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Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales led by €100,000 .ai domain
Company that runs AI product directory forks over six figures for mini.ai. Sedo had a solid sales week, led by the €100,000 sale of mini.ai. The company publishes twelve sales of five figures or more, and there might be others that are private. ...
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End user domain sales led by €100,000 .ai domain
Company that runs AI product directory forks over six figures for mini.ai. Sedo had a solid sales week, led by the €100,000 sale of mini.ai. The company publishes twelve sales of five figures or more, and there might be others that are private. ...
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July 1, 2025, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Legal tech firm ContractPod tries to reverse hijack leah.ai
Panelist says it’s a classic “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found ContractPod Technologies Ltd. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain ...
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Legal tech firm ContractPod tries to reverse hijack leah.ai
Panelist says it’s a classic “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found ContractPod Technologies Ltd. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain ...
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July 1, 2025, 3:22 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Mini.ai
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mini.ai led the way at 100,000 Euro, ($117,943) MrBet.com was the top .com sale at 50,000 Euro, ($58,932). Zama.org sold for 35,000 Euro, ($41,267). 51 .com sales 18 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domai...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Mini.ai
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mini.ai led the way at 100,000 Euro, ($117,943) MrBet.com was the top .com sale at 50,000 Euro, ($58,932). Zama.org sold for 35,000 Euro, ($41,267). 51 .com sales 18 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domai...
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July 1, 2025, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top four selling keywords remain unchanged at Afternic
Yes, AI is still #1. Afternic has released a list of the top 20 keywords in domains that sold at Afternic in April. The top four keywords remained unchanged from March. Here’s the list of keywords for April, including their rankings from the pr...
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Top four selling keywords remain unchanged at Afternic
Yes, AI is still #1. Afternic has released a list of the top 20 keywords in domains that sold at Afternic in April. The top four keywords remained unchanged from March. Here’s the list of keywords for April, including their rankings from the pr...
Discussion
June 30, 2025, 6:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN moves conference from Oman to Dublin due to Middle East conflict
Potential for more airspace closures and travel delays push ICANN to relocate October meeting. ICANN announced today that it has moved its Annual General Meeting from Muscat, Oman to Dublin, Ireland. The move comes after tensions have ratcheted up in...
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ICANN moves conference from Oman to Dublin due to Middle East conflict
Potential for more airspace closures and travel delays push ICANN to relocate October meeting. ICANN announced today that it has moved its Annual General Meeting from Muscat, Oman to Dublin, Ireland. The move comes after tensions have ratcheted up in...
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June 30, 2025, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ancestry.com files cybersquatting suit over AI-powered genealogy site using similar domain
Ancestry.com has filed a lawsuit under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act against the domain name MyAncestryAi .com. The company filed the in rem lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Virginia, where the .com registry Verisign is located. Anc...
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Ancestry.com files cybersquatting suit over AI-powered genealogy site using similar domain
Ancestry.com has filed a lawsuit under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act against the domain name MyAncestryAi .com. The company filed the in rem lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Virginia, where the .com registry Verisign is located. Anc...
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June 30, 2025, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains in the Middle East – DNW Podcast #541
Understand which domains are popular in the Middle East and learn about Domain Days. What’s the domain scene like in Dubai and the Middle East? Today’s guest, Munir Badr, shares which top level domain names are most commonly used in the a...
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Domains in the Middle East – DNW Podcast #541
Understand which domains are popular in the Middle East and learn about Domain Days. What’s the domain scene like in Dubai and the Middle East? Today’s guest, Munir Badr, shares which top level domain names are most commonly used in the a...
Discussion
June 30, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
A second bite at the apple? WIPO panel allows refiled case
A WIPO panel decided to rehear a prior dispute based on new information, but the result was the same. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to hear a refiled case, but it didn’t change the overall outcome of the domain dispu...
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A second bite at the apple? WIPO panel allows refiled case
A WIPO panel decided to rehear a prior dispute based on new information, but the result was the same. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to hear a refiled case, but it didn’t change the overall outcome of the domain dispu...
Discussion
June 30, 2025, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge orders Monster to pay $350k stemming from failed escrow transaction
Final judgment will incur interest until it is paid. A King County judge has ordered (pdf) Rob Monster to pay a former Epik customer $349,407.61, and the total will incur interest until it is paid. The order stems from a failed escrow transacti...
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Judge orders Monster to pay $350k stemming from failed escrow transaction
Final judgment will incur interest until it is paid. A King County judge has ordered (pdf) Rob Monster to pay a former Epik customer $349,407.61, and the total will incur interest until it is paid. The order stems from a failed escrow transacti...
Discussion
June 27, 2025, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hiking app tries to reverse hijack its way from .org to .com
Company operating at MyHikes.org tried to get the matching .com, which was registered well before it existed. A UDRP panelist has found MyHikes, LLC, which uses the domain name MyHikes.ORG, guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name MyHikes.C...
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Hiking app tries to reverse hijack its way from .org to .com
Company operating at MyHikes.org tried to get the matching .com, which was registered well before it existed. A UDRP panelist has found MyHikes, LLC, which uses the domain name MyHikes.ORG, guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name MyHikes.C...
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June 27, 2025, 3:40 pm
