Domain News
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GoDaddy could lose out as NIXI brings .in in-house
Indian ccTLD registry NIXI wants to become a back-end registry services provider for its own .in and other TLDs, and…
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Roman Polanski fails to take down site about sex offenses
Polanski asked World Intellectual Property Organization to rule that the site was cybersquatting. Polanski at a film premier in 2011.…
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Fox.org transferred in UDRP, and I have questions
What did Fox submit with its complaint? Because I found plenty of things to blow up its case. A World…
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Afternic rankles domainers with “pricing discrepancies” comments
GoDaddy’s aftermarket platform Afternic caused concerns for domain sellers today with a discussion about pricing discrepancies. In response to a…
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Epik and Rob Monster fined $10,000 in DNProtect settlement
Washington State insurance commissioner went after company for offering insurance product. Domain name registrar Epik shut down its DNProtect service…
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Things people tell John Berryhill, and what he thinks about them
An attorney explains some questionable assertions domain investors make. Attorney John Berryhill speaking at the Internet Commerce Association meeting in…
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Squadhelp reduces commission on domains sold at Afternic
Company changes commission structure for semi-exclusive domains. Naming platform Squadhelp is lowering the commission it charges sellers of some domains…
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LoLo.gifts owner tries to reverse domain name hijack LoLo.com
WIPO panel denies cybersquatting claim over valuable four letter domain name. Lolo, LLC, a North Carolina company that operates a…
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Swedish domain registry takes the Pirate Bay of Science offline
The Swedish Internet Foundation, which manages Sweden’s .se has deactivated the domain name Sci-Hub.se which has been known as the…
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Identity Digital gets patent for multi-TLD domain management system
System makes it easier for registrars to interact with registries that have multiple top level domains. The U.S. Patent and…
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Pocketbook ebook company gets pocketbook.com in settlement
Ebook reader company got what it wanted, but at what cost? Pocketbook International, a maker of e-readers, now owns pocketbook.com.…
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Track your cannabis: 12 more end user domain sales
A cannabis-tracking firm, a curfew-beating service, and a business that sells communication radios bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale…
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Unstoppable offering free .nft names to Twitter users
Unstoppable Domains is enabling Twitter users to claim free “domains” in its alt-root blockchain-based TLD .nft. The site offers users…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by ThisAV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and ThisAV.com led the way at $99,000. More background on this name here.…
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CentralNic 2022 gross revenue of about USD728 million
CentralNic Group PLC (LON: CNIC) posted earnings on Monday, and 2022 was a very good year. With gross revenue up…