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ICANN hires new ombuds
Elizabeth Field has experience at Amnesty International and WIPO. ICANN announced yesterday that it has selected Elizabeth Field as its next ombuds. Field served in a similar capacity at Amnesty International for more than a decade. She recently func...
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ICANN hires new ombuds
Elizabeth Field has experience at Amnesty International and WIPO. ICANN announced yesterday that it has selected Elizabeth Field as its next ombuds. Field served in a similar capacity at Amnesty International for more than a decade. She recently func...
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September 19, 2024, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bruce Tonkin promoted to CEO of Australia’s .au namespace
auDA promotes from within to replace outgoing CEO. auDA, the organization responsible for Australia’s .au country code top level domain, has named Bruce Tonkin its next CEO. Tonkin will take over the role in January. He has been with auDA since...
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Bruce Tonkin promoted to CEO of Australia’s .au namespace
auDA promotes from within to replace outgoing CEO. auDA, the organization responsible for Australia’s .au country code top level domain, has named Bruce Tonkin its next CEO. Tonkin will take over the role in January. He has been with auDA since...
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September 18, 2024, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dan.com account migration is now available
Users have four weeks to decide what to do with their Dan.com account. Dan.com users can now migrate their accounts to Afternic as part of Dan’s sunsetting. After logging in, users will see “Migration Center” on the left panel in th...
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Dan.com account migration is now available
Users have four weeks to decide what to do with their Dan.com account. Dan.com users can now migrate their accounts to Afternic as part of Dan’s sunsetting. After logging in, users will see “Migration Center” on the left panel in th...
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September 18, 2024, 5:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain investor sues Rob Monster and old Epik over $1 million+ missing funds
Investor still hasn’t been paid back. A domain name investor has sued Rob Monster, the old Epik entity, and Masterbucks LLC, alleging the parties owe him over $1 million. Luigi Marruso filed the lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in the Weste...
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Domain investor sues Rob Monster and old Epik over $1 million+ missing funds
Investor still hasn’t been paid back. A domain name investor has sued Rob Monster, the old Epik entity, and Masterbucks LLC, alleging the parties owe him over $1 million. Luigi Marruso filed the lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in the Weste...
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September 18, 2024, 12:18 am
Domain Name Wire
11 recent end user domain name sales
A coupon site, a tour platform, and a property restoration business bought domain names. The top public sale at Sedo for the week was solutions.com for $415,000, brokered by Mark Ghoriafi. A home goods business previously used this domain. It now poi...
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11 recent end user domain name sales
A coupon site, a tour platform, and a property restoration business bought domain names. The top public sale at Sedo for the week was solutions.com for $415,000, brokered by Mark Ghoriafi. A home goods business previously used this domain. It now poi...
Discussion
September 17, 2024, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s episode 500! – DNW Podcast #500
Join me for the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast Welcome to the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast! It’s been 10 years since I started the podcast. In that time, I’ve interviewed people like Paul Mockapetris, the i...
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It’s episode 500! – DNW Podcast #500
Join me for the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast Welcome to the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast! It’s been 10 years since I started the podcast. In that time, I’ve interviewed people like Paul Mockapetris, the i...
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September 16, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
That’s smelling: Poop scooping company tries reverse domain hijacking
A poop scooping company tried to appeal a cybersquatting decision. A dog poop clean up company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Scoop Soldiers Services Company, LLC, which runs franchise locations across the United States, ...
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That’s smelling: Poop scooping company tries reverse domain hijacking
A poop scooping company tried to appeal a cybersquatting decision. A dog poop clean up company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Scoop Soldiers Services Company, LLC, which runs franchise locations across the United States, ...
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September 16, 2024, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN picks Oman for 2025 Annual General Meeting
Muscat, Oman will host next year’s big ICANN meeting. ICANN has selected Muscat, Oman, as the location for its 2025 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will occur October 25-30, 2025, at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Telecommun...
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ICANN picks Oman for 2025 Annual General Meeting
Muscat, Oman will host next year’s big ICANN meeting. ICANN has selected Muscat, Oman, as the location for its 2025 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will occur October 25-30, 2025, at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Telecommun...
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September 16, 2024, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cybersecurity company fails to grab keeper .com in cybersquatting dispute
Keeper Security failed to show that the domain was registered in bad faith. Cybersecurity company Keeper Security, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name keeper .com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was sp...
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Cybersecurity company fails to grab keeper .com in cybersquatting dispute
Keeper Security failed to show that the domain was registered in bad faith. Cybersecurity company Keeper Security, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name keeper .com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was sp...
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September 13, 2024, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mononames quadruples number of top level domains
Site now tracks 16 million domains available to hand register. Mononames, a tool that helps people find short domain names, quadrupled the number of top level domains and .com prefixes/suffixes on its platform this week. The site finds available one-...
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Mononames quadruples number of top level domains
Site now tracks 16 million domains available to hand register. Mononames, a tool that helps people find short domain names, quadrupled the number of top level domains and .com prefixes/suffixes on its platform this week. The site finds available one-...
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September 12, 2024, 8:16 pm
