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The company lost more cases against a company providing products related to its airplanes. Textron Innovations Inc., the maker of airplanes and airplane parts including Cessna and Beechcraft, continues to lose cybersquatting cases involving the Oki Data precedent. Oki Data was a case that established an idea of nominative fair use in domain names, at […]

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Kenes Rakishev filed a dispute against a domain used as a criticism site. A Kazakhstani oligarch whose name came up in a probe into Joe Biden and Hunter Biden has lost an attempt to take down a gripe site. However Kenes (Kenges) Rakishev filed a cybersquatting dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against the […]

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Shares drop after Q1 results and outlook disappoint analysts. Website builder and domain name registrar Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) announced its first quarter earnings today. Shares are down 13% as of 11 am ET. Total revenue in Q1 was $473.7 million, up 13% year over year. The company splits this into two groups: Creative Subscriptions was […]

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Zape Technology, operator of WeDonate.io, lost its claim for WeDonate.co.uk. A company that rewards people for donating blood has tried to reverse hijack a domain name, a Nominet panelist has ruled (pdf). Zape Technology Ltd, which operates a business called WeDonate at WeDonate.io, filed the dispute against WeDonate.co.uk. The company first tried to buy the […]

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As part of a new series, one founder tells the story of moving from a .org domain to the matching .com. I’m starting a new series on Domain Name Wire today. Many entrepreneurs and businesses change their domain names. Sometimes, it’s because the domain they originally wanted wasn’t available or affordable. Other times, they decide […]

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An AI health app, a California restaurant, and a geothermal energy company bought domain names. Sedo has some good five-figure domain sales this week. I suspect the buyer of HumanLayer.com for $34,499 is the company that uses the matching .dev domain. I’m curious to see who paid EUR 55,000 for begin.org. Here’s a list of […]

Post link: Domain buyers include a hospital group, a restaurant, and an AI startup

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Domain name for aviation is flying to a new home. One of the earliest top level domain names is getting a new operator. SITA, the organization that operates the sponsored top level domain name .aero, has informed its partners that it is transferring the domain to a new operator. That company has not yet been […]

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Tom Barrett discusses what’s next with domain names and web3 technology. This month, Encirca became the first registrar I’m aware of to announce integration with D3’s Doma Protocol, which allows registrars to add blockchain enhancements to domain names. Encirca also announced MyPublicWallet. I’m joined by Encirca President Tom Barrett on today’s show. Tom has been […]

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Unlike some of its previous trademark disputes, this seems like a reasonable case. Entrepreneur Media has sued (pdf) the operator of EntErprenUEr .org, alleging trademark infringement. While the company’s aggressive policing of anyone using the word “Entrepreneur” often goes beyond reasonable bounds, it looks like the company has a good case here. Whomever is behind […]

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Domains will transfer to Moniker in June. In January, domain registrar Hexonet announced it would shut down, with all domains set to be migrated to fellow Team Internet Group (LON: TIG) registrar Moniker. That transition is now underway. Today, I received a notice from Hexonet stating that my domains will be transferred to Moniker between […]

Post link: Have a Hexonet account? Act now if you don’t want your domains at Moniker

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Name Sentinel says it has solved some of the issues with AI-powered domain search. AI-powered domain name generators have become a valuable tool for finding available domains. I’ve hand-registered names using these tools and sold a couple, too. But AI domain search doesn’t feel as seamless as traditional keyword search. It’s more like querying ChatGPT: […]

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Company goes after domains registered on cheap top level domains. Central Source LLC, the company behind the AnnualCreditReport.com service, has filed an in rem lawsuit against domains it says are cybersquatting. The company filed suit (pdf) this week against 12 domain names. All the domains have something in common: they are in top level domains […]

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Order stems from a failed domain brokerage transaction. A King County Superior Court judge has issued an order of default against former Epik CEO Rob Monster. The order stems from a failed escrow transaction at the domain name registrar that Monster used to run. In a previous lawsuit, Epik customer Matthew Adkisson alleged that he […]

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Warner Bros. Discovery is ditching the Max name. Warner Bros. Discovery (NYSE: WBD) is changing the name of its Max streaming service. It’s changing it to…wait for it…HBO Max. Yep, it’s going back to its old name. The streaming service is popular for its library of HBO hits and more recent content such as The […]

Post link: After paying $1.8 million for Max.com, it’s back to HBO Max

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A drone company, a food site, and a concrete installer bought domain names this week. It was a great week for end user domain sales at Sedo. I was able to determine end user buyers for over a quarter of the platform’s public sales over $2,000. That does include ones that are likely end user […]

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Panel says Zaddy, LLC should have known it couldn’t win dispute over domain registered 13 years before its trademark rights. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) Zaddy, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name zaddy.com. Zaddy, LLC, which sells sex and wellness products under the […]

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It’s the second time the company has faced an issue like this. Cryptocurrency trading platform Curve Finance is blaming a DNS issue for an imposter site that was able to drain wallets. The platform has been using the domain name curve .fi for its website. .Fi is the country code for Finland, and .fi domains […]

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The seller tried to hike the price from $38,000 to $380,000 after discovering Pay.com.au was the buyer, but a lawsuit must have changed his mind. A man who backed out of a domain deal after finding out who the buyer was has capitulated after the buyer sued him. Last month, Pay.com.au sued Dean Adams, the […]

Post link: Pay.com.au secures domain name after suing seller who backed out of deal

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Panelist explains fraudulent scheme by Complainant to hijack valuable two-letter domain name through UDRP. A person filed a UDRP complaint stating that a domain name was fraudulently stolen from them. But the panelist reviewing the case determined it was the Complainant who was committing fraud. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) case for KS.com shows […]

Post link: Ks.com case emphasizes value of short domains and risks of UDRP abuse

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Organization filed UDRP after first trying to buy the domain name. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panelist has found Illinois Agricultural Association (IAA) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The organization, which was founded in 1912, filed the dispute against the domain name iaa.org. It uses the domain iaafoundation.org. Whois shows iaa.org is […]

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