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Domain Name Wire
Meta Platforms gets contempt sanctions against former Chinese domain registrar
Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought b...
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Meta Platforms gets contempt sanctions against former Chinese domain registrar
Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought b...
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July 2, 2025, 6:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Piers Morgan wins domain name dispute over PiersMorgan.com
Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. ...
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Piers Morgan wins domain name dispute over PiersMorgan.com
Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. ...
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July 2, 2025, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge allows expired domain clawback lawsuit to proceed against GoDaddy
GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiff...
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Judge allows expired domain clawback lawsuit to proceed against GoDaddy
GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiff...
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July 2, 2025, 12:28 pm
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...
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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
