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A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

In the world of domain investments, patience and foresight can lead to significant returns. Recently, one such tale caught the attention of the domain community. Ken Lin, a domain investor, who recently shared his sale of NewYorkOnlineCasino.com for a remarkable $1,300. While this amount might...

In the world of domain investments, patience and foresight can lead to significant returns. Recently, one such tale caught the attention of the domain community. Ken Lin, a domain investor, who recently shared his sale of NewYorkOnlineCasino.com for a remarkable $1,300. While this amount might...

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...

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...

Afternic has launched “custom checkout links” that allow domain sellers to use Afternic’s transfer service for sales completed elsewhere. This is similar to Dan’s “bring your own lead” and, in fact, uses Dan’s checkout page. The service allows people who have domains listed on Afternic to use...

Afternic has launched “custom checkout links” that allow domain sellers to use Afternic’s transfer service for sales completed elsewhere. This is similar to Dan’s “bring your own lead” and, in fact, uses Dan’s checkout page. The service allows people who have domains listed on Afternic to use...

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...