Fun_People Archive
14 Sep
The domain game
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 00:21:15 -0700
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: The domain game
[Two items from Keith Bostic (who apparently reads too much Dave Barry) about
that new Internet heavy-hitter, Procter & Gamble. Especially interesting in
the light of the "Leaked Internic Memo"... -psl]
From: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: "Chuck Yerkes" <yerkes_chuck@jpmorgan.com>
Dong C. said:
> According to Peter H. L.:
>> Recently both Kraft and Proctor and Gamble have registered dozens of
>> domain names not only for their corporation, but for all their individual
>> product lines as well. So along with kraft.com, we have parkay.com,
>> velveeta.com, etc. Presumably this is a defensive move to avoid having to
>> litigate to retrieve trademarked names from hustlers. However, P&G has
>> moved on from ivory.com and oldspice.com to headache.com, underarms.com,
>> and (I kid you not) diarrhea.com.
>
> Last year, I was rejected because I tried to registrate two domain name.
> I was told each company can only registe on name. I still have email from
> internic saved. So what is current internic policy ? Can I sue them not
> give me the name I want last year :-( ?
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I had to look. You are not going to believe some of the domains they
have registered. There has got to be some great comedy material in this
list. As Dave Barry would say, I'm not making this up.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Procter and Gamble (PIMPLES-DOM) PIMPLES.COM
Procter and Gamble (BACTERIA-DOM) BACTERIA.COM
Procter and Gamble (BADBREATH-DOM) BADBREATH.COM
Procter and Gamble (TOILETPAPER-DOM) TOILETPAPER.COM
Procter and Gamble (UNDERARM-DOM) UNDERARM.COM
Procter and Gamble (DANDRUFF-DOM) DANDRUFF.COM
Procter and Gamble (DIARRHEA-DOM) DIARRHEA.COM
Procter and Gamble (GERMS-DOM) GERMS.COM
Sorry for wasting your time with this, but it was just too surreal not to
share with you all. I just can't see sending mail to root@toiletpaper.com
Here is the rest of the list: (about 100 lines long)
Whois: whois Procter and Gamble
Procter and Gamble (GUMS-DOM) GUMS.COM
Procter and Gamble (ALWAYS2-DOM) ALWAYS.COM
Procter and Gamble (HEADACHE-DOM) HEADACHE.COM
Procter and Gamble (HUGOBOSS-DOM) HUGOBOSS.COM
Procter and Gamble (HUGOWORDSLAM-DOM) HUGOWORDSLAM.COM
Procter and Gamble (HYGIENE-DOM) HYGIENE.COM
Procter and Gamble (IVORY-DOM) IVORY.COM
Procter and Gamble (IVORYLIQUID-DOM) IVORYLIQUID.COM
Procter and Gamble (JIF-DOM) JIF.COM
Procter and Gamble (ANTIPERSPIRANT-DOM) ANTIPERSPIRANT.COM
Procter and Gamble (LAUNDRY2-DOM) LAUNDRY.COM
Procter and Gamble (LUVS-DOM) LUVS.COM
Procter and Gamble (MAXFACTOR-DOM) MAXFACTOR.COM
Procter and Gamble (METAMUCIL-DOM) METAMUCIL.COM
Procter and Gamble (MRCLEAN-DOM) MRCLEAN.COM
Procter and Gamble (NAILS-DOM) NAILS.COM
Procter and Gamble (NOXEMA-DOM) NOXEMA.COM
Procter and Gamble (NOXZEMA-DOM) NOXZEMA.COM
Procter and Gamble (OILOFOLAY-DOM) OILOFOLAY.COM
Procter and Gamble (OLAY-DOM) OLAY.COM
Procter and Gamble (PAPERTOWEL-DOM) PAPERTOWEL.COM
Procter and Gamble (PAPERTOWELS-DOM) PAPERTOWELS.COM
Procter and Gamble (ATTENDS-DOM) ATTENDS.COM
Procter and Gamble (PERT-DOM) PERT.COM
Procter and Gamble (PERTPLUS-DOM) PERTPLUS.COM
Procter and Gamble (PIMPLES-DOM) PIMPLES.COM
Procter and Gamble (PUFFS-DOM) PUFFS.COM
Procter and Gamble (PUNCH-DOM) PUNCH.COM
Procter and Gamble (ROMANTIC-DOM) ROMANTIC.COM
Procter and Gamble (SASSOON-DOM) SASSOON.COM
Procter and Gamble (SCALP-DOM) SCALP.COM
Procter and Gamble (BABYDIAPER-DOM) BABYDIAPER.COM
Procter and Gamble (BABYDIAPERS-DOM) BABYDIAPERS.COM
Procter and Gamble (SCENT-DOM) SCENT.COM
Procter and Gamble (BACTERIA-DOM) BACTERIA.COM
Procter and Gamble (BADBREATH-DOM) BADBREATH.COM
Procter and Gamble (SECRETAPDO-DOM) SECRETAPDO.COM
Procter and Gamble (SENSITIVE-DOM) SENSITIVE.COM
Procter and Gamble (SENSUAL2-DOM) SENSUAL.COM
Procter and Gamble (SINUS-DOM) SINUS.COM
Procter and Gamble (SPICNSPAN-DOM) SPICNSPAN.COM
Procter and Gamble (SPICSPAN-DOM) SPICSPAN.COM
Procter and Gamble (STAINS-DOM) STAINS.COM
Procter and Gamble (THIRST-DOM) THIRST.COM
Procter and Gamble (TISSUE-DOM) TISSUE.COM
Procter and Gamble (TISSUES-DOM) TISSUES.COM
Procter and Gamble (TOILETPAPER-DOM) TOILETPAPER.COM
Procter and Gamble (TOOTHPASTE-DOM) TOOTHPASTE.COM
Procter and Gamble (TOPJOB-DOM) TOPJOB.COM
Procter and Gamble (TOWELS-DOM) TOWELS.COM
Procter and Gamble (BEAUTIFUL-DOM) BEAUTIFUL.COM
Procter and Gamble (ULAY-DOM) ULAY.COM
Procter and Gamble (UNDERARM-DOM) UNDERARM.COM
Procter and Gamble (UNDERARMS-DOM) UNDERARMS.COM
Procter and Gamble (VAPORRUB-DOM) VAPORRUB.COM
Procter and Gamble (VAPORUB-DOM) VAPORUB.COM
Procter and Gamble (VICKS-DOM) VICKS.COM
Procter and Gamble (VIZIR-DOM) VIZIR.COM
Procter and Gamble (ZEST-DOM) ZEST.COM
Procter and Gamble (BRIGHTEN-DOM) BRIGHTEN.COM
Procter and Gamble (BRIGHTENING-DOM) BRIGHTENING.COM
Procter and Gamble (BRIGHTENS-DOM) BRIGHTENS.COM
Procter and Gamble (CAKEMIX-DOM) CAKEMIX.COM
Procter and Gamble (CAMAY-DOM) CAMAY.COM
Procter and Gamble (CAVITIES-DOM) CAVITIES.COM
Procter and Gamble (CHARMIN-DOM) CHARMIN.COM
Procter and Gamble (CHEER-DOM) CHEER.COM
Procter and Gamble (CLEAN2-DOM) CLEAN.COM
Procter and Gamble (CLEANS-DOM) CLEANS.COM
Procter and Gamble (COMPLEXION-DOM) COMPLEXION.COM
Procter and Gamble (CONDITION-DOM) CONDITION.COM
Procter and Gamble (CONDITIONER-DOM) CONDITIONER.COM
Procter and Gamble (COOKINGOIL-DOM) COOKINGOIL.COM
Procter and Gamble (COUGH-DOM) COUGH.COM
Procter and Gamble (CRESTCOMPLETE-DOM) CRESTCOMPLETE.COM
Procter and Gamble (CRESTTOOTH-DOM) CRESTTOOTH.COM
Procter and Gamble (DANDRUFF-DOM) DANDRUFF.COM
Procter and Gamble (DENTALCARE-DOM) DENTALCARE.COM
Procter and Gamble (DENTURES-DOM) DENTURES.COM
Procter and Gamble (DEODERANT-DOM) DEODERANT.COM
Procter and Gamble (NET-PGCOM) PGCOM 137.182.0.0
Procter and Gamble (DIARRHEA-DOM) DIARRHEA.COM
Procter and Gamble (DISH-DOM) DISH.COM
Procter and Gamble (DISHCARE-DOM) DISHCARE.COM
Procter and Gamble (DISHES-DOM) DISHES.COM
Procter and Gamble (DISINFECT-DOM) DISINFECT.COM
Procter and Gamble (DOWNY-DOM) DOWNY.COM
Procter and Gamble (DRY-DOM) DRY.COM
Procter and Gamble (DUNCANHINES-DOM) DUNCANHINES.COM
Procter and Gamble (ALEVE-DOM) ALEVE.COM
Procter and Gamble (FLU-DOM) FLU.COM
Procter and Gamble (FOLGERS-DOM) FOLGERS.COM
Procter and Gamble (FRESHNESS-DOM) FRESHNESS.COM
Procter and Gamble (GERMS-DOM) GERMS.COM
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From: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Subject: Re: Procter and Gamble locking down the "personal product" domains
It has been pointed out that Procter and Gamble did not get hemorrhoid.com.
It has also been pointed out, as Dave Barry says, "by alert readers" that
Procter and Gamble can't spell...
python:q {328} name deodorant.com
Server: bsdi.BSDI.COM
Address: 205.230.224.1
*** bsdi.BSDI.COM can't find deodorant.com: Non-existent host/domain
python:q {329} name deoderant.com
Server: bsdi.BSDI.COM
Address: 205.230.224.1
Non-authoritative answer:
deoderant.com nameserver = NS1.OAR.NET
deoderant.com nameserver = NS2.MCI.NET
Authoritative answers can be found from:
deoderant.com nameserver = NS1.OAR.NET
deoderant.com nameserver = NS2.MCI.NET
NS1.OAR.NET internet address = 192.88.193.144
NS2.MCI.NET internet address = 204.70.57.242
So, opportunities still abound.
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