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Domain sellers can add descriptions, appraisals, and more. Domain sales platform Saw.com has added new options to customize sales landing pages. The new options include: Writing a custom description for the domain (this can help avoid trademark claims) Show the saw.com appraised value when your list price is at least 10% below the appraisal value […]

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Company says seller tried to raise the price from $38,000 to $380,000 after learning who was buying. An Australian business has filed a lawsuit after a domain name deal allegedly fell apart when the seller tried to raise the price tenfold. Pay.com.au Limited sued (pdf) Dean Adams, the registrant of PayRewards.com, in the District Court […]

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Company pushed forward with cybersquatting dispute even after learning that the domain matches the domain registrant’s surname. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) French company Cosmetic Research Group to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name soskin.com. The company, which sells skincare products under the […]

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Agent didn’t make the top 20 at Afternic just one month after jumping into the #10 spot. Afternic has published the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its site in February. The word agent jumped onto its list at #10 in January, but dropped off the list the following month. Here’s a list of […]

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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 arising from the use of the term by a predecessor in interest that was acquired in […]

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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 organizations convened a group of 16 UDRP experts with experience as counsel, as panelists, and as parties to discuss possible […]

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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, including GIADA, CURIEL, Gabriele Colangelo, Colombo, and YI. Under the .redstone top level domain, the company […]

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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 in Google’s recent changes to its parking business. On today’s show, Above.com and Trillion founder David Warmuz talks about […]

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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 domain names. The X-Law Group, PC, a law firm in California, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against x.law and its […]

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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 registrars had many more registrations in December than in prior months. This is likely due to bulk […]

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“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 report states: On April 16, between 2:25 P.M. ET and 4:12 P.M. ET, the domain zoom.us was not available due to a […]

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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 engineer who is also a part-time expert witness in legal cases, filed the dispute against domain investor ANY-Web Limited. […]

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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 at TurnCommerce, the company that operates DropCatch.com. In addition to offering domain dropcatching […]

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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 domain name sstowing.com. The company previously owned the domain name, but it […]

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Snoop wins another cybersquatting case. Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has taken down more cybersquatters. About a month ago, the entertainer won a cybersquatting dispute against SnoopDoggBush .com. Bush is the name of his 13th album, which was released in 2015. The registrant was using it in a rather unusual way. Later in the month, […]

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A Y Combinator startup paid six figures for a domain name. Sedo had a solid sales week, including a six-figure sale and 16 five-figure sales. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. WeaveRobotics.com €100,000 – Personal robotics startup Weave bought this […]

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The payroll company has a legitimate reason to go after this domain, but it doesn’t qualify as cybersquatting under the UDRP. Payroll and Human Resources company Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) has failed to take down a website that uses the Paychex brand. The dispute is an example of a company trying to use the Uniform Domain […]

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Gaming company didn’t connect the dots on when the current registrant acquired the domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Mobility SAS to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company was established in 2018 and started offering Nova Gaming-branded products in 2021. It registered the domain name novagaming.tech because the .com was […]

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Panelist says company omitted key information about the status of its trademark. A company that runs a Seattle food truck directory has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) after it tried to take a similar .org domain name away from a competitor. East Coast Renaissance, LLC, which operates SeattleFoodTruck.com, filed a UDRP […]

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Reissued 1099-Ks, old addresses, and notifications caught in spam lead to frustration. It’s tax day in the U.S., and many taxpayers are making last-minute filings or deciding if they want to file for an extension. This year marks the first time many U.S. taxpayers are receiving Form 1099-K, a tax form that Third-Party Settlement Organizations […]

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