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Panel finds reverse domain name hijacking over Amexio .com
Panel determined that the Complainants tried to mislead it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that Michelios 3 and AmeXio of France tried to reverse hijack the domain name amexio.com. The parties filed the dispute against eWe...
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Panel finds reverse domain name hijacking over Amexio .com
Panel determined that the Complainants tried to mislead it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that Michelios 3 and AmeXio of France tried to reverse hijack the domain name amexio.com. The parties filed the dispute against eWe...
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January 7, 2025, 6:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two investment groups make proposals to acquire Team Internet Group
Shares soar on buyout talk. Two investment groups have made separate proposals to acquire Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG), the company stated today. TowerBrook Capital Partners (U.K.) LLP and Verdane Fund Manager AB each made offers with propos...
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Two investment groups make proposals to acquire Team Internet Group
Shares soar on buyout talk. Two investment groups have made separate proposals to acquire Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG), the company stated today. TowerBrook Capital Partners (U.K.) LLP and Verdane Fund Manager AB each made offers with propos...
Discussion
January 7, 2025, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Playboy.ai: “Little boy playing” defense fails
Panelist doesn’t accept domain registrant’s flimsy justification for registering playboy.ai. I get a kick out of some of the defenses domain registrants throw up when confronted with a cybersquatting complaint. Consider a case just publis...
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Playboy.ai: “Little boy playing” defense fails
Panelist doesn’t accept domain registrant’s flimsy justification for registering playboy.ai. I get a kick out of some of the defenses domain registrants throw up when confronted with a cybersquatting complaint. Consider a case just publis...
Discussion
January 7, 2025, 5:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Court dismisses .wallet lawsuit
Judge sides with Unstoppable Domains, which promised not to sue (again) over the alt-root domain extension. A judge has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit over the .wallet alt-root, blockchain-based top level domain name. The controversy started when Scott Fl...
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Court dismisses .wallet lawsuit
Judge sides with Unstoppable Domains, which promised not to sue (again) over the alt-root domain extension. A judge has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit over the .wallet alt-root, blockchain-based top level domain name. The controversy started when Scott Fl...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use something other than .com for email? Users weigh in with their experiences
Some cite acceptance and confusion, but many say the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. There was an interesting post on Hacker News yesterday about using non-.com domains for email addresses. A user kicked it off by asking: I want to make a lifelong e...
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Use something other than .com for email? Users weigh in with their experiences
Some cite acceptance and confusion, but many say the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. There was an interesting post on Hacker News yesterday about using non-.com domains for email addresses. A user kicked it off by asking: I want to make a lifelong e...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
My good sales month, plus a look back at popular and noteworthy stories in the domain business. Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let’s take a moment to consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024. On today’s episode: Pos...
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2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
My good sales month, plus a look back at popular and noteworthy stories in the domain business. Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let’s take a moment to consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024. On today’s episode: Pos...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How domain name stocks performed in 2024
GoDaddy and NameSilo gained; Team Internet Group and Tucows faced headwinds. With 2024 in the books, here’s a look at how domain name stocks performed for the year. For reference, the NASDAQ was up nearly 29% for the year. NameSilo (OTC: URL.CN...
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How domain name stocks performed in 2024
GoDaddy and NameSilo gained; Team Internet Group and Tucows faced headwinds. With 2024 in the books, here’s a look at how domain name stocks performed for the year. For reference, the NASDAQ was up nearly 29% for the year. NameSilo (OTC: URL.CN...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review: The Domain Aftermarket
Afternic introduces Boost and more domain sales platforms launch. Most domain investors make money by selling their domains through aftermarket platforms such as Afternic and Sedo. This year brought significant developments to these platforms. The bi...
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2024 in review: The Domain Aftermarket
Afternic introduces Boost and more domain sales platforms launch. Most domain investors make money by selling their domains through aftermarket platforms such as Afternic and Sedo. This year brought significant developments to these platforms. The bi...
Discussion
January 3, 2025, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ai approaches 600k domains as handoff nears
.Ai namespace continues to grow quickly. If you listened to this year’s predictions podcast, you heard many people talk about artificial intelligence. One of the biggest beneficiaries of AI in Anguilla, which lucked into having the .ai country ...
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.Ai approaches 600k domains as handoff nears
.Ai namespace continues to grow quickly. If you listened to this year’s predictions podcast, you heard many people talk about artificial intelligence. One of the biggest beneficiaries of AI in Anguilla, which lucked into having the .ai country ...
Discussion
January 2, 2025, 9:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review: Domain Parking
There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I’m discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that ...
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2024 in review: Domain Parking
There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I’m discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that ...
Discussion
January 2, 2025, 2:27 pm
