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A diverse group of people have commented on the UDRP as the review of rights protections progresses. A few weeks ago, I published an article about the end of the public comment period for ICANN's "State of the UDRP Report",…

Registry Lock would have likely prevented two recent crypto attacks. Companies that deal in cryptocurrencies are actually financial institutions, and they need to take extra precautions to prevent domain hijacking. Last week,…

Introduction In the recent case of Snapdeal Pvt. ltd. v. Come on dad. Com LLC and Ors a Single Judge of the Delhi High Court by an order dated April 18, 2022, while ruling on the provisional application, explored various provisions of…

The Delhi High Court has reiterated its position not to grant omnibus injunctions to domain name registries (DNRs). In a case where plaintiff sought an injunction against DNR's offer to any aspiring registrant of any domain name…

The company filed UDRP after failing to purchase the domain name from the current owner. A National Arbitration Forum panelist discovered that Ecostream LLC attempted to hijack an upside-down domain name. The company, which provides…

Rothnie made the right call in this dispute. Outfront Media, a large outdoor advertising company in the United States, has lost (pdf) a UDRP filed against the owner of outfront.co. The case was judged fairly, and the panelist deserves…

Here's what made the news in the domain name industry last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy are fighting over the secondary market for domains – GoDaddy Domains President Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on…

Kavanaugh's new arguments do not convince the panel. Ryan Kavanaugh lost a UDRP he filed to take down this website. As I predicted, movie financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he issued against YouTuber and H3 podcast…

Demand for domains is starting slower this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which assessed the performance of the top registrars in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already…

They are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has released the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) on the .com namespace. This Registrar-by-Registrar report covers January 2022.…

Businesses now have an alternative method to register GoDaddy domain names by going directly through the…

Google Registry is launching .channel with a different business plan. Google is expanding the audience for .channel, which launches at sunrise this week. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is launching the .channel top-level domain into the sunrise…

The company cites a waning pandemic wave and general macroeconomic situation for weaker-than-expected growth. The domain base continues to grow, but Verisign has lowered its estimates for 2022. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has lowered its…

The Honorable High Court of Delhi ("Delhi HC" or "To research”) by judgment of April 18, 2022 in summary proceedings in Snapdeal Private Limited against Go Daddy Com LLC & Ors. considered that although domain name registrars ("DNR")…

A domain name is the perfect showcase for your business, product, or brand because it's the first thing people see when they visit your website. Companies or individuals can create a domain name for several reasons: To create a…

This is the type of decision that gives the UDRP a bad name. UDRP works most of the time. A company files a clear cybersquatting complaint and wins the domain, or a company files a bad or fringe complaint and loses. It's the few bad…

To print this article, all you need to do is be registered or log in to Mondaq.com. A domain name as a trademark must be unique among all other well-known trademarks and domain names on the Internet so as not to deceive…

Molehe Wesi, CEO of ZADNA the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) has published the draft .za Registry and Registrar Licensing Regulations which provide details on the requirements for registries and!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The company behind NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties has registered domains to keep them out of the reach of others. Dapper Labs, which operates NBA Top Shot, has registered hundreds of domains. Photo by Dapper Labs. NFT Dapper Labs went…

Don't expect to stay private if you register a .us domain name. Last July, Chaya Raichik registered the domain name LibsofTikTok.com to accompany his Libs of TikTok Twitter account. In October, it apparently decided to protect its brand by…

The Delhi High Court has ruled that domain name registrars are "intermediaries" within the meaning of sec. 2(1)(w) of the Information Technology Act 2000. Judge C Hari Shankar dealt with a complaint filed by Snapdeal Private Limited…

These three monthly reports might give you some insight into what's happening in the domain market. Each month, some marketplaces and domain registries publish data to summarize activity for the previous month. Let's look at three of…

One of the first and most important steps in launching a new website is getting a domain name for it. On the Internet, your domain is the face and identity of your brand. Once you pick one, you'll probably have to stick with it for good…

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RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name registration and Internet infrastructure services, today announced that the fourth quarter of 2021 ended with 341.7 million domain name…

ICANN notes that the GDPR makes it more difficult to eliminate DNS abuse. ICANN sent a late comment to the European Commission's (EC) call for evidence on the European Union (EU) Anti-Counterfeiting Toolkit (wow, that's a mouthful).…

For domain name disputes, filing for arbitration with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is a means that many foreign right holders are willing to choose because of its speed and low cost. cost. If the defendant is a Chinese…

Donna Mahony passes the torch. Domain name aftermarket DomainAgents has acquired domain name forum Domain Boardroom from Donna Mahony. The 15-year-old forum was run differently from its competitors. It required an annual fee and an…

For domain name disputes, filing for arbitration with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is a means that many foreign right holders are willing to choose because of its speed and low cost. cost. If the defendant is a Chinese…

Maybe you already have a Facebook page, a Twitter profile and a presence on LinkedIn. The next step could be to purchase your own domain name. With a little money, you can stick your name (or any other combination of letters,…

It's easy to argue for quick withdrawals, but it can harm legitimate businesses. On February 20, 2020, Domain Name Wire was down. Anyone who runs a website knows that awful feeling of finding out your site is down and not being able to…

A law firm filed a complaint for cybersquatting by abusing the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled that law firm Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller attempted to…

Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall and GoDaddy President Paul Nicks traded barbs last week. GoDaddy owns Afternic and Namecheap is a partner that syndicates domains in the Afternic network. When Namecheap sells one of these domains, it…

What is a domain name?A domain name is a unique name that identifies your website's location on the Internet. You can buy a domain name that reflects your business name to make it easy for people to find you.For example, our domain name…

The annual report includes data on primary and secondary domains. Sedo and InternetX released their annual Global Domains Report today. At nearly 70 pages, the report contains some interesting data on the domain market (both primary and…

Use these tools to prevent domain theft and unwanted changes. Your domain names are valuable. The more valuable your domains are, the more likely they are to be targeted by thieves. What can you do to protect these assets? Domain…

The latest figures released by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the organization in charge of managing Nigeria's national top-level domain (ccTLD), which is the .ng domain name for Nigeria, showed an improvement…

Emma Okonji The latest figures released by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the organization in charge of managing Nigeria's national top-level domain (ccTLD), which is the .ng!-->!-->…

This is my personal opinion on this matter. To be clear, speaking in the context of an ICANN-accredited registrar, this is not DNS abuse. This unfortunate scenario fuels a narrative that often comes from parties seeking to bring…

By Chinenye Anuforo, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has reduced the price of the “.ng” domain by more than 40%. NiRA is responsible for maintaining the database of names registered in the .ng country code…

From March 24, 2022 it will be possible to register domain names with .au as extension. In this article, Simon Gapes discusses versioning, how a .au domain can be secured, and what happens when two competing parties want the same domain.…

In 2022, having a strong online presence can be the difference between keeping your doors open or facing a decline in your business. Every business, from brick and mortar to e-commerce, services, advice and more, can be found online.…

The domain auction ends with a bid worth $750,000. This afternoon I received a few emails from people participating in the Handycon 2022 live domain auction. A bidder named "whale" just won an auction for .s Handshake domain for 4.7…

He could have bought the domain for just $6,095. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that Bookker Corporate SLU and The Graffter SL attempted to hijack the reverse domain name bookker.com. The companies provide tools to…

Latest JCMR research study including most recent "Q1-2021" Global Domain Name Registrars Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2021-2029. The Domain Name Registrar Research Report presents a…

What happens when someone uses your information to register a domain name? The registrant of the domain name named zscalers .com made an unusual defense in a cybersquatting litigation: it did not actually register the domain name.…

Introduction According to the domain name system, an applicant can apply to a domain name registrar to register a domain name, and a domain name holder will acquire the exclusive right to use their domain name. in accordance with the…

Seven very long years ago began offering users a way to purchase a domain without having to deal with a hosting provider. Now has finally come out of beta as a full-fledged product. According to Google, to date, millions of people have…

Emma Okonji In order to populate the dot ng (.ng) domain name, which is Nigeria's identity in cyberspace, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the organization responsible for!-->!-->…

Just when you think you've seen them all... This is a terrible argument in a UDRP. I've seen a lot of spurious arguments in UDRP cases, and one case published this week ranks in my top 5. McCoy & Partners BV, an SAP consulting firm,…

By Chinenye Anuforo, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the organization in charge of managing Nigeria's national top level domain (ccTLD), the .ng, has decided to reduce the cost of dot ng (.ng) domain…

In the first article of this series, we introduced you to what a domain name is. Then, in the second, we illustrated what is the life cycle of a domain name through the creation of pokegpu.com.…

Emma OkonjiThe Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has applauded the Federal Executive Council (FEC), following the endorsement of the Nigerian Government's National Policy on Second Level Domains!-->!-->…

"Domain Name Registrar Market Research Overview Global Domain Name Registrar Market exhibits comprehensive information which is a valuable source of insightful data for business strategists during the decade 2017-2027. Based on…

How to annoy your rivals and land in legal hot water. The founder of ArKay created this website using the name of one of his rivals. Wired ran an article this week about an interesting figure in the soft drink industry who registers domains…

ICANN's role is to coordinate a working Internet, not to break it. ICANN responded to Ukraine's request to essentially kick Russia off the internet. Unsurprisingly, he denied the request. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian government asked…

Few video game franchises have seen such intense calls for a comeback from their fan base as silent Hill at. The horror franchise has been deeply important to gaming as a whole, with some of the most iconic enemy games ever seen.…

Domain Name Registrar Market 2022 This research report offers Covid-19 outbreak study accumulated to offer the latest information on the acute characteristics of the domain name registrar market. This intelligence report…

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ExpiredDomains.net isn't just a resource for determining which domains to buy in the drop. I started getting a bit interested in .gg domain names a few years ago, and found some good domains to register from an unexpected source:…

Unless you're a company with a new product or a patent attorney, you're probably not thinking about trademarks. Most of us see them every day on the Internet, in stores, or even at home - they are just part of doing business in the…

In a few weeks, anyone with a verified connection to Australia will be able to apply for a shorter domain name, commonly referred to as a "second-level name" or ".au namespace." From March 24, 2022, applications can be submitted: to…

Emma Okonji Nigeria has seen a decline in domain name registration and renewal over the past three months, with the number of registrations dropping from 184,341 in November 2021 to 178,097 in January 2022,!-->!-->…

One of the many reasons the internet is so powerful is that it gives almost everyone the ability to share their voice and knowledge with the rest of the world. A particularly popular way to promote yourself is to create a website. You…

Registrar buys handshake market leader and records rapid growth over the past year. Namecheap makes acquisition related to blockchain-based domains and saw strong growth in 2021. the acquisition of Namebase strengthens the company's…

The chemical company can't get the .com version of their domain through UDRP…and the price just went up. Domain investor Mike Mann's DomainMarket.com successfully defended the domain name harima.com in a UDRP. Harima Chemicals Group,…

The chemical company can't get the .com version of their domain through UDRP…and the price just went up. Domain investor Mike Mann's DomainMarket.com successfully defended the domain name harima.com in a UDRP. Harima Chemicals Group,…

The real estate technology company beats other companies of the same name. Proptech has had a healthy 2021, with large amounts of funding pouring into the industry. According to Crunchbase, venture-backed real estate and proptech…

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Market research of the Global Domain Name Registrar market examines the performance of the Registrar market domain name 2022. It encloses an in-depth analysis of the Domain Name Registrar market status and competitive landscape on…

• Businesses worry about inconsistent government policies• .ng corresponds to 0.000504353 of the 365.5 million ccTLDs registered worldwide• INEC, banks, e-commerce companies and MDAs are still…

If you are trying to start a new blog or create a new website, you will need to register a domain name, the name of your website. Registering a domain name is easy and you can do it through web registrars such as Google Domains. !-->!-->!-->…

The judge rules that the owner of Pocketbook.com is not committing trademark infringement or cybersquatting. Pocketbook International, an e-reader maker, has lost a battle against cybersquatting and trademark infringement. A judge has…

BoredHumans.com Enter any domain name and instantly get a rating generated by an AI model. I created this free review site to show how AI can rate domain names as accurately as a human…

Caribou.com is with the same registrar and has the same Cloudflare nameservers as GoCaribou.com. Caribou was recently renamed from MotoRefi and appears to have acquired the corresponding domain name. The Caribou.com domain name might be…

• The long-awaited TRABIS system, which replaces the Nic TR system, will come into effect in the near future • The most important change is that extensions such as "com.tr", "org.tr", "net.tr" will be assigned on a "first come, first…

The Managed Domain Name System (DNS) Services Market report highlights significant growth drivers, opportunities, and challenges that are expected to define the growth trajectory of this business space in the coming years.…

Spammers and scammers need to be creative in contacting domain name owners. This month, a GoDaddy customer received an email shortly after registering a domain name. We'll call the domain example.com for this story. Subject:…

ICANN and the GNSO Council will meet to discuss the future of SSAD. Today, the ICANN Board and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council will meet to discuss ICANN's first-ever operational design review for the proposed…

A two-letter .org domain ranks first. Sedo's two-letter domain name auction ended this morning (PST). None of the prized two-letter .com domains have seen much success, with bids exceeding just over $100,000. Two-letter .com domains…

"Did any of you gentlemen want to talk to ME about this?" Long John Silver, Treasure Island Pirates. They are the worst. The first reaction to many domain name hijackers is that they deserve quick and decisive action, and the Uniform…

The company is unable to upgrade the domain name to Approve.com via UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has denied Approve Me, LLC's attempt to obtain Approve.com through a cybersquatting complaint. Approve Me,…

Creating a website takes a lot of work and consideration. It is not enough to simply create a website or find a hosting provider to make it work on the World Wide Web. You also need a domain name to attract visitors and customers. If…

New York, NY- OnlineBusiness.com, a well-known marketplace for premium domain names and starter sites, shares information on the importance of having a domain name upgrade strategy when businesses are looking to rebrand. “Why do…

The group says this prompted ICANN to act. As Jeff Neumann commented last week, Dot Hip Hop has withdrawn its request for reconsideration of the assignment of Uniregistry's .hiphop TLD to Dot Hip Hop (DHH). This is only the thirteenth…

Is it really 2022? Is it? Although many may view 2021 as another "lost" year due to the pandemic, filled with Zoom™ meetings, virtual conferences, working from home and limited travel, there have been a number of notable…

New “contract law counterparties” are still awaiting transfers. ICANN released an explanation last week explaining why it still hasn't approved UNR registry transfer requests from last year. At the end of April, Frank Schilling auctioned…

It will take a lot to overcome the challenges of previous attempts at naming the alternate root. Currently, there is a lot of talk about blockchain-based decentralized naming systems. The pitch for blockchain-based domains usually…

A domain name is the most essential part of a website. As your domain name represents your brand identity, you need to think and think hard enough to choose the right one. Believe it or not, a domain name can make or break a business.!-->!-->!-->…

Send Alexa into space and throw money down the drain. Alexa in space! For some reason, Amazon has defensively registered over 50 domains for this. Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin announced last week that it is…

The extensive market insights of the Global Domain Name System (DNS) Firewalls Market report will surely increase business and improve Return on Investment (ROI). The report has been prepared taking into account several…

The judge grants a preliminary injunction which will force Canvas to stop using its precious domain name. A judge ordered Canvas to stop using canvas.com. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball granted (pdf) a preliminary joinder request by…

Here is an overview of my activity in 2021. Investing in estates is my third most important business from a financial standpoint. I don't do it for the cash; I reinvest what I earn by selling in new areas. I thought it would be…

Around 48,000 internet domain names belonging to UK citizens and organizations - including the pro-Brexit site Leave.eu - were taken indefinitely from Monday after their names were revoked .eu domain name by the agency in charge…

Today, a brand's identity is defined by its online presence. The first place a consumer goes to find information about a brand is their website, which makes the domain name a kind of “online brand”. Domain names help promote a business by…

A former member of ICANN's intellectual property group represented a company in a UDRP. It didn't go so well. A World Intellectual Property Panel (WIPO) found (pdf) that Pacific House, LLC had engaged in reverse domain name hijacking…

The maker of the popular cryptocurrency wallet is trying to reverse MetaMask.com domain hijacking. The developer of MetaMask was find trying to hijack the reverse domain name from the MetaMask.com domain name. MetaMask is a popular…

Can you show that the domain owner registered the domain with your business in mind? Today, National Arbitration Forum published a reverse domain name hijacking decision against Gridiron Fiber Corp. and Lumos Telephone LLC d / b / a Lumos…

A marketing stunt that went horribly wrong? Frank Schilling's top-level domain company, UNR, auctioned off its 23 top-level domain names at the end of April, grossing over $ 40 million. To date, none of the TLDs have been transferred…

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