Domain News
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A (mostly) thorough cybersquatting decision
This panel made a thorough rebuttal to the Complainant’s arguments but didn’t consider reverse domain name hijacking. Travel Designer India…
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SEO jobs, onions, parties & more – DNW Podcast #382
Checking in with domain-developer Peter Askew. Today, we check in with Peter Askew for an update on his latest business…
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Creating a web3 website is as easy as…oh, nevermind. It’s difficult
It’s hard to create a censor-proof website. And few people need to do that, anyway. I’ve written a lot about…
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GoDaddy formally signs .tv registry contract
GoDaddy has formally taken on the contract to run .tv, the ccTLD for the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, according…
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ICANN lists the reasons I probably won’t be going to ICANN 74
“Don’t blame us if you die!” That’s one of the messages coming out of ICANN, which has confirmed that it’s…
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Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket
Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall and GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks traded barbs last week. GoDaddy owns Afternic, and Namecheap…
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A public apology for my April Fool’s blog post
Earlier today, I published a lighthearted April Fool Day’s blog post concerning the fictional invasion of Los Angeles by a…
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Why didn’t this UDRP panel consider reverse domain name hijacking?
The Respondent classified this as a Plan B case, but the panel didn’t consider it. A three-person World Intellectual Property…
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McAfee wins a UDRP without even responding
The company acquired the domain well before the Complainant had any rights in the term. Computer security company McAfee has…
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Braden Pollock sells Elmer.com for $125,000
The first sale posted under April 1 at Namebio just now is the $125,000 sale of Elmer.com. The seller was…
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ICANN accidentally summons Lesser Old One in DNSSEC snafu
Southern California has come under the control of timeless demonic entities, plunging the Greater Los Angeles Area into a thousand…
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International Olympic Committee wins Olympics typo from “Mike”
The International Olympic Committee won a typo domain in a UDRP. I got a chuckle reading a UDRP the International…
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EU ccTLD operators call DNS abuse study “misleading”
Group of country code operators questions the EU’s study of DNS abuse. Yesterday, I wrote about the ICANN Business Constituency’s…
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Business Constituency weighs in on DNS abuse
Group responds to recent EU request. I’ve been writing a lot about DNS abuse lately. Everyone other than criminals is…
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End user domain sales including a $50,000 three letter .com
A Swiss bank, a race track design company, and a cryptocurrency business bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week…