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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