Platform helps top level domain applicants resolve contention sets before applications are revealed. Early Warning Report, a system to help top level domain applicants navigate potential contention sets, officially launched today. This new TLD ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Early Warning Report officially launches for new top level domains
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UDRP decisions up 15% in Q1
· Policy & LawMore cases decided, including some involving hundreds of domains. The number of UDRP decisions in the first quarter of this year was up 15% from the same quarter a year ago, according to GigaLaw's Domain Dispute Digest. In the quarter, the five ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Germany’s .de domain faces outage
· UncategorizedOutage impacted all DNSSEC-signed domains. Germany's .de namespace experienced an outage this evening. DENIC, the organization that manages .de domains, reported that all DNSSEC-signed domains were affected, resulting in accessibility ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
That’s disturbing: web hosts take down site for trademark complaints
· Policy & LawA lawsuit alleges that two web hosts took down a website in response to a trademark complaint. A Maryland man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging disturbing behavior related to trademarks and website takedowns. Kenneth Gaughan operated a website ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Sixteen new end user domain name sales
· Domain SalesA Claude skills management platform, a Polish bedding company, and a live streaming business bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale this week was adam.net for €45,000. I'm curious if an individual bought this. It is pointing to AWS ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Legal company tries to reverse hijack legally.io
· Policy & LawCompany that uses legally.co filed claim against legally.io. It previously lost a case against legally.com. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has determined that Legally Co. LLC, which uses the domain name legally.co, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Julia Child’s foundation takes down recipe website
· Policy & LawCybersquatting panel orders domain name to be transferred to the late chef's foundation. The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, created by the late chef Julia Child, will gain control of the domain JuliaChildsRecipes ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
From naming to domaining – DNW Podcast #585
· PodcastsA man who has named 750 companies and brands explains how he thinks about domain investing. Phil Davis has named 750 companies and brands, such as PODS, since he started his naming agency, Tungsten Branding. The process led him to get into domain ... Continue Reading7 Comments
.Com domain registrar rankings – GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace and more
· Domain RegistrarsSee the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN opens application period for new top level domains
· UncategorizedApplicants have until mid-August to apply. The wait is over. Fourteen years after the last round closed, ICANN has opened a brief window to apply for new top level domains. The deadline is August 12. Applicants will have to fork over $227,000 ... Continue Reading2 Comments
