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Verisign gets RDAP patent
Patent describes way to obtain information from “thick” RDAP records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,250,217 to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for GTLD domain name registries RDAP architecture (pdf). The p...
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Verisign gets RDAP patent
Patent describes way to obtain information from “thick” RDAP records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,250,217 to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for GTLD domain name registries RDAP architecture (pdf). The p...
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March 11, 2025, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
200 new top level domains – DNW Podcast #525
Nova Registry is going big with top level domains. At least one company is going big in the next round of new top level domain expansion. On today’s show, Yoni Belousov explains why his company Nova Registry plans to apply for around 200 new to...
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200 new top level domains – DNW Podcast #525
Nova Registry is going big with top level domains. At least one company is going big in the next round of new top level domain expansion. On today’s show, Yoni Belousov explains why his company Nova Registry plans to apply for around 200 new to...
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March 10, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name Wire is 20 years old
Domain Name Wire launched 20 years ago today. Domain Name Wire turned 20 years old today. I look back at photos from early conferences and am left in shock. Aging happens slowly, but wow, how the years add up! So much has happened in the domain indus...
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Domain name Wire is 20 years old
Domain Name Wire launched 20 years ago today. Domain Name Wire turned 20 years old today. I look back at photos from early conferences and am left in shock. Aging happens slowly, but wow, how the years add up! So much has happened in the domain indus...
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March 8, 2025, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN regains control of X account after phishing attack
Phisher posted a crypto scam after gaining account access. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has successfully recovered its X (Twitter) account. On February 11, someone phished an ICANN employee to gain access to the com...
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ICANN regains control of X account after phishing attack
Phisher posted a crypto scam after gaining account access. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has successfully recovered its X (Twitter) account. On February 11, someone phished an ICANN employee to gain access to the com...
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March 7, 2025, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
These domain bingo cards are spot on
Domain investor Leanne McMahon posted a Domain Community Bingo card on X today, and I think it was spot on. Among the squares: Someone says Dan.com should never have been shut down Someone tweets to their domain investor followers how important a goo...
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These domain bingo cards are spot on
Domain investor Leanne McMahon posted a Domain Community Bingo card on X today, and I think it was spot on. Among the squares: Someone says Dan.com should never have been shut down Someone tweets to their domain investor followers how important a goo...
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March 6, 2025, 11:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.AI auction starts today, GoDaddy’s next auction on tap
Sedo is holding a .ai domain auction and GoDaddy is prepping its next premium domain auction. Two domain name auctions taking place this month are worth tracking. First, Sedo is holding an auction of .ai domain names that kicked off today. There are ...
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.AI auction starts today, GoDaddy’s next auction on tap
Sedo is holding a .ai domain auction and GoDaddy is prepping its next premium domain auction. Two domain name auctions taking place this month are worth tracking. First, Sedo is holding an auction of .ai domain names that kicked off today. There are ...
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March 6, 2025, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Orange Domains offers “Minting as a Service” for domain registries
New service makes it easier for domain registries to offer web3 capabilities. Orange Domains, the registry behind .locker domains, has launched a new service that helps top level domains add web3 functionality. .Locker is connected to web3 technology...
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Orange Domains offers “Minting as a Service” for domain registries
New service makes it easier for domain registries to offer web3 capabilities. Orange Domains, the registry behind .locker domains, has launched a new service that helps top level domains add web3 functionality. .Locker is connected to web3 technology...
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March 6, 2025, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
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13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
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March 5, 2025, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
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Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
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March 5, 2025, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
A better contention set model for new top level domain names
With private resolution out, applicants should still be able to recover some of their costs if they lose a contention set. ICANN didn’t like how many contention sets were resolved in the last round of top level domain expansion, despite asking ...
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A better contention set model for new top level domain names
With private resolution out, applicants should still be able to recover some of their costs if they lose a contention set. ICANN didn’t like how many contention sets were resolved in the last round of top level domain expansion, despite asking ...
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March 4, 2025, 4:03 pm
