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Afternic has a flawed domain verification system that doesn’t prevent others from listing your domain names. While the addition of domains appears to be easy, it’s much harder to remove a domain that you own which is listed on Afternic, and which you don’t want to list on Afternic in the first...

Afternic has a flawed domain verification system that doesn’t prevent others from listing your domain names. While the addition of domains appears to be easy, it’s much harder to remove a domain that you own which is listed on Afternic, and which you don’t want to list on Afternic in the first...

Many domain name registrars send their expired domain names to exclusive partners before deleting them. Knowing where these names go is critical for domain investors and end users alike...123-Reg – GoDaddy Alibaba – Unknown BigRock – GoDaddy Cloudflare – None DirectNic – NameJet/SnapNames...

Many domain name registrars send their expired domain names to exclusive partners before deleting them. Knowing where these names go is critical for domain investors and end users alike...123-Reg – GoDaddy Alibaba – Unknown BigRock – GoDaddy Cloudflare – None DirectNic – NameJet/SnapNames...

At 16:00 UTC this Monday, October 30th, .BOT will enter General Availability. After several years of experimentation, Amazon is ramping up to service the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry with their .BOT domain extension. Pre-Orders for .BOT domain names can be submitted at EnCirca up until...

At 16:00 UTC this Monday, October 30th, .BOT will enter General Availability. After several years of experimentation, Amazon is ramping up to service the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry with their .BOT domain extension. Pre-Orders for .BOT domain names can be submitted at EnCirca up until...

Namecheap has started requiring some users to make a deposit before bidding in auctions, with the goal of improving auction integrity. New users must deposit $100 in their Namecheap account before bidding on auctions. Some existing users with only a few auction purchases will also be asked to...

Namecheap has started requiring some users to make a deposit before bidding in auctions, with the goal of improving auction integrity. New users must deposit $100 in their Namecheap account before bidding on auctions. Some existing users with only a few auction purchases will also be asked to...

The UDRP filed against the aged domain Playhouse.com didn’t end well for the Complainant. Playhouse International Pty Ltd, Australia launched its adult content business in 2020 and attempted to usurp the domain name via the UDRP process. The domain’s Canadian registrant noted that the domain was...

The UDRP filed against the aged domain Playhouse.com didn’t end well for the Complainant. Playhouse International Pty Ltd, Australia launched its adult content business in 2020 and attempted to usurp the domain name via the UDRP process. The domain’s Canadian registrant noted that the domain was...

Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy’s NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found that the Complainant, Cappuccine Specialties, filed the case in bad faith as an...

Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy’s NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found that the Complainant, Cappuccine Specialties, filed the case in bad faith as an...

Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint against Ousmane Ba, the owner of IBA.com. Ba...

Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint against Ousmane Ba, the owner of IBA.com. Ba...

This time around, a guy by the name of “Aleks” whose locale is recorded as being Turkey, left a negative review with some pretty strong claims. In his attempt to buy and pay for the domain, the self-professed entrepreneur from Dubai was allegedly denied completion of the transaction. He claims...

This time around, a guy by the name of “Aleks” whose locale is recorded as being Turkey, left a negative review with some pretty strong claims. In his attempt to buy and pay for the domain, the self-professed entrepreneur from Dubai was allegedly denied completion of the transaction. He claims...

Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a registrant is authorized to register these...

Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a registrant is authorized to register these...

The registrant and operator of the domain Perfume-Oils.com was hit with a UDRP filed by Scentsational Shoppe, Inc. The Complainant’s mark PO PERFUME OILS was registered in 2018 for “Retail . . . and online store services featuring fragrances, soaps, incense, air fresheners, lotions.” The mark is...

The registrant and operator of the domain Perfume-Oils.com was hit with a UDRP filed by Scentsational Shoppe, Inc. The Complainant’s mark PO PERFUME OILS was registered in 2018 for “Retail . . . and online store services featuring fragrances, soaps, incense, air fresheners, lotions.” The mark is...