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Domain Name Wire
International Olympic Committee tries to shoehorn a trademark dispute through UDRP
No, Soccer Store is not confusingly similar to The Olympic Store. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the group that organizations the international Olympic Games, has lost a cybersquatting battle it brought against the domain name SoccerStore...
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International Olympic Committee tries to shoehorn a trademark dispute through UDRP
No, Soccer Store is not confusingly similar to The Olympic Store. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the group that organizations the international Olympic Games, has lost a cybersquatting battle it brought against the domain name SoccerStore...
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January 4, 2022, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Makers of hit song Baby Shark win BabyShark.com fight
Try to get this song out of your head. The makers of the viral hit song Baby Shark have won a cybersquatting challenge against the owner of BabyShark.com. Smart Study Co. and its Pinkfong division created the children’s song named after one of ...
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Makers of hit song Baby Shark win BabyShark.com fight
Try to get this song out of your head. The makers of the viral hit song Baby Shark have won a cybersquatting challenge against the owner of BabyShark.com. Smart Study Co. and its Pinkfong division created the children’s song named after one of ...
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January 4, 2022, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrars ranked by .com numbers
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers Setpember 2021. Here&rsqu...
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Domain registrars ranked by .com numbers
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers Setpember 2021. Here&rsqu...
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January 4, 2022, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
AnnualCreditReport.com owner sues to recover 108 domain names
The operator of free annual credit report site goes after cybersquatters. Central Source, LLC has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against 108 domain names that it says are typosquatting on its famous AnnualCreditReport.com website. The company was form...
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AnnualCreditReport.com owner sues to recover 108 domain names
The operator of free annual credit report site goes after cybersquatters. Central Source, LLC has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against 108 domain names that it says are typosquatting on its famous AnnualCreditReport.com website. The company was form...
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January 3, 2022, 6:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
The 2022 Predictions Episode – DNW Podcast #369
22 people predict what will happen in 2022. Let’s kick off 2022 by taking a look back at the past year and predicting what will happen this year. On the annual Predictions Episode, you’ll hear from 22 people from around the domain industr...
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The 2022 Predictions Episode – DNW Podcast #369
22 people predict what will happen in 2022. Let’s kick off 2022 by taking a look back at the past year and predicting what will happen this year. On the annual Predictions Episode, you’ll hear from 22 people from around the domain industr...
Discussion
January 3, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Princeton researchers apologize for privacy law scare
Researchers sent requests under privacy laws to website owners. It is canceling the study after complaints. Researchers at Princeton University and Radboud University have apologized for a research study gone awry. The researchers wanted to determine...
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Princeton researchers apologize for privacy law scare
Researchers sent requests under privacy laws to website owners. It is canceling the study after complaints. Researchers at Princeton University and Radboud University have apologized for a research study gone awry. The researchers wanted to determine...
Discussion
January 3, 2022, 1:58 pm
Sully's Blog
Domaining – Taste the Rainbow
It’s no secret that I like seeing what’s hosted on keyword domains. There are…
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Domaining – Taste the Rainbow
It’s no secret that I like seeing what’s hosted on keyword domains. There are…
Discussion
January 3, 2022, 1:09 pm
The Domains
A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain invest...
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A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain invest...
Discussion
January 1, 2022, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Non-.com sales – 2021 top stories
Domains ending in something other than .com sold briskly in 2021. .Com is king. It’s a fair statement. .Com is the largest namespace with nearly 160 million registrations. .Com dominates the domain aftermarket, too. But for domain investors who...
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Non-.com sales – 2021 top stories
Domains ending in something other than .com sold briskly in 2021. .Com is king. It’s a fair statement. .Com is the largest namespace with nearly 160 million registrations. .Com dominates the domain aftermarket, too. But for domain investors who...
Discussion
December 31, 2021, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
An Epik hack – 2021 top stories
Hackers stole data from Epik this year, connecting the dots between extremist websites and their owners. This year, the domain name industry received unwelcome attention when hackers stole data from Epik. Epik is a domain name registrar known for cat...
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An Epik hack – 2021 top stories
Hackers stole data from Epik this year, connecting the dots between extremist websites and their owners. This year, the domain name industry received unwelcome attention when hackers stole data from Epik. Epik is a domain name registrar known for cat...
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December 31, 2021, 2:20 pm
