.Com domains will cost $10.26 plus markup beginning in September. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that it is raising the wholesale price of .com domain names on September 1, 2024. The registry currently charges registrars $9.59 per year ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Unstoppable Domains wins partial motion to dismiss in .wallet lawsuit
· Policy & LawJudge agrees to dismiss two of three claims. Blockchain naming platform Unstoppable Domains has convinced a judge to dismiss two claims brought against it by the owner of the .wallet domain in Handshake. Unstoppable Domains sued Gateway Registry ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Intuit wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
· Policy & LawApp for runners tries to get domain registered well before it had trademark rights. Financial software company Intuit has won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against RunSmart Online, LLC. RunSmart Online, LLC filed a cybersquatting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tries to reverse hijack viviendas.com
· Policy & LawDomain owner registered the dictionary term before the company existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that home lending company Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tried to reverse domain name hijack ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Trump loses another Mar-a-Lago domain name dispute
· Policy & LawTrump tries to get MaraLago.com through cybersquatting claim with World Intellectual Property Organization. Donald Trump's organization has lost a second cybersquatting dispute against a Mar-a-Lago-related domain name. Last year, the company ... Continue Reading5 Comments
USPTO refuses OpenAI’s GPT trademark application
· Policy & LawGPT is a generic term for OpenAI's technology, reviewer states. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a final refusal to OpenAI for its GPT trademark registration application. Registration was refused because "the applied mark merely ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Namecheap sues ICANN over .org price caps
· Policy & LawRegistrar says ICANN hasn't taken action after IRP ruling. Over one year after winning a partial victory against ICANN over price caps, domain registrar Namecheap is asking a court to push ICANN into action. Namecheap filed a complaint under the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Indian payments platform Innoviti tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawInnoviti's argument about non-use was false. A large payments company tried to reverse domain name hijack innoviti.com.co, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. Innoviti Technologies Private Limited, which uses the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Italian clothing company Malo tries reverse domain hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy a domain name it wanted. Italian clothing company Malo S.p.A. tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain malo.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reverse domain name hijacking cases hit record high in 2023
· Policy & LawNearly one in five of denied complaints was reverse domain name hijacking. The number of cybersquatting cases filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2023 hit a record. So did the number of cases filed in bad faith, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
