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Government wants graffiti artist behind “DotCom” tags to pay restitution. Ever since moving to Seattle, I’ve gotten a kick out of a graffiti tag I see around town: DotCom. Now, King County, where Seattle is located, wants the prolific graffiti artist behind these tags to pay up. The county filed more than 30 criminal cases […]

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Take a look at top keywords, and the impact of offering payment plans on sale prices. It’s been a few months since I’ve reported on Afternic’s keyword data, so now is a good time to check in as we conclude the year. Afternic has published the keywords found most often in domains sold in October. […]

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New option reduces the amount of clutter and distractions on for-sale pages. Domain sales platform Atom is known for trying new things, such as AI-written descriptions, down payments on long-term payment plan sales, and categorization. It can be overwhelming for domain sellers, and it can also sometimes be overwhelming for domain buyers. So, the company […]

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The company might have a trademark claim, but not a cybersquatting claim under UDRP. A UDRP panelist has found My Healthy Home, LLC to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name healthyhomeexperts.net. The Complainant operates a business using the domain healthyhomeexpert.com, which helps people improve indoor air quality. The Respondent provides foundation repair and waterproofing […]

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Sedo had some strong sales heading into the holidays. The top sale for the week was mindsprint.com for $150,000. If I had to guess, I would say the buyer is the company that uses mindsprint.org, which recently changed its name from Olam Technology and Business Services to MindSprint. Some other top sales for which I […]

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Patent covers a tool designed to help domain investors find more domains to register. Based on what you read in its statements, you’d think Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) loathes domain name investors. After all, it tells the government that it’s not Verisign’s wholesale prices it needs to worry about; it’s those pesky domain name investors that […]

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These are the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers August 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Squarespace’s total DUMs fell year over year. August 2023 was the last month before the Google Domains acquisition. The year-over-year […]

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It’s a familiar pattern, but this expired domain buyer took it to another level. Oregon Public Broadcasting published a fascinating investigation this month into an AI-run news site. DailyTidings used to be a local paper in Ashland, Oregon. It went defunct and is now run by an army of AI-bots. Many people who read Domain […]

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John Berryhill explains why you should be cautious of country code domains and discusses an auction clawback lawsuit. Attorney John Berryhill joins us on today’s show. John explains how Stuart Lawley, who passed away recently, helped John take the step to start his own law practice. Then we talk about country code domain names and […]

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Both domains were likely typosquatted, but the arguments in one case didn’t line up. Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) provider FORUM published two decisions involving Hobby Lobby today, with drastically different results. In one case, the company won a dispute against the registrant of HobbyLobbby .com (three bs). In the other dispute, it […]

Post link: Hobby Lobby wins one UDRP, but reverse domain name hijacking in the other

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Intellectual property agency filed a surprisingly deficient cybersquatting claim. European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the agency responsible for managing registration of EU-wide trademarks, has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The organization filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name epta-agencies .com under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). […]

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.Com accounted for 61% of registrations at Namecheap this year. Namecheap released a report this week showing which top level domains were most popular with its customers this year. With just a couple of weeks left in the year, the winners are clear in terms of new registrations: 1. .com 3,661,899 2. .shop 721,532 3. […]

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A change was necessary, but it creates a conflict. NamesCon formally announced its new location during the Thanksgiving holiday. After stints in Las Vegas and Austin, NamesCon is moving to Miami. It will hold its next event November 5-6, 2025 at Ice Palace, an event venue. I enjoyed the events in Austin, especially because I […]

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Event seeks to bridge web2 and web3. Domain name and blockchain company D3 is holding Dominion 2025 in Las Vegas, January 29-30, 2025. The event will occur immediately after the Internet Commerce Association event and at the same venue, Resorts World. Many initiatives, protocols, and ventures are trying to connect domain names to blockchain technology. […]

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A robot management platform, a women’s clothing designer, and a shoe company bought domain names. FieldBots.com $9,000 – FieldBots provides a management platform for cleaning robots. It uses the domain FieldBots.io. LivablePlaces.com $8,000 – Livable Places is a platform for sustainability in real estate. Piral.com $7,500 – Piral is a clothing designer. This is an […]

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Complainants are asked to share very sensitive data in some cases. It might be fair to redact it from published decisions. Complainants in cybersquatting disputes filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) sometimes need to provide revenue and expense data. For example, a Complainant arguing it had a common law trademark when […]

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Saw.com’s screening questions make responding to inquiries easier. As I mentioned on yesterday’s podcast, I closed my first sale transaction on Saw.com last month. Saw launched its domain sales platform in August. I’ve added about 30 domains during the past few months and pointed them to Saw’s landers. What I like the most about Saw […]

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How my domain sales are turning out in 2024. As 2024 winds down, it’s time to reflect on the year’s domain sales. On this week’s podcast, I’m pulling back the curtain on my 2024 results. I’ll cover how many domains I sold, my median sales price, the platforms I used to sell, my acquisition strategies, […]

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Company was founded well after domain registered and put to use. Indian mattress seller Wakefit Innovations tried to reverse hijack the domains wakefit.com and wake.fit, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled. Wakefit Innovations, which uses the domain wakefit.co, was incorporated in 2016. Wakefit.com was registered in 2009 and put to use for a […]

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Organization isn’t hearing cases and its decisions are no longer online. A lesser-known forum for hearing Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy cases is no longer active. Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) is now listed as a former provider on ICANN’s website. The organization was controversial due to its connection to Dr. […]

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