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Domain Name Wire
IT services company “made a farce” of UDRP
A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has admonished an IT services company that “made a farce” of a UDRP proceeding. Advance 2000, Inc., which uses the domain advance2000.com, filed a cybersquatting claim against advanceD20...
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IT services company “made a farce” of UDRP
A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has admonished an IT services company that “made a farce” of a UDRP proceeding. Advance 2000, Inc., which uses the domain advance2000.com, filed a cybersquatting claim against advanceD20...
Discussion
July 17, 2025, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Voices.com fails to get Voices.ai through cybersquatting claim
The company inadvertently let the valuable domain name expire. Voiceover marketplace Voices.com, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed against voices.ai. The first of three prongs necessary to win a UDRP is that the domain is identical or con...
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Voices.com fails to get Voices.ai through cybersquatting claim
The company inadvertently let the valuable domain name expire. Voiceover marketplace Voices.com, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed against voices.ai. The first of three prongs necessary to win a UDRP is that the domain is identical or con...
Discussion
July 17, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Atom launches new semantic search tool
Tool suggests domains based on business concepts and naming preferences. Domain name marketplace Atom launched a new “semantic search” tool today. The company’s goal is to surface domain names that will be a good fit for businesses ...
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Atom launches new semantic search tool
Tool suggests domains based on business concepts and naming preferences. Domain name marketplace Atom launched a new “semantic search” tool today. The company’s goal is to surface domain names that will be a good fit for businesses ...
Discussion
July 17, 2025, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Malaysian shopping rewards business sues, says its domains were stolen
Company sues after failing to regain control of domain names after theft. Treasure Global Inc., a Malaysian technology company, has filed a lawsuit after two of its domain names were stolen. The lawsuit states that its domain treasureglobal .co and z...
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Malaysian shopping rewards business sues, says its domains were stolen
Company sues after failing to regain control of domain names after theft. Treasure Global Inc., a Malaysian technology company, has filed a lawsuit after two of its domain names were stolen. The lawsuit states that its domain treasureglobal .co and z...
Discussion
July 16, 2025, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Texas company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over industrial park domain
Developer filed UDRP after first trying to buy the domain name. A Texas real estate developer has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting claim against empireindustrialpark.com. Empire Industrial Park LLC is...
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Texas company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over industrial park domain
Developer filed UDRP after first trying to buy the domain name. A Texas real estate developer has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting claim against empireindustrialpark.com. Empire Industrial Park LLC is...
Discussion
July 16, 2025, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
21 end user domain sales from Sedo’s monster sales week
Company makes record-busting $250,000 .bot sale. Sedo had a monster sales week! Typically, it reports 60-80 sales of $2,000 or more. This week, it reported a whopping 113. It makes me wonder how much of an impact Namecheap’s promotion of Sedo l...
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21 end user domain sales from Sedo’s monster sales week
Company makes record-busting $250,000 .bot sale. Sedo had a monster sales week! Typically, it reports 60-80 sales of $2,000 or more. This week, it reported a whopping 113. It makes me wonder how much of an impact Namecheap’s promotion of Sedo l...
Discussion
July 16, 2025, 12:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
BlueHost and HostGator to send expired domains to NameJet/SnapNames
More exclusive domain inventory is coming to Newfold’s domain auction platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames will get first crack at expired domains from BlueHost and HostGator, the company announced t...
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BlueHost and HostGator to send expired domains to NameJet/SnapNames
More exclusive domain inventory is coming to Newfold’s domain auction platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames will get first crack at expired domains from BlueHost and HostGator, the company announced t...
Discussion
July 15, 2025, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fairwinds finally moves its website to its own dot-brand domain
After advising clients on dot-brand domains for years, Fairwinds makes the move itself. Domain name and intellectual property consultancy Fairwinds Partners has moved its website to a dot-brand ahead of next year’s top level domain application ...
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Fairwinds finally moves its website to its own dot-brand domain
After advising clients on dot-brand domains for years, Fairwinds makes the move itself. Domain name and intellectual property consultancy Fairwinds Partners has moved its website to a dot-brand ahead of next year’s top level domain application ...
Discussion
July 15, 2025, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hey UDRP panelists, we need to talk about Whois privacy
Have some panelists still not gotten the memo? Yesterday, I wrote about Whois privacy and UDRP complaints. I took issue with World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Warwick Rothnie’s decision not to find reverse domain name hijacking,...
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Hey UDRP panelists, we need to talk about Whois privacy
Have some panelists still not gotten the memo? Yesterday, I wrote about Whois privacy and UDRP complaints. I took issue with World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Warwick Rothnie’s decision not to find reverse domain name hijacking,...
Discussion
July 15, 2025, 4:08 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain sales led by Crypto.bot
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Crypto.bot led the way at $250,000. Reve.com was the top .com at 79,000 Euro, ($91,842). 67 .com sales 33 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .C...
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Sedo weekly domain sales led by Crypto.bot
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Crypto.bot led the way at $250,000. Reve.com was the top .com at 79,000 Euro, ($91,842). 67 .com sales 33 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .C...
Discussion
July 15, 2025, 2:23 pm
