Guy who bought domain name for $300k in 2021 loses cybersquatting dispute. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has won a cybersquatting claim for the domain name binance.ae, and the domain owner is about to be out $300,000. Kirill Zalipaev acquired ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Adult cam site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking finding
· Policy & LawSite owner successfully argued that "love cam" is a common descriptive term. TMD Swiss AG, which operates an adult video cam site at xlovecam .com, has been found guilty of trying to reverse domain name hijack lovecam .com (pdf). ICF Technology ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verizon wins $450k cybersquatting judgment
· Policy & LawCompany gets $50,000 in statutory damages per domain. Telecommunications company Verizon, through its Verizon Trademark Services LLC affiliate, has been awarded $450,000 in statutory damages against a cybersquatter. The company filed the case in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
WIPO panel lets bakery off the hook
· Policy & LawPanel says Complainant, represented by a 100+-year-old IP law firm, has "simply not understood the Policy." Some UDRP filings have no chance of succeeding. Consider the case (pdf) that Roberto Industria Alimentare S.r.l. filed against the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Swiss watchmaker alleges century.com is stolen, but loses cybersquatting claim
· Policy & LawThe current owner likely has clean hands. Swiss watchmaker Century Time Gems Ltd has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name century.com. In a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) filing, the company said it ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What does the NIS2 Directive mean for domain experts?
· Policy & LawIn DNW Podcast episode #464, Polina Malaja of CENTR talked about the implications of NIS2 for the domain name industry. I asked Simone Catania of InterNetX if he would share some thoughts on NIS2. In the constantly evolving world of digitization, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN debates action after community member’s antisemitic comments
· Policy & LawOrganization says community member violated Expected Standards of Behavior. ICANN is debating what to do after someone deeply entrenched in the domain name ecosystem made highly controversial remarks about Jews. The issue came to light after ... Continue Reading10 Comments
14 things you can’t do with .AI domain names
· Policy & LawBeyond the obvious, there are rules about faking it til you make it and many more. The growth of artificial intelligence has led to a surge in .AI domain name registrations. .AI isn't like .com, .net, or .org, though. It's a country code domain, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign questions who is really holding up .web
· Policy & LawAre there additional forces supporting Altanova in its battle against Verisign? Why is Altanova continuing to challenge .web, and are there other companies behind this effort? That's the question Kirk Salzmann, Vice President and Associate ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Warehouse optimization company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed a dispute against domain registered before it had any rights in the mark. A company that helps optimize warehouses has been found to have engaged of reverse domain name hijacking. Element Logic AS filed a dispute (pdf) with World ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment