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Did Halliburton file a cybersquatting complaint against itself?
Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute…
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ICANN wins IRP because complainant literally doesn’t exist
An Independent Review Process panel has thrown out a case filed by a failed new gTLD applicant because the applicant was found to have not…
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.com could return to growth this quarter
Verisign might have some better news for investors and analysts when it delivers its first-quarter financial results — it looks like .com might have turned…
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Block, Inc now has the stock symbol XYZ earnings out after close
Square changed their name 4 years ago to Block,Inc. The company’s brands include Cash App, Square, Afterpay and TIDAL. One of the things that excited…
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Liverpool FC loses cybersquatting domain dispute
Liverpool FC lost a case it filed at Czech Arbitration Court. Liverpool Football Club has lost a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the domain name…
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Afternic’s 2024 data shows the surge in .AI domain sales
.Ai domains were the big story last year. But there’s another TLD worth looking into. Afternic released a lot of data about how top level…
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Introducing a centralized decentralized DNS system
This new blockchain-based DNS has some holes. I give some of these blockchain companies points for creativity. But geez. I just came across a press…
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Verisign tweaks risk language in latest annual report
New annual report reflects pressure from outside groups to rein in .com pricing. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) tweaked the language about challenges to the…
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ICANN publishes schedule for Seattle meeting
Check out the official schedule for ICANN Seattle. ICANN has published the schedule for its Community Forum, which will take place in Seattle in March.…
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15 end user domain name sales up to $85,000
A fish farm, an AI company, and an online furniture seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was weights.com, and the…
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Could Musk’s DOGE kill off D3’s .doge?
The creation of the US Department of Government Efficiency raises the possibility of a government objection to .doge, a gTLD that D3 Global has announced…
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$2 million Christmas bonus for ICANN
The domain industry performed better than expected in the back half of last year — well, better at least than ICANN had predicted. The Org…
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Security company gets patent for parked domain detection system
Patent covers detecting parked pages to block malicious activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 12,229,647 (pdf) to cyber security company Palo…
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Côtes de Provence wine growers union loses cybersquatting claim
Panelist finds in domain owner’s favor, even though a response to the dispute wasn’t file. Syndicat des Vins Côtes de Provence, a union of winemakers…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Weights.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Weights.com led the way at $85,000. Gambia.com was second at 55,422 Euro, ($57,991). CubeMobile.com was third at…