Complainant omitted key parts of pre-dispute correspondence in its filing. A German building products company has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking a domain name. Otto Lehmann GmbH filed a dispute against the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
German company tries reverse hijacking domain from Tucows
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IONOS announces layoffs
· Domain RegistrarsMajor domain and hosting company to trim workforce by over 10%. Domain name and hosting company IONOS (ETR: IOS) today announced plans to reduce its headcount. The company, one of Europe's larger domain providers with customers worldwide, said ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Beware fake domain sales posts on X
· UncategorizedSpaceship's founder called out a fake sales post on X this week. Earlier this week, a user on X posted about a big domain sale on Spaceship. "Tom Adams" claimed to have sold thread .pics for $87,000, and even showed the sales email to prove ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign changes drop time for .com and .net domains
· Expired DomainsBrew some coffee; the drop is going to start early. Drop catchers, start your engines...a bit earlier. Domain registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is changing the time at which .com and .net domain names drop after pending delete. Previously, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
French human resources consulting company attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany goes after domain registered well before it adopted the matching brand name. NOOUS, SAS, a French human resources consulting company, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting claim ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Exclusive: Aruba applies for 39 top level domain strings
· UncategorizedAruba plans to expand beyond .cloud. Aruba S.p.A., which operates the .cloud top level domain, is expanding its domain portfolio. The company told Domain Name Wire that it applied for 39 top level domains in this year's new TLD round. That number ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This week’s end user domain name sales
· Domain SalesA law firm, a food company, and a scaffolding lead generator bought domain names this week. Sedo's top public sale this week was h2.com for $240,000. A domain investor bought it and has relisted it for $3 million. The second-highest sale is an ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
auDA decision could impact millions of .com.au domain registrations
· Policy & LawBoard approves changes that would make it difficult, if not impossible, to register generic/dictionary word domains. auDA, the organization that oversees Australia's .au country code domain, is implementing a radical change to registration ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ShortDot applies for 40 short top level domain names
· UncategorizedIn keeping with its name, ShortDot applies for short top level domains. Top level domain company ShortDot has applied for 40 top level domain names. The company just disclosed its 40 applications and 40 replacement strings. In keeping with its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
nTLDData fills gap for top level domain and registrar data
· Domain RegistrarsNew site provides registry and registrar data. Ever since nTLDStats stopped updating, I've been waiting for a good data source for top level domain data. It has finally arrived. Domain registrar Porkbun has launched nTLDData, and it covers all ... Continue Reading1 Comment
