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Ethical hacker and security researcher Kody Kinzie shared with BleepingComputer a list of over 50 domains many of which are spelling variations of the brand name Sniffies. Many of these domains are operated by scammers hoping to catch users who mistype Sniffies.com in a web browser and land on...

Ethical hacker and security researcher Kody Kinzie shared with BleepingComputer a list of over 50 domains many of which are spelling variations of the brand name Sniffies. Many of these domains are operated by scammers hoping to catch users who mistype Sniffies.com in a web browser and land on...

Numerous non-official TLDs that exist on the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) are being registered and that’s a good thing. What’s not so good is the high number of trademark and brand infringements that take place in that namespace.Read More

Numerous non-official TLDs that exist on the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) are being registered and that’s a good thing. What’s not so good is the high number of trademark and brand infringements that take place in that namespace.Read More

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear from a friend of mine in the startup world that a “squatter” as the domain name they want for their company. I usually respond the same way every time, “Oh, so you mean you Trademarked the name, started using it for your company, and someone read about it and...

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear from a friend of mine in the startup world that a “squatter” as the domain name they want for their company. I usually respond the same way every time, “Oh, so you mean you Trademarked the name, started using it for your company, and someone read about it and...

A new client contacted me today. I checked their domain. They have been in business for 3 decades. Bought their .com in 1999. But their ccTLD. where the business is operating and also major market, is bought 3 years ago and is used by an escort site with nudes on the front page.:xf.eek: I...

A new client contacted me today. I checked their domain. They have been in business for 3 decades. Bought their .com in 1999. But their ccTLD. where the business is operating and also major market, is bought 3 years ago and is used by an escort site with nudes on the front page.:xf.eek: I...

A midstate firm is biting back hard just weeks after being sued by Penn State University in federal court for trademark infringement. For starters, Keystone Alternatives of Red Lion contends that it isn’t pirating Penn State’s blue lion logo or its PENN STATE, PSU or Nittany Lion trademarks...

A midstate firm is biting back hard just weeks after being sued by Penn State University in federal court for trademark infringement. For starters, Keystone Alternatives of Red Lion contends that it isn’t pirating Penn State’s blue lion logo or its PENN STATE, PSU or Nittany Lion trademarks...

Hi! I am taking a course that is supposed to make you eligible to be an "IP-paralegal". As a domainer I have become interested in IP-law... Today's lecture was partly about the UDRP. The lecturer stated that registration of domain names for the purpose of reselling them constitutes bad faith...

Hi! I am taking a course that is supposed to make you eligible to be an "IP-paralegal". As a domainer I have become interested in IP-law... Today's lecture was partly about the UDRP. The lecturer stated that registration of domain names for the purpose of reselling them constitutes bad faith...

Hi Pros, I have been compiling a list of .global domains that I wish to register for some weeks now. I decided to start registering them, I first use domainr.com to search for domains availability and the name HorseRacing.global was available. I used the "Namecheap Beast Mode Domain...

Hi Pros, I have been compiling a list of .global domains that I wish to register for some weeks now. I decided to start registering them, I first use domainr.com to search for domains availability and the name HorseRacing.global was available. I used the "Namecheap Beast Mode Domain...

I am doing an IAMA for pacemakers.com and I am getting lit up because everythig thiks Im squatting. I think its funny https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bkmssh/iama_selling_pacemakerscom_and_giving_10_to/

I am doing an IAMA for pacemakers.com and I am getting lit up because everythig thiks Im squatting. I think its funny https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bkmssh/iama_selling_pacemakerscom_and_giving_10_to/

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George Tech, in collaboration with Stony Brook University and London South Bank University, has released a study (pdf) of what it calls “combosquatting” in domain names. The findings are being discussed as part of the Association of Computer Machinery’s Computer and Communications Security 2017...

George Tech, in collaboration with Stony Brook University and London South Bank University, has released a study (pdf) of what it calls “combosquatting” in domain names. The findings are being discussed as part of the Association of Computer Machinery’s Computer and Communications Security 2017...

Holding a condo in a prime location and doing as one pleases with it, is a good analogy response for domain suitors, who often gawk at the asking price of premium digital assets.Thick skin is important to maintain these days; in previous times, I might have responded with a long tirade full of...