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Security company gets patent for parked domain detection system
Patent covers detecting parked pages to block malicious activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 12,229,647 (pdf) to cyber security company Palo Alto Networks for “Unified parked domain detection system”. The p...
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Security company gets patent for parked domain detection system
Patent covers detecting parked pages to block malicious activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 12,229,647 (pdf) to cyber security company Palo Alto Networks for “Unified parked domain detection system”. The p...
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February 18, 2025, 8:43 pm

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Côtes de Provence wine growers union loses cybersquatting claim
Panelist finds in domain owner’s favor, even though a response to the dispute wasn’t file. Syndicat des Vins Côtes de Provence, a union of winemakers in the Côtes de Provence, France, has lost a cybersquatting complaint. The g...
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Côtes de Provence wine growers union loses cybersquatting claim
Panelist finds in domain owner’s favor, even though a response to the dispute wasn’t file. Syndicat des Vins Côtes de Provence, a union of winemakers in the Côtes de Provence, France, has lost a cybersquatting complaint. The g...
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February 18, 2025, 5:12 pm

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Movies use .movie in previews, but many official sites are on .com
I was surprised by how many movies use a .movie domain in their previews, but most appear to use .com for their official websites. I went to a movie theater this weekend for the first time in years. One thing that struck me during the previews &mdash...
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Movies use .movie in previews, but many official sites are on .com
I was surprised by how many movies use a .movie domain in their previews, but most appear to use .com for their official websites. I went to a movie theater this weekend for the first time in years. One thing that struck me during the previews &mdash...
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February 17, 2025, 5:15 pm

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Domains, hosting, and public policy – DNW Podcast #522
How public policy impacts the domain and hosting businesses. Public policy has a major impact on the domain name business. On today’s show, I catch up with one of the groups that helps represent domain registrars, hosts, and other internet infr...
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Domains, hosting, and public policy – DNW Podcast #522
How public policy impacts the domain and hosting businesses. Public policy has a major impact on the domain name business. On today’s show, I catch up with one of the groups that helps represent domain registrars, hosts, and other internet infr...
Discussion
February 17, 2025, 4:30 pm

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Bentley shifts gears: Luxury carmaker abandons its .bentley domain
Luxury carmaker Bentley has decided it no longer needs its own top level domain name. Bentley Motors Limited is terminating its dot-brand top level domain, .bentley. The automotive company informed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numb...
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Bentley shifts gears: Luxury carmaker abandons its .bentley domain
Luxury carmaker Bentley has decided it no longer needs its own top level domain name. Bentley Motors Limited is terminating its dot-brand top level domain, .bentley. The automotive company informed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numb...
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February 16, 2025, 2:15 pm

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GoDaddy stock plummets after earnings report
It was a bad day for GoDaddy shareholders. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) fell over 14% today after the company released earnings after the market closed yesterday. The company reported Q4 revenue of $1.19 billion, which was above its guidance of $1....
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GoDaddy stock plummets after earnings report
It was a bad day for GoDaddy shareholders. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) fell over 14% today after the company released earnings after the market closed yesterday. The company reported Q4 revenue of $1.19 billion, which was above its guidance of $1....
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February 14, 2025, 11:26 pm

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Tucows reports earnings, .IN registry win
Domain business chugs along and wins a large registry contract. Tucows (NASDAQ; TCX) reported quarterly and full-year 2024 earnings after the market closed yesterday. For Q4, revenue increased 7.1% to $93.1 million from $87.0 in the same quarter a ye...
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Tucows reports earnings, .IN registry win
Domain business chugs along and wins a large registry contract. Tucows (NASDAQ; TCX) reported quarterly and full-year 2024 earnings after the market closed yesterday. For Q4, revenue increased 7.1% to $93.1 million from $87.0 in the same quarter a ye...
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February 14, 2025, 5:27 pm

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What makes a domain registrar or registry “healthy”?
Help with a new study ranking domain companies by how healthy they are. The domain name industry is fixated on domains under management, or DUMs. We tend to rank registrars by how many domains their customers have registered and consider registries w...
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What makes a domain registrar or registry “healthy”?
Help with a new study ranking domain companies by how healthy they are. The domain name industry is fixated on domains under management, or DUMs. We tend to rank registrars by how many domains their customers have registered and consider registries w...
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February 13, 2025, 7:10 pm

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French logistics company Yper attempts to reverse hijack domain
Company filed “Plan B” case after failing to buy domain name. A French delivery logistics company, Yper SAS, has tried to upgrade its domain name through reverse domain name hijacking. The company operates on yper.fr and has been trying t...
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French logistics company Yper attempts to reverse hijack domain
Company filed “Plan B” case after failing to buy domain name. A French delivery logistics company, Yper SAS, has tried to upgrade its domain name through reverse domain name hijacking. The company operates on yper.fr and has been trying t...
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February 13, 2025, 5:18 pm

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Online gambling company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Prolific UDRP filer stretches too far in recent case. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found (pdf) Navasard Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Navasard Limited operates online gambling websites und...
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Online gambling company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Prolific UDRP filer stretches too far in recent case. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found (pdf) Navasard Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Navasard Limited operates online gambling websites und...
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February 13, 2025, 5:00 pm