So far it's been a pretty busy week. SOPA and PIPA been scrapped for now. ACTA is on it's way and i guess it is business as usual. Anyways. I noticed 3M registered 3mrestaurants.com and 3mrapidsample.com and it really makes you wonder why these are registered. Defensive ? Couldbe but still weird why. I don't see Ford register fordrestaurants or fordexcellentburgers.com. I understand that companies are worried about the new gTLD's and that they expect a flood of typosquatting on their brands. But if you go registering every bloody name in the world, then there is no Trademark Clearinghouse in the world to prevent such actions. I couldbe mistaken and 3M is making the move to the restaurants, but ask yourself, does that that make any sense ? Microsoft seems to have a more clear strategy in defensive domain name registrations. Let's have a look what they registered lately. azure-websites.info azure-websites.org azurewebsites.info azurewebsites.org getmicrosoftkeys-int.com getmicrosoftkeys-int.net getmicrosoftkeys-ppe.com getmicrosoftkeys-ppe.net getmicrosoftkeys.com getmicrosoftkeys.net whymicrosoftproductivity.com whymicrosoftproductivity.net windows-azure-websites.info windows-azure-websites.org windowsazurewebsites.info windowsazurewebsites.org Now these make perfect sense. Microsoft is making moves with their "azure" platform so hey that makes sense. And just when you thought MS made sense for once, you look at the list of the domains recently acquired domain names. 343guiltyspark.net canyoustickit.com canyoustickit.net clicktohump.com clicktohump.net coleprotocol.com coleprotocol.net cortanaknows.com cortanaknows.net fallofreach.com fireyourweapon.com fireyourweapon.net getbattleready.com getbattleready.net halo24-7.com halo24-7.net halo360.net halocareer.com halocareer.net haloreach.com haloreach.net halostory.net haloverse.com haloverse.net its2552.com its2552.net itshumpday.com itshumpday.net killionaireclub.com killionaireclub.net kumo-int.com kumo-int.net kumo-ppe.com kumo-ppe.net lostinslipspace.com lostinslipspace.net microcloud.biz mscloud.biz msftsurface.com msftsurface.net msftsurfacecomputer.com msftsurfacecomputer.net msftsurfacecomputers.com msftsurfacecomputers.net msftsurfacecomputing.com msftsurfacecomputing.net msjcloud.info msjpncloud.info mssurface.com mssurface.net Most of the registrations make sense. And i use the word registrations since i believe MS registered these a long time ago but only recently got discovered when the WHOIS guard got dropped. Domain name registrations like itshumpday.com does not make much sense at all. Unless friday after office hours it is called hump day Enjoy the video wich is pretty cool imo
