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Patent covers a way to connect domain names to blockchain counterparts. On Tuesday, domain name company 3DNS was granted a patent for Blockchain-based domain name registrar and management system. The patent is the one that I wrote about when it was published earlier this year. U.S. Patent Number 12,147,978 (pdf) is summarized as: Introduced here […]

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Company might have a trademark case, but not a cybersquatting case. Tesla has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against a website that sells accessories for use in Tesla vehicles. The company filed a dispute against Teslaunch .net, which is based in China. Despite the domain owner not responding to the suit, panelist Steven M. […]

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Search giant is demoting third-party content published on other websites to take advantage of their search reputation. Google is continuing to crack down on so-called “site reputation abuse” which it defines as “the practice of publishing third-party pages on a site in an attempt to abuse search rankings by taking advantage of the host site’s […]

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A beauty products manufacturer, a business school, and a company that rents food trucks bought domain names. Since I was traveling in Istanbul last week, I didn’t get a chance to do the weekly end user sales report. So here’s a look at end user sales that were reported on last week’s sales list. Later […]

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More domains and — more importantly — better names at better starting prices. GoDaddy has announced its next premium domain auction event, which looks better than the last one. The auction will start on December 3, with names closing on December 10-11. Like last time, it includes inventory from NameFind and BuyDomains. About 80% of […]

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Interisle report analyzes which top level domains are used for spam, spreading malware, and phishing. Interisle has released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 2024 report, which discusses which top level domain names are used for malware, phishing, and spam. The company reviewed 16.3 million attacks from Sept 2023 to Aug 2024. 8.6 million unique domains […]

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New TLDs, domains in Turkey, cats, and other thoughts. Last week, I attended the ICANN Annual General Meeting in Istanbul. Here are some thoughts on the event: There were a lot of domain investors there, many of whom had just attended Domain Days in Dubai. I heard rave reviews about Domain Days and would like […]

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Why it took so long for .music to become available, and what its founder envisions. It’s been a long journey for .music: the new top level domain just came out in general availability in October. On today’s show, Constantine Roussos explains why it took seven years to lock down the top level domain and another […]

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Company first tried to buy one of the domains before filing a cybersquatting dispute. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panel has found that t-shirt printer Printfly Corporation tried to reverse hijack two domain names. The company filed a dispute claiming that rushordertees.co and rushtees.com, which are registered by a competitor, were cybersquatted. While […]

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Judge says plaintiffs didn’t show subject matter jurisdiction. The judge overseeing a dispute over GoDaddy’s clawback of expired domains has dismissed the suit (pdf) over subject matter jurisdiction. The Swedish company Crisby Studio AB bought calor.com (heat/hot in Spanish) in an expired domain auction at GoDaddy in early April this year. GoDaddy returned the domain […]

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An expanded list of the top domain name registrars, ranked by .com domains under management. Each month, I analyze the top domain name registrars with regard to .com domain names under management. I’m frequently asked which domain name registrars just missed the list. So this month, I’m also publishing my every-once-on-a-while look at the top […]

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Newfold Digital’s aftermarket platforms combined for 68 sales of $2,000 or more in October. NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 68 domains for $2,000 or more in October, the auction platforms revealed this week. Those domains combined for about $343,000 in winning bids. Here are some of the sales that stand out to me: TianTian […]

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Panelist says case is outside the narrow confines of UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied (pdf) a cybersquatting claim against the domain names urinator .net and theurinators .com. Innovative Research Technology, Inc., which sells kits to help people foil urination drug tests, filed the dispute against Christopher Swain and Robert Grimm of […]

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It left out a key detail in its case. A French jewelry maker has been found guilty (pdf) of reverse domain name hijacking. A. Augis and Arthus Bertrand filed the complaint against Mira Holdings’ domain name augis.com. Mira Holdings said it registered the domain as an investment because it has many uses and is a […]

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Assets being sold to cover part of $486k judgment. The King County Sheriff in the Seattle area is preparing to sell some of former Epik CEO Rob Monster’s assets to satisfy a judgment. Robert M. Lee sued Monster over the domain name rle.com, which Lee said was stolen from him. Monster never responded to the […]

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The company will advertise in the Super Bowl after an eight-year absence. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is back…in the Super Bowl. The company announced today that it will advertise in February’s Super Bowl, with one ad spot booked in the fourth quarter of the game. GoDaddy’s early Super Bowl commercials put the company on the map. […]

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Company asks court to hand over dozens of domains it says infringe its trademarks. BlackRock Finance (NYSE:BLK) has filed an in rem lawsuit against 32 domain names. The financial company alleges (pdf) that the domains are used for many nefarious purposes. For example: With respect to the BLARCKROCK .COM domain, the domain registrant and/or an […]

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Lambo.com registrant plans to continue fighting. The registrant of the domain name lambo.com plans to appeal a lawsuit over the domain name. Lamborghini won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name in 2022. The owner of the domain filed a lawsuit to stay the decision. The carmaker filed a […]

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D3 has a grand vision for domain names. Will DomainFi change domain name investing? On today’s show, D3 cofounder Fred Hsu lays out his vision for DomainFi and what it could mean for domain name investors. We discuss D3’s plans, how long it could take for it to come to fruition, and a recent partnership […]

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Falling ad revenue and poor performance from an acquisition limit growth. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG) released earnings today for the first three quarters of 2024. Overall, the company posted $615.1 million in revenue for the period, up just 1% from the same period in 2023. Revenue from the Online Marketing segment, which had been […]

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