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The Domains
New rules coming to the .Au domain space
Some new rules coming to the Australian domain name space. According to an article on CSCDBS.com the auDA will be putting new rules in place that go into effect on October 5, 2020. Rules apply to both new and existing domain names. What’s chang...
Discussion
New rules coming to the .Au domain space
Some new rules coming to the Australian domain name space. According to an article on CSCDBS.com the auDA will be putting new rules in place that go into effect on October 5, 2020. Rules apply to both new and existing domain names. What’s chang...
Discussion
August 28, 2020, 8:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
Discussion
A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
Discussion
August 28, 2020, 4:25 pm
The Domains
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an incre...
Discussion
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an incre...
Discussion
August 28, 2020, 3:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
Discussion
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 8:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
Discussion
An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 12:07 pm
The Domains
Blogspot.in a name that Google allowed it’s registration to lapse, sells for $5,999 at Sedo
Back in June Google lost control of the Blogspot.in domain name. It was reported about in many tech blogs and publications. This error on Google’s part caused millions of blogs to break 9to5 Google reported Spotted by The Next Web and BleepingC...
Discussion
Blogspot.in a name that Google allowed it’s registration to lapse, sells for $5,999 at Sedo
Back in June Google lost control of the Blogspot.in domain name. It was reported about in many tech blogs and publications. This error on Google’s part caused millions of blogs to break 9to5 Google reported Spotted by The Next Web and BleepingC...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 6:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking in Voxan.com dispute
WIPO panelist finds that motorcycle maker turned to UDRP after failing to negotiate a domain purchase. Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, the CEO of Venturi Automobiles, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Vo...
Discussion
Reverse domain name hijacking in Voxan.com dispute
WIPO panelist finds that motorcycle maker turned to UDRP after failing to negotiate a domain purchase. Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, the CEO of Venturi Automobiles, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Vo...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign proposes adding Uniform Rapid Suspension to .com domain names
Proposal surprises working group members. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has proposed making Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) a consensus policy that would apply to legacy top level domains such as .com and .net. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a quicker, dirtier...
Discussion
Verisign proposes adding Uniform Rapid Suspension to .com domain names
Proposal surprises working group members. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has proposed making Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) a consensus policy that would apply to legacy top level domains such as .com and .net. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a quicker, dirtier...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Test driving bot protection on Cloudways by Malcare
It works, but sometimes a little too well. There are good bots and bad bots. The bad ones wreak havoc on your website. Cloudways, a platform for managing sites hosted on cloud platforms, recently added Malcare’s bot protection to its service. I...
Discussion
Test driving bot protection on Cloudways by Malcare
It works, but sometimes a little too well. There are good bots and bad bots. The bad ones wreak havoc on your website. Cloudways, a platform for managing sites hosted on cloud platforms, recently added Malcare’s bot protection to its service. I...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 3:41 pm
