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.AI registry fining domain registrars over abuse complaints
ccTLD manager says it will fine registrars for not suspending domains and if customers contact the registry directly. .AI, the country code for Anguilla, has become very popular thanks to its use by artificial intelligence companies. But a recent pol...
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.AI registry fining domain registrars over abuse complaints
ccTLD manager says it will fine registrars for not suspending domains and if customers contact the registry directly. .AI, the country code for Anguilla, has become very popular thanks to its use by artificial intelligence companies. But a recent pol...
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September 26, 2023, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales including a $50,000 .org
A background check provider, a mining company, and a French restaurant bought domain names. This week’s top public sale at Sedo is an interesting one: 1337.org for $50,000. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed a...
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End user domain sales including a $50,000 .org
A background check provider, a mining company, and a French restaurant bought domain names. This week’s top public sale at Sedo is an interesting one: 1337.org for $50,000. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed a...
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September 26, 2023, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Catching up with ICA – DNW Podcast #454
We discuss the Las Vegas meeting, Lonnie Borck award, .net prices and more. My guests this week are Kamila Sekiewicz and Zak Muscovitch of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). We kick things off by talking about the upcoming ICA meeting in Las Ve...
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Catching up with ICA – DNW Podcast #454
We discuss the Las Vegas meeting, Lonnie Borck award, .net prices and more. My guests this week are Kamila Sekiewicz and Zak Muscovitch of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). We kick things off by talking about the upcoming ICA meeting in Las Ve...
Discussion
September 25, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to GKG.net
Registrar has not been responsive to ICANN’s requests and hasn’t paid its bills. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to accredited registrar GKG.net. Officially, the breach notice is for three issues: Failure to implement a transfer due ...
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ICANN sends breach notice to GKG.net
Registrar has not been responsive to ICANN’s requests and hasn’t paid its bills. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to accredited registrar GKG.net. Officially, the breach notice is for three issues: Failure to implement a transfer due ...
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September 25, 2023, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 3 selling keywords unchanged at Afternic
Afternic reveals top keywords in aftermarket sales in July, including the same top three as last month. Afternic has revealed the top 20 keywords in domain names sold in July through its platform, with filler words removed. Some terms on the list thi...
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Top 3 selling keywords unchanged at Afternic
Afternic reveals top keywords in aftermarket sales in July, including the same top three as last month. Afternic has revealed the top 20 keywords in domain names sold in July through its platform, with filler words removed. Some terms on the list thi...
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September 25, 2023, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot auctioning expired .AI domain names
Dynadot gets exclusive deal with .AI registry to auction expired domain names. Dynadot is now auctioning expired .AI domain names in an exclusive partnership with the .AI registry. .AI is the country code for Anguilla but has become popular as a shor...
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Dynadot auctioning expired .AI domain names
Dynadot gets exclusive deal with .AI registry to auction expired domain names. Dynadot is now auctioning expired .AI domain names in an exclusive partnership with the .AI registry. .AI is the country code for Anguilla but has become popular as a shor...
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September 22, 2023, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon registers over 100 domains for new product launches
Amazon registers domains for Eye Gaze, Right Pet Tags, and more. Amazon held a product launch event earlier this week. And as it always does when it launches products, it undertook a seemingly futile effort to protect the product names in second leve...
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Amazon registers over 100 domains for new product launches
Amazon registers domains for Eye Gaze, Right Pet Tags, and more. Amazon held a product launch event earlier this week. And as it always does when it launches products, it undertook a seemingly futile effort to protect the product names in second leve...
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September 22, 2023, 4:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar
ICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that’s part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain r...
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ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar
ICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that’s part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain r...
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September 21, 2023, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain auction bidder agrees to $842k settlement for not completing purchases
Settlement comes after sales of fish.com and bird.com in 2021 auction fell through. A recent lawsuit settlement should be a warning to domain auction bidders: don’t bid on something you can’t pay for. In February 2021, Right of the Dot he...
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Domain auction bidder agrees to $842k settlement for not completing purchases
Settlement comes after sales of fish.com and bird.com in 2021 auction fell through. A recent lawsuit settlement should be a warning to domain auction bidders: don’t bid on something you can’t pay for. In February 2021, Right of the Dot he...
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September 21, 2023, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
UDRP isn’t meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the ...
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Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
UDRP isn’t meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the ...
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September 20, 2023, 3:21 pm
