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UDRP panelist calls out weak trademark claim, finds RDNH
Panelist admonishes company for not backing up its common law trademark claims. A UDRP panelist has found that Veracyte, Inc. attempted to reverse hijack the domain name genomedx .com. The company claimed common law trademark rights in the term arisi...
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UDRP panelist calls out weak trademark claim, finds RDNH
Panelist admonishes company for not backing up its common law trademark claims. A UDRP panelist has found that Veracyte, Inc. attempted to reverse hijack the domain name genomedx .com. The company claimed common law trademark rights in the term arisi...
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April 22, 2025, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Independent UDRP review finds agreement on key issues, recommends further review on others
Group finds consensus on tweaks to UDRP. The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Commerce Association have published an initial report regarding potential changes to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The ...
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Independent UDRP review finds agreement on key issues, recommends further review on others
Group finds consensus on tweaks to UDRP. The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Commerce Association have published an initial report regarding potential changes to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The ...
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April 22, 2025, 12:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese luxury fashion brand behind GIADA dumps top level domain name
Company terminates its one dot-brand top level domain. Redstone Haute Couture Co., Ltd., a Chinese fashion company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating its .redstone top level domain name contract. The company owns a number of fashion brands, i...
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Chinese luxury fashion brand behind GIADA dumps top level domain name
Company terminates its one dot-brand top level domain. Redstone Haute Couture Co., Ltd., a Chinese fashion company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating its .redstone top level domain name contract. The company owns a number of fashion brands, i...
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April 21, 2025, 7:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain monetization changes – DNW Podcast #531
How Google’s changes will impact domain monetization. Above.com has played an integral role in domain name monetization since the early days of parking. It has navigated many changes in monetization, and sees both challenges and opportunities i...
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Domain monetization changes – DNW Podcast #531
How Google’s changes will impact domain monetization. Above.com has played an integral role in domain name monetization since the early days of parking. It has navigated many changes in monetization, and sees both challenges and opportunities i...
Discussion
April 21, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit could impact how registries manage premium domains
What happens when a cybersquatting lawsuit is filed against a registry-owned premium domain name? A law firm has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a single-letter .law domain, and the outcome could have implications for registry-owned premium do...
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Lawsuit could impact how registries manage premium domains
What happens when a cybersquatting lawsuit is filed against a registry-owned premium domain name? A law firm has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a single-letter .law domain, and the outcome could have implications for registry-owned premium do...
Discussion
April 21, 2025, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy falls below key number in latest .com rankings
GoDaddy had fewer than 600,000 new .com registrations in December. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers December 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Some...
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GoDaddy falls below key number in latest .com rankings
GoDaddy had fewer than 600,000 new .com registrations in December. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers December 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Some...
Discussion
April 18, 2025, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Zoom blames registrar and .us registry for downtime
“Communication error” between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom.us domain. Its official incident rep...
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Zoom blames registrar and .us registry for downtime
“Communication error” between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom.us domain. Its official incident rep...
Discussion
April 17, 2025, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expert witness tries to reverse hijack two letter domain name
Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined. John Chapman, an IT service enginee...
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Expert witness tries to reverse hijack two letter domain name
Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined. John Chapman, an IT service enginee...
Discussion
April 17, 2025, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will DropCatch.com shut down some of its registrar accreditations?
Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent months, there has been a notable drop in activity ...
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Will DropCatch.com shut down some of its registrar accreditations?
Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent months, there has been a notable drop in activity ...
Discussion
April 17, 2025, 2:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Towing firm’s domain claim gets impounded by UDRP panel
Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I’ve written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing Inc. to have tried reverse hijacking the ...
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Towing firm’s domain claim gets impounded by UDRP panel
Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I’ve written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing Inc. to have tried reverse hijacking the ...
Discussion
April 16, 2025, 4:09 pm
