Fortunoff to Auction Intellectual Property, Online Assets, Diamonds (Updated)
May 19, 09
Fortunoff Holdings PLC, the bankrupt U.S. jewelry firm, will auction off its intellectual property assets, including online domain names, following a May 12 court approval. In addition, some $1 million in diamonds will be sold.
On June 18, the company will auction off trademarks, domain names and customer databases, as well as toll free 800 numbers, training materials, knowledge databases and IT systems.
The primary IP assets for sale include more than 70 registered trademarks such as, Fortunoff, The Source, Prime Time, Oxford Hall, FSS and Avignon; more than 75 domain names including Fortunoff.com, fortunoffbrides.com and
fortunoffjewelry.com.
The last day to submit a bid for any of the auctioned assets is June 16.
In addition to the IP auction, some $1 million worth of diamonds will be offered in a separate auction. The diamond auction is managed by Simplexdiam Inc.
(Last updated May 20, 2009 at 10:47 am)