Dell: Master of 4,264 Domain Names

Nathan J. Hole, the Loeb & Loeb attorney representing MGM in the effort to grab Wargames.Com, has won four more UDRP arbitrations the past eight weeks:

Dell Inc. v. Gail Wright for the domains dellcart.com and dellpccart.com
The National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Namia Limited for the domain frozenfour.com
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. fslc wf-b for the domain thepinkpanther.com
Dell Inc. v. Oguz Ozdemir for the domain dellpc.net

In all four cases, domain owners didn't file a response, giving them no real chance of winning. This brings Hole's record to 13-0.

I've been a Dell shareholder since 2001, so Loeb & Loeb was working for me when it acquired the following domains for Dell through the UDRP process: dell4mecom.net, dellcart.com, dellcomputerssuck.com, dellcustomersupport.com, dellscomputer.com, delldvr.com, delldvr.net, delldvrs.com, delldvrs.net, delliran.com, dellpc.net, dellpccart.com, dellpromos.com, dellsite.com, dellsite.net, dellwork.com, dellworks.com, wwwdell4me.net, wwwdellcom.com, wwwdellcom.net, wwwdellcomputer.com and wwwdell4mecom.com.

These 22 domains were acquired in 11 UDRP cases that cost $16,900 in filing fees from the National Arbitration Forum plus whatever it costs to have a young attorney write sentences like "Respondent's vague allegations regarding his contemplated use of the Domain are contradicted by the manifest weight of objectively verifiable facts surrounding his registration and use."

None of the domains directs traffic to Dell today, and in two cases nobody bothered to update the name service after the UDRP ruling, so they continue to point to their former owners' web servers. If you visit dell4mecom.net and wwwdellcomputer.com today, you'll find parked pay-per-click pages on two servers that host 1.4 million and 44,000 domains, respectively.

Dell currently owns 4,264 domains according to DomainTools and appears on pace to add 1,000 a year. To give a sample of its thoroughness, the company owns dell-sucks.com, dellcomputerssuck.com, delldjdittysucks.com, dellhostsucks.com, dellservicesucks.net, dellsucks.org, dellsucksass.com, dellsucksnow.com and dellblows.com.

Dell has bigger problems than an addiction to domain names -- how do you say "please help, my Inspiron laptop incinerated my mantackle" in Hindi? -- but I'm not seeing the logic of a corporation hoarding thousands of useless and valueless domains related to its brands because some random idiot registered them. Dell's trying to corner the market on an infinite resource.

Business · Domains · Gaming · Udrp · 2007/01/30 · 23 COMMENTS · Link

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It's no mystery how to say "please help, my Inspirion laptop incinerated my mantackle" in Hindi--it's "aaaaaiiiiieeeee!".

#1 · Old Possum · 2007/01/30

That guy seems more like an F-hole than a J-hole, but he's entitled to his opinion. Booya, musical humor!

#2 · Uncle Mikey · 2007/01/31

Is booya the war-cry of the avid fisherman?

#3 · Old Possum · 2007/01/31

I want to instigate a suit from a computer company. I am registering the farmerinthedell.com

#4 · Lonestar J.R. · 2007/01/31

How about dellsucksalways.com?

#5 · Lonestar J.R. · 2007/01/31

dell-thinks-its-all-that-but-it-dont-mean-shit-to-me.com

#6 · Rogers Cadenhead · 2007/01/31

If I created a dell fansite: dellistheshizzitinthishizzousemotherfuckers.com would they take it from me?

#7 · Adam · 2007/01/31

Dude, you get no traffic here....Do you need my help again?

#8 · King Rex · 2007/02/01

How about:

Dell.Blows.But.Not.As.Much.As.Cadenhead.Where.The.Fuck.Is.Cruel.com?

Love,

Those Who Pose as Horseonovich

#9 · Horseonovich of Corseonovich · 2007/02/01

Shutthefuckup, "Horse".

You catch more Cadenheads with honey than with horseshit.

And I'm absolutely sure he loves us classing up Workbench like an overflowing sewer, too.

Don't worry. He'll be sure to fix it when he starts to miss the extra income from the Speedo ads on Cruel.

#10 · sofaking · 2007/02/01

Horsestankobitch and Sofaqueen, what up? If you want Rogers attention, either threaten his empire with a hostile take over or put on black mesh nylons.....Nothing else works....

#11 · King Rex · 2007/02/01

You cruel gays, er.....guys, should set up shop here...Rogers would love it!

#12 · King Rex · 2007/02/01

You cruel gays, er.....guys, should set up shop here...Rogers would love it!

Yes, I'm sure he would. We're his Bad Ronald (look it up on IMDB). He likes to keep us locked up, so I'm sure he's working diligently on remodeling our kennel facilities. You want irony? He has a harder time dealing with the freaks on Drudge than he does with us. He banned a few of them once, and we had to abusively babysit them for awhile.

Why don't you come on over once Cruel is back online, Rex? We need the fresh meat - oops! I meant to say "perspective".

About the fishnets - I could send rcade the link to my online adult webmaster CV (with pic), but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't help him do anything but fap fap fap. And then Cruel would never get done.

Even though that was not Horseonovich earlier, I think that he should be the one to wear the fishnets. You know, to distract rcade while I take over his empire.

#13 · visitor · 2007/02/01

ahahaahaha...I am the King of my own empire, not someone elses....Those days are done...

#14 · King Rex · 2007/02/01

You guys who hate Rogers really know how to stick it to him... by visiting his website! That'll show him!!!

#15 · Duh · 2007/02/02

Wow, "Duh", you have the most precise user name I have ever seen.

Rcade, the cruel jones is really hurtin, man, can you give us an update? Perhaps an ETA?

#16 · OrangePlus · 2007/02/02

Yeah, Duh. We hate his green gooey guts.

I wish he'd just die. Well, after he fixes Cruel (of course). But after that...he needs to just diiiiie.

What kind of monsters do you people think we are? Just because we hang out in the ghetto slum of the internets doesn't mean we're (entirely) evil. If rcade didn't know how much we love him, he'd pull cruel quicker than you can pull stupid assumptions out of your developmentally disabled ass.

Hi, Orangina! Happy Friday!

#17 · Sofie · 2007/02/02

Howdy, Sofluffy, have a youtube link, hopefully tie you over some. Special bonus, it includes violence against a TV reporter!

#18 · OrangePlus · 2007/02/02

Excellent. Since we are temporarily homeless due to an unforseeable act of the Lord our God rcade, let's turn Workbench into a Tent City for us cruelite refugees. My reciprocal link for you is this touching attempt
by our very own Roger_That to pay homage to Cruel, and Horseonovich. Nobody but spammers ever visit it nowadays - until times like these when the board is down.

She claims to not care about Cruel - but you'll see. Be sure to leave her a message. She gets lonely there by herself.

I have lots of real cruel links, but as usual, they're not for human consumption - they'll have to wait.

#19 · visitor · 2007/02/02

ahahahahahhahaha......Damn, I am one irritating son of a bitch, ain't I?

Hilarious.....

#20 · King Rex · 2007/02/02

BTW, who hates Rogers? He and I are good buddys from way back....

#21 · King Rex · 2007/02/02

Oh Great and Powerful Amazibo!

Would a naked picture of Dave Whiner in a sauna with young boys* placate your wrath enough to finish Cruel? Or do you need a blood sacrifice of some sort?

*bows deeply*

*scroll to the bottom

#22 · visitor · 2007/02/02

Is my Winer number still 1 if I started it?

#23 · Uncle Mikey · 2007/02/04