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Our reporters at Casino City spent some time researching this earlier today. Following is a link to the story we published in the GPWA Times newsletter e-mailed out earlier today for those who are interested:
http://www.gpwa.net/article.asp?id=168312
Michael Corfman
I’m really tired of seeing this and that lawsuit because some company have a patent about a theorized process…
Some years ago, when Microsoft had a similar problem with their browser, because of a patent for theoretical plugin usage, and it seemed that they were going after all browsers, I closed the launch of a good browser I had. Money down the drain.
I hate patents, and here in Europe we have stopped many software patents.
If you create something completely and real, patents are good. But patenting concepts, I don’t agree.
Interesting to know where they got this figure from?
$48,937,456
Bodog were set to loose this case from the beginning because of the US witchhunt against gaming companies.
Bodog are a good companyand I am sure they will be back on track soon. Do not jump to conclusions and start pulling your banners and wait to see what develops in the next week.
Do update your tracking code though.
someone buy boohoodog.com quick.
Here’s a fun one to think about…. If somehow they were goofy enough to use a domain registrar with a US presence for their new domains we may be seeing newnewnewbodog.com in a few months. :3eyes:
I had that same thought professor.
@cagney12 136879 wrote:
Good point CGW….they were so rude to me at one point that it’s highly unlikely I would ever place a banner for them on one of my sites. :tongue:
I think you can be cautious and implement the “all your eggs in one basket” rule here, but by all means but I would not write off an industry giant like Bodog.
Diversification is the key to this industry. If you’re promoting one outfit then you’re eventually going to run into problems getting paid because as I know from experience with working with a company that is primarily a US sportsbook, you have a lot of evil eyes pointing laser beams at you and banks are always the first to pull the plug when there is even the slightest sign of attrition.
My advice, don’t flush Bodog just yet but diversify your affiliate properties with other casino, poker, gaming programs.
@darko123 136907 wrote:
i find bodog the the nutz around…..
Best converters, best cross promoters (poker to casino / sportsbetting etc ) always paid on time and the best AM’s with quick reply times and i can always pick up the phone and talk to my AM if i need a quick answer.
How many other programs have a direct phone no. to your AM and a general one to the Affiliate department !
i have seen lots of threads about this and it seems everyone who activly promotes them really likes them, but the ones that dont promote, dont generally like them.
Edit: Also when i signed up, i was not a top teir etc, infact i was only sending a handfull of players a month to all the sites i promoted and they never asked me how many players i can send a month or anything like that – they accept / reject by the quality of the site….nothing else
I agree, and yet I disagree..
And here’s why. First, when I first applied to bodog, they declined me, hands down .. nope and thank you for applying.
I was ticked off, screw them! Who needs em!
Later I started writing more stories about them, more reviews.. they really are cool .. they won me over forever with that wsop bus
.. well .. I owned different sites now, better ones! So I reapplied, this time it wasn’t ‘hell no’ it was.. fix that crappy lookin site – or that’s how i took it, I’m sure it wasn’t nearly as evil.So .. I’m talking to my partner, and I mention all the stuff they want fixed so that we can be accepted.. seems our crappy site was accepted b4 I came aboard, he gave me the link info.
They’re still cool
.. and that site still sends next to no traffic.. so it wasn’t that, or the crappy site apparently, perhaps just the mood of the day?Anyway, I was reading the thread to come up with an answer to a question.. when I came to that.. now if my question is answered, my bad, that’s as far as i got..
I don’t understand..
They lost this court case, and therefor all this money.. how does that effect their domains..and seemingly every single domain they own.. even affiliate domains.. can someone please explain that to the kindergardner in me?
Thnx
Ladyh
@Simoneaton 136925 wrote:
Interesting to know where they got this figure from?
$48,937,456
Bodog were set to loose this case from the beginning because of the US witchhunt against gaming companies.
Bodog are a good companyand I am sure they will be back on track soon. Do not jump to conclusions and start pulling your banners and wait to see what develops in the next week.
Do update your tracking code though.
Gosh if we’re dumping bodog over $48,937,456 in losses.. seeeee yaaaaa party poker!
The domains were awarded by the court after Bodog failed to pay the $48M judgement. The plaintif is seeking relief by going after all Bodog assets that they can get at. The courts dont appreciate it when a company thumbs their nose at a decision and ignores judgements. I am sure as discovery and asset searches uncover additional assets that can be seized those will be turned over to the plaintif as well.
There is an EXCELLENT series of articles writen by Jetset out lining whats actually going on over at Casinomeister:
please read the entire series, but let me paraphrase some of the latest points:
Quote:The confrontation apparently began last September, when 1st Technology, which has enjoyed some success in previous actions against other companies, sued Bodog before Judge Roger L. Hunt in a federal court in Nevada. Lawyers for 1st Technology claimed that Bodog was illegally using a “method and system for interactively transmitting multimedia information over a network which requires a reduced bandwidth,” according to court documents.It is alleged that Bodog failed to appear in court to defend itself and lost the case by default, and Judge Hunt issued an order that Bodog was to pay $48 937 456 to 1st Technology by March 2007 for patent infringement.
When the order had not been complied with on the due date, it appears that the case was transferred as an enforcement issue to the state of Washington sometime in June, but Bodog again failed to make an appearance, according to 1st Technology’s attorney Venkat Balasubramani.
The lawyer is adamant that all appropriate notifications were correctly given for both the lawsuit in Nevada and the subsequent action in Washington state. “I can’t speculate as to why they might have done that [failed to appear]. It’s safe to assume they knew about it and definitely ignored it,” Balasubramani added.
1st Technology was left with no alternative but to note that Bodog had failed to respond to the default judgment and ask that all Bodog domains be confiscated and transferred to them. This was so ordered by Judge John Erlick on August 21, requiring registrars to transfer Bodog related domains to the control of 1st Technology.
“The Court makes it clear that the intent of this order is to allow the Plaintiff to liquidate or otherwise monetize the Domain Names without incurring any expense,” said Judge Erlick in his ruling. “Plaintiff may decide not to auction the domain names, and instead may operate the Domain Names in any manner it sees fit, including exploiting any traffic to the sites accessible via the domain names.”
Balasubramani, who is expert in commercial litigation involving the Internet and technology explained that the purpose behind the order was to satisfy as far as possible the apparently ignored 1st Technology judgment.
It is becoming clear that a great deal of preparation and planning by a competent legal team has gone into the action against Bodog. Balasubramani says that 1st Technology LLC has engaged a considerable multi-legal team that is now dedicated to enforcing its judgement against Bodog, embracing commercial and intellectual property rights. It intends to demonstrate that no company that has customers in the United States is above or beyond U.S. legal jurisdiction, he said
So bodog is picky and wants only sites that fit their image and idea of a respectable, solid site. It’s not the money, they want to be represented in a certain way. It has nothing to do with whether you are a big or small affiliate, they just want a certain type of website. Actually, if you have a site you want reviewed, I recommend applying at bodog for it. If it gets rejected, ask what you need to fix, and you will get free help in creating a trustworthy site. You can only benefit from that.
Never get your ego involved when someone, whoever, gives you constructive criticism on your work. Just take the advice and be happy.
Bodog is a huge and solid operation, I hardly think this will destroy them.
What I am worried about is that is the first of a series of such attacks, against bodog and/or others.
“I can’t speculate as to why they might have done that [failed to appear]. It’s safe to assume they knew about it and definitely ignored it,” Balasubramani added.
That is too funny!
If they stepped on US soil they would be arrested. How’s that for a speculation?
@Dominique 137009 wrote:
That is too funny!
If they stepped on US soil they would be arrested. How’s that for a speculation?
Exactly.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
I applied to bodog and they accepted my site right away. I wasnt sending a lot of traffic either. I was only getting around 100 – 200 visitors a day. The only thing that really bothered me was they were asking questions about where I get my traffic. The way it was worded seemed like they were asking for specific keywords and places I advertise. I wasnt going to give that info to them so I just told them search engines and other websites. They also asked a question like “would you give us top exposure like some of the other casinos on the website” I told them if they perform well then I will increase exposure and if they dont perform well then I will decrease exposure. I guess that was good enough because about an hour later I got an acceptance email.
I still dont give bodog much exposure on my site because they havent been performing as well as some of the other casinos but I do hope they get these issues worked out. I dont think I will be dropping them just yet.
