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Food supplements company tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist finds “Plan B” attempt to secure domain through cybersquatting claim. A French nutrition supplements company tried to reverse hijack the domain name nutriforce.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determin...
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Food supplements company tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist finds “Plan B” attempt to secure domain through cybersquatting claim. A French nutrition supplements company tried to reverse hijack the domain name nutriforce.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determin...
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March 14, 2025, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ohio company tries to hijack domains from IBM
Panelist admonishes company for filing bad cybersquatting dispute. Hubris? Narcissism? Just plain ballsy? I’m unsure how to describe it, but the result isn’t surprising: an Ohio company was found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain...
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Ohio company tries to hijack domains from IBM
Panelist admonishes company for filing bad cybersquatting dispute. Hubris? Narcissism? Just plain ballsy? I’m unsure how to describe it, but the result isn’t surprising: an Ohio company was found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain...
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March 14, 2025, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
French company Cassy SAS tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after a domain name it knew was registered before it had trademark rights. A French seller of women’s shoes, purses, and other accessories has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Cassy SAS filed a dis...
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French company Cassy SAS tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after a domain name it knew was registered before it had trademark rights. A French seller of women’s shoes, purses, and other accessories has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Cassy SAS filed a dis...
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March 14, 2025, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Prudential cancels one of its top level domain names
Company says it no longer wants one of its domains, but it still has two other dot-brand top level domains. Prudential, the global financial services company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating one of its top-level domains. In January, Prudent...
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Prudential cancels one of its top level domain names
Company says it no longer wants one of its domains, but it still has two other dot-brand top level domains. Prudential, the global financial services company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating one of its top-level domains. In January, Prudent...
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March 13, 2025, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former 35.com registrar appeals Meta Platforms’ cybersquatting lawsuit
Judge has ordered domain registrar to pay over $5 million. A cybersquatting legal battle that began over four years ago is set to continue. Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. formerly known as Xiamen 35.com Internet Technology Co., Ltd, has appealed multi...
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Former 35.com registrar appeals Meta Platforms’ cybersquatting lawsuit
Judge has ordered domain registrar to pay over $5 million. A cybersquatting legal battle that began over four years ago is set to continue. Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. formerly known as Xiamen 35.com Internet Technology Co., Ltd, has appealed multi...
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March 13, 2025, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Six-figure sale leads strong start to year at NameJet and SnapNames
Samba.com auctioned for over $100,000 in January. Newfold Digital has published sales results on its NameJet and SnapNames platforms for January and February of this year. In January, the two platforms combined for 66 domains sales of $2,000 or more,...
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Six-figure sale leads strong start to year at NameJet and SnapNames
Samba.com auctioned for over $100,000 in January. Newfold Digital has published sales results on its NameJet and SnapNames platforms for January and February of this year. In January, the two platforms combined for 66 domains sales of $2,000 or more,...
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March 12, 2025, 9:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Snoop Dogg wins cybersquatting dispute
Person in Ukraine registered domain and used it to promote pet monitoring app. Calvin Broadus, more commonly known as Snoop Dogg, has won a cybersquatting dispute he filed against a person in Ukraine. The rapper filed the dispute (pdf) against the do...
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Snoop Dogg wins cybersquatting dispute
Person in Ukraine registered domain and used it to promote pet monitoring app. Calvin Broadus, more commonly known as Snoop Dogg, has won a cybersquatting dispute he filed against a person in Ukraine. The rapper filed the dispute (pdf) against the do...
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March 12, 2025, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name
Domain system overseer plans to retire .su in 2030. ICANN has formally notified the operator of the legacy Soviet Union country code domain, .su, of its plans to retire the domain in five years, Domain Name Wire has learned. The .su namespace, which ...
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ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name
Domain system overseer plans to retire .su in 2030. ICANN has formally notified the operator of the legacy Soviet Union country code domain, .su, of its plans to retire the domain in five years, Domain Name Wire has learned. The .su namespace, which ...
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March 11, 2025, 11:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
GMO launches new registrar Taku
New team launches domain registrar that will offer marketplace and monetization. I’ve been a bit bewildered by .shop suddenly hiring lots of industry talent many years after the top level domain launched. This week at the ICANN meeting in Seatt...
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GMO launches new registrar Taku
New team launches domain registrar that will offer marketplace and monetization. I’ve been a bit bewildered by .shop suddenly hiring lots of industry talent many years after the top level domain launched. This week at the ICANN meeting in Seatt...
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March 11, 2025, 6:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 domain names end users just bought
AI companies and web3 projects bought domain names this week. Sedo had a huge sales week, closing GX.com for $1.2 million and double.com for $980,000. Remarkably, gx.com sold through a buy now transaction. The marketplace also sold coches.es for EUR ...
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14 domain names end users just bought
AI companies and web3 projects bought domain names this week. Sedo had a huge sales week, closing GX.com for $1.2 million and double.com for $980,000. Remarkably, gx.com sold through a buy now transaction. The marketplace also sold coches.es for EUR ...
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March 11, 2025, 5:32 pm
