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ICANN staff recently prepared a “Revised Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Policy Status Report (PSR)” for the consideration of GNSO Council, and to guide any future policy development at ICANN. It was supposed to reflect the submissions that were submitted in the public...

Twitter from DNW sparked conversation around Bitcoin.xyz auction close at $42,501: Reference: https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/02/bitcoin-xyz-auction-ends-at-42501/#comments My comment on DomainNameWire.com 2 July 2022. Two days later, XYZ hasn't disputed my claims. Call me alarmist, but...

Twitter from DNW sparked conversation around Bitcoin.xyz auction close at $42,501: Reference: https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/02/bitcoin-xyz-auction-ends-at-42501/#comments My comment on DomainNameWire.com 2 July 2022. Two days later, XYZ hasn't disputed my claims. Call me alarmist, but...

Let me not give its name this time, but you know it. A registrar is trying to sell expired domains of its customers, but those domains still belong to the same person, who can renew them for 30 days (sometimes,..up to 75 days) That registrar will make a deal, and at the 30th day grab the domain...

Let me not give its name this time, but you know it. A registrar is trying to sell expired domains of its customers, but those domains still belong to the same person, who can renew them for 30 days (sometimes,..up to 75 days) That registrar will make a deal, and at the 30th day grab the domain...

Quick question/discussion - the 60 day lock on new domains in your account. Has anyone ever paid the registrar a fee for unlocking the domain anyway? Just curious to hear stories on the dreaded 60 day lock. ty in advance.

Quick question/discussion - the 60 day lock on new domains in your account. Has anyone ever paid the registrar a fee for unlocking the domain anyway? Just curious to hear stories on the dreaded 60 day lock. ty in advance.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published an Advisory on the impact of China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on complaints pertaining to third-party access to nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data. ... The newly published...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published an Advisory on the impact of China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on complaints pertaining to third-party access to nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data. ... The newly published...

When you search aripo.com on https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup you get following message: The requested domain was not found in the Registry or Registrar's RDAP server. But when you try to buy this domain from different registrars such as Dynadot, Namesilo, GoDaddy etc. they all say that this...

When you search aripo.com on https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup you get following message: The requested domain was not found in the Registry or Registrar's RDAP server. But when you try to buy this domain from different registrars such as Dynadot, Namesilo, GoDaddy etc. they all say that this...

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In a recently published report, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) indicated that the global sum of DNS abuse dropped in "absolute terms and normalized rates" over the last four years, from October 2017 to January 2022. Globally, in January 2022, less than one...

In a recently published report, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) indicated that the global sum of DNS abuse dropped in "absolute terms and normalized rates" over the last four years, from October 2017 to January 2022. Globally, in January 2022, less than one...

I previously made a website for a friend and his business. The friendship abruptly ended, and now he’s demanding I hand over the domain I registered. The friend hasn’t paid me for the website or my expenses, but he’s started a UDRP action against me. Aside from my sadness and shock at losing a...

I previously made a website for a friend and his business. The friendship abruptly ended, and now he’s demanding I hand over the domain I registered. The friend hasn’t paid me for the website or my expenses, but he’s started a UDRP action against me. Aside from my sadness and shock at losing a...

It is easy to make mistakes in domain name transactions. Sometimes these mistakes can cost us money or opportunities. Fortunately, habits that require only a bit of extra time can save us from most of these mistakes. In this article, I am not talking about investing in the wrong domain names...

It is easy to make mistakes in domain name transactions. Sometimes these mistakes can cost us money or opportunities. Fortunately, habits that require only a bit of extra time can save us from most of these mistakes. In this article, I am not talking about investing in the wrong domain names...

ICANN just closed its comment period related to an ongoing analysis of the effectiveness of the UDRP, and the ICA submitted a well-reasoned comment. With that in mind, I want to highlight a UDRP decision that was just published. The UDRP was filed against a valuable 4 letter brandable type of...