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Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute is titled Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. Hostmaster, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. The energy giant used to be the registrant of the domain name halliburton .jobs. In October, it filed […]

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Liverpool FC lost a case it filed at Czech Arbitration Court. Liverpool Football Club has lost a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the domain name name LiverpoolFCTickets .com. The football team filed the cybersquatting dispute with Czech Arbitration Court, one of the groups that decides cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). […]

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.Ai domains were the big story last year. But there’s another TLD worth looking into. Afternic released a lot of data about how top level domains performed on its platform in 2024. A couple of things stand out to me. First, let’s look at the top TLDs based on total dollar value: Unsurprisingly, .com dominates. […]

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This new blockchain-based DNS has some holes. I give some of these blockchain companies points for creativity. But geez. I just came across a press release issued last month from a company called Packet. It promises decentralized, censorship-resistant domains. However, unlike some previous blockchain “domain” systems, it says websites built on Packet are accessible through […]

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New annual report reflects pressure from outside groups to rein in .com pricing. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) tweaked the language about challenges to the .com registry agreement in its 2024 annual report released this month. Specifically, the company added adversaries to a list of potential challengers to the renewal of the .com contract. Under […]

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Check out the official schedule for ICANN Seattle. ICANN has published the schedule for its Community Forum, which will take place in Seattle in March. The meeting technically starts on March 8, but the welcome ceremony isn’t until Monday, March 10. That evening, the opening reception will also be held. While I mostly attend these […]

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A fish farm, an AI company, and an online furniture seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was weights.com, and the buyer isn’t using the domain as you might expect. By the way, Sedo’s next GreatDomains auction begins on Thursday. Domains for sale include excitement.com, y3.com, and company.ai. Here’s a list […]

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Patent covers detecting parked pages to block malicious activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 12,229,647 (pdf) to cyber security company Palo Alto Networks for “Unified parked domain detection system”. The patent describes ways to detect that domain names are parked. For example, common signatures can be words used on the page, […]

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Panelist finds in domain owner’s favor, even though a response to the dispute wasn’t file. Syndicat des Vins Côtes de Provence, a union of winemakers in the Côtes de Provence, France, has lost a cybersquatting complaint. The group filed a dispute against the domain name cotesdeprovence.com, which is owned by a man in New Jersey. […]

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I was surprised by how many movies use a .movie domain in their previews, but most appear to use .com for their official websites. I went to a movie theater this weekend for the first time in years. One thing that struck me during the previews — in addition to how long they were — […]

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How public policy impacts the domain and hosting businesses. Public policy has a major impact on the domain name business. On today’s show, I catch up with one of the groups that helps represent domain registrars, hosts, and other internet infrastructure providers when it comes to policy. Christian Dawson is the co-founder and Executive Director […]

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Luxury carmaker Bentley has decided it no longer needs its own top level domain name. Bentley Motors Limited is terminating its dot-brand top level domain, .bentley. The automotive company informed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on December 13 that it planned to cancel its contract to run the domain. ICANN made […]

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It was a bad day for GoDaddy shareholders. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) fell over 14% today after the company released earnings after the market closed yesterday. The company reported Q4 revenue of $1.19 billion, which was above its guidance of $1.165 billion – $1.185 billion. However, results for earnings per share missed investor expectations, […]

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Domain business chugs along and wins a large registry contract. Tucows (NASDAQ; TCX) reported quarterly and full-year 2024 earnings after the market closed yesterday. For Q4, revenue increased 7.1% to $93.1 million from $87.0 in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a steep net loss of $45.3 million in the quarter, with […]

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Help with a new study ranking domain companies by how healthy they are. The domain name industry is fixated on domains under management, or DUMs. We tend to rank registrars by how many domains their customers have registered and consider registries with the most registrations to be more successful. But the raw numbers are just […]

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Company filed “Plan B” case after failing to buy domain name. A French delivery logistics company, Yper SAS, has tried to upgrade its domain name through reverse domain name hijacking. The company operates on yper.fr and has been trying to acquire the domain name yper.com. In fact, Yper has tried buying the domain on many […]

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Prolific UDRP filer stretches too far in recent case. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found (pdf) Navasard Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Navasard Limited operates online gambling websites under the moniker 1XBET. It filed a cybersquatting complaint against 1xperience.com, a domain name used by a company that provides […]

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Never worry about renewing your domain again, if you trust Automattic to do it for you. A couple of years after introducing a pre-paid, 100-year hosting package, WordPress.com’s parent company, Automattic, is offering 100-year domain registrations. The ICANN-accredited registrar is offering 100-year domains in .com, .org, .net, and .blog. .Com and .net are managed by […]

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I hope no one purchased $DNS. You can be excused for doing a double take yesterday if you follow The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on X. The company’s account was briefly compromised last night to promote a crypto scam. ICANN has confirmed that it was the victim of a phishing attack. […]

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You need to take these two steps when you receive a cancellation notice. A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Afternic informing me that one of my lease-to-own sales had been canceled because the buyer had failed to make a payment. It was an inexpensive domain, and the buyer paid for four […]

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