Travis
admin-c-lastname: Clayton
admin-c-street1: 8410 W.lynx ave
admin-c-pcode: 53225
admin-c-state: WI
admin-c-city: Milwaukee
admin-c-ccode: US
admin-c-phone: +1.4145873568
admin-c-email:
tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster
tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE
tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd.
tech-c-street2: Suite 300
tech-c-pcode: 19087
tech-c-state: PA
tech-c-city: Chesterbrook
tech-c-ccode: US
tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631
tech-c-fax: +1.6105601501
tech-c-email:
bill-c-firstname: Hostmaster
bill-c-lastname: ONEANDONE
bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd.
bill-c-street2: Suite 300
bill-c-pcode: 19087
bill-c-state: PA
bill-c-city: Chesterbrook
bill-c-ccode: US
bill-c-phone: +1.8774612631
bill-c-fax: +1.6105601501
bill-c-email:
April 1st, 2008 at 5:40 am
Nice job, Jay. You had me for a few sentences (which is more than it should have taken).
April 1st, 2008 at 6:20 am
You almost had me! Thanks for the laugh. I needed it today.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:42 am
Good one, worked for about fifteen seconds.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:09 am
Please can I have a beta signup?
jorge[at]aberingi.com
I am a neo domainer from Spain. I love this world of domaining.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
HEY, Jay, Be CAREFUL out there … I know it’s only a joke (this time) but as we all know, there are forces out there that would LOVE to implement this type of program and make it a reality.
And it would tie-in nicely with the infamous “Snowe bill” looming on the horizon.
Today’s joked-about product could be a Politician’s darling new technology to ’save us from ourselves’.
Stranger things CAN and DO happen !!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:45 am
hey it is cause of mudrackers like you that the snowe bill is going to sent domainers to jail for running a site about a city
April 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Nice April Fools joke. Ya had me til the last paragraph.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:08 am
You could have done much better and had believers out of us. You copied the Tom Cruise movie.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Good thing I read the comments..I was about to sucker punch my laptop!
April 1st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Just like with Cartoons, all that’s thinkable is doable, its only a matter of time. I bet in 15 years this prank will be a reality, so would flying cars and talking Cruise Ships.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Good one. You had me goin for a while there!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Ya i wonder if somebody thought this was an April fools joke as well…i HOPE it was but somehow i just think its the continuing nightmare of overreaching boundaries sorry im a big ole Dinosaur im still stuck on the fact a company can trademark a sound …hmm ya know a good trademark lawyer ought to contact all the religious leaders of the world and file class action suit against the trademark holders of the world stating that since GOD created the universe and all things in it they are infringing on his trademark (trademarking human genes ok since humans are millions of years old dont their genes fall under the public domain )
….hope this made you laugh cry but at the very least it might of made you think…well at least that im a tad few cans short of a sixpack im sure 
Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta
Posted Mar 31st 2008 2:24PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Cellphones
So last week Deutsche Telekom, owners of the global T-Mobile brand, sent Engadget a late birthday present: a hand-delivered letter direct from their German legal department requesting the prompt discontinuation of the use of the color magenta on Engadget Mobile. Yep, seriously.
Granted, we get nastygrams from angry tech companies practically every day, but rarely regarding anything that’s not some piece of news we published that they’re livid about having out in the open. And irony of ironies, this whole use-of-magenta thing is precisely the topic we took up last year on behalf of DT.
We spoke with David Beigie, vice president of corporate communications for T-Mobile US, who offered: “As a trademark owner, from time to time Deutsche Telekom looks at usage that could lead to confusion in the marketplace. The letter sent by DT merely outlines these perspectives and is meant to simply open a dialogue. Engadget continues to pioneer forums for discussion of wireless industry developments and innovation. T-Mobile respects the role Engadget and its readers play in advancing dialog on these important topics.”
So in the interest of that open dialog we’ve posted Deutsche Telekom’s letter below, as well as a handy guide to allay any confusion should you suddenly find yourself disoriented and trying to buy your next SideKick or MDA from Engadget Mobile.
P.S. -Not an early April Fool’s joke.
Update: We went magenta! More here.
Deutsche Telekom
Engadget Mobile
Cellphone carrier Yep No
Distributor of telecom equipment Yep No
Likely to be mistaken for T-Mobile / Deutsch Telekom We certainly hope so
No
Former state-owned monopoly Yep No
Has something against US 3G Apparently No
Has more than five friends Might not anymore
Yep
Gallery: Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta
Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, Deutsche Telekom, DeutscheTelekom, legal, magenta, t-mobile
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I have already decided that the proposed APCPA bill is NOT fair and is NOT in the best interest of domainers or the internet.
SO, any of you that are interested in creating anti-APCPA websites, please contact me to make use of either of the following domains :
http://www.apcpa.info
http://www.apcpasucks.com
(For now, I have them forwarded to another website : http://www.HomelandInsecurity.net )
April 4th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Hehe, almost had me too… but then, i forgot to check the post date, hahar..
April 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Nice one. Almost got me :))
April 8th, 2008 at 7:06 am
i just tell about this to my bro.. and he laughing at me because I didnt check the comments :D??http://jfx.in