SiteTools files lawsuit after potential domain buyer threatens legal action. Many attorneys throw around legal threats to get domain names for their clients. They had better make sure they're on solid legal ground and are willing to take the case ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain owner sues after legal threat
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PIR announces winners of 4th Annual .ORG Impact Awards
· UncategorizedFood Rescue Hero is named .ORG of the year. Public Interest Registry, the registry behind .org, today announced the winners of its annual .ORG impact awards. A record 947 organizations and individuals from 68 countries submitted entries this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Video game company Build a Rocket Boy tried reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawGaming companies duke it out in cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Build a Rocket Boy Games Ltd guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The video game company was founded by Leslie ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Zow.com returned to previous owner
· Policy & LawOriginal 1996 registrant gets her domain back. The original owner of zow.com has regained control of the domain name. Marci Seely registered the domain name in 1996. In September, she filed a lawsuit alleging that the domain name was stolen last ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Some notable sales from NameJet and SnapNames last month
· Domain SalesHere's what sold on Newfold Digital's aftermarkets last month. Newfold Digital's domain aftermarket platforms combined to sell 103 names for $2,000 or more last month. The sales totaled $546,000, and that doesn't include the domains that sold for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Disciplined domain investing – DNW Podcast #413
· PodcastsHow martial arts helped this domain investor stick with it. Ruban Thananayagam (aka @busyfather) bought 500 domain names on his credit card before he made his first sale. This sale gave him the confidence to invest more, but it was certainly ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Morgan Stanley loses cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawPanelist wisely considers all of the facts. Financial behemoth Morgan Stanley has lost a cybersquatting dispute that shows the importance of panelists thinking about cases before deciding them, even when the domain owner doesn't respond. When ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Ses heads to the chopping block
· UncategorizedAnother dot-brand top level domain bites the dust. Satellite communications and broadcast company SES S.A. is terminating its top level domain name. The company was granted the .ses top level domain name in the 2012 round. It hasn't used it for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google’s .RSVP domain is now available in Early Access
· UncategorizedGeneral availability starts on November 15. It's been nearly a decade since new top level domains started rolling out to the public, but new launches are still happening: Google is in the middle of the Early Access phase of its launch of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Stanford researchers: unicorns use shorter domain names
· UncategorizedThe highest-valued private companies use shorter domain names. Researchers with the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Venture Capital Initiative team have analyzed the domain names of unicorns (companies valued at $1B plus) compared ... Continue Reading1 Comment
