because Abbott is buying up domain names:
Abbott Scoops Up Domain Names: GonzalezSucks.us
By Ed Silverman // February 29th, 2012 // 7:52 am
Registering domain names is nothing new in corporate America. The practice is done all the time to protect intellectual property, stymie rivals from grabbing a potentially useful name and thwart individuals from creating unwanted havoc.
And so, as Abbott Laboratories prepares for its ballyhooed split into a so-called research-based pharma biz and another that will focus on devices, diagnostics and nutritionals (read the back story here), domain names are being snatched up. A recent emphasis, however, is on protecting the name Richard Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, you may recall, is currently executive vp of global pharmaceuticals, but will become chairman and ceo of the forthcoming pharma biz, while Abbott ceo Miles White will head what will be called medical products. To prepare, Abbott earlier this week registered at least two dozen domain names related to Gonzalez, according to DomainNameWire.
Some domain names are innocuous, such as RichardAGonzales.com, but others are clearly designed to fend off mischief makers. For instance, there is RichardGonzalezsucks.us, which you can see was registered by Abbott if you look here. You know you have reached a rarified station in life when your employer buys up a domain name that suggests you suck.
Abbott, by the way, used Mark Monitor’s DNStination entity to register the domains in secret, the site writes, However, the drug and device maker also registered the .us version of the names, and whois privacy can not be used to shield registration info. As a result, you can see that the .us whois records show Abbott registered the domains (look here).
Abbott Scoops Up Domain Names: GonzalezSucks.us
By Ed Silverman // February 29th, 2012 // 7:52 am
Registering domain names is nothing new in corporate America. The practice is done all the time to protect intellectual property, stymie rivals from grabbing a potentially useful name and thwart individuals from creating unwanted havoc.
And so, as Abbott Laboratories prepares for its ballyhooed split into a so-called research-based pharma biz and another that will focus on devices, diagnostics and nutritionals (read the back story here), domain names are being snatched up. A recent emphasis, however, is on protecting the name Richard Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, you may recall, is currently executive vp of global pharmaceuticals, but will become chairman and ceo of the forthcoming pharma biz, while Abbott ceo Miles White will head what will be called medical products. To prepare, Abbott earlier this week registered at least two dozen domain names related to Gonzalez, according to DomainNameWire.
Some domain names are innocuous, such as RichardAGonzales.com, but others are clearly designed to fend off mischief makers. For instance, there is RichardGonzalezsucks.us, which you can see was registered by Abbott if you look here. You know you have reached a rarified station in life when your employer buys up a domain name that suggests you suck.
Abbott, by the way, used Mark Monitor’s DNStination entity to register the domains in secret, the site writes, However, the drug and device maker also registered the .us version of the names, and whois privacy can not be used to shield registration info. As a result, you can see that the .us whois records show Abbott registered the domains (look here).