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A domain expired for the second time in three years and sold for a lot more this time. Newfold Digital has released a list of domains sold for $2,000+ on NameJet and SnapNames in March. For the month, the two platforms combined to sell 89 domains at this threshold with a total value of $559,000. […] Post link: Domain expires a second time and...
Prominent economist and former Goldman Sachs partner lost dispute over common law trademark claim. No, famed economist Abby Joseph Cohen is not opening her own financial advisory firm. But you might think that if you visit AbbyJosephCohenAdvisory[.]com. Someone registered the domain on March 3 and set up a website purporting to offer services by th...
Security breach led to the unauthorized transfer of IndiraIVF.com before the company's planned IPO. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panelist has ordered the domain name IndiraIVF.com to be transferred back to Indira IVF Hospital Pvt Ltd after it was stolen late last year. Indira IVF, India's largest fertility services provider, is p...
A bicycle tire manufacturer, a travel site, and a clothing store bought domain names. Sedo released two weeks' of domain sales this week. In today's post, let's recap the end user domain name purchases from the first list. Heres a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view […] Post link: AI, bikes, and fashio...
Pricing AI offers helpful data about comparable listings and sales. I hear lots of people complain about GoDaddy's automated appraisal tool, GoValue. I believe GoValue is very useful when used correctly (e.g., scanning a list of domains for ones to acquire), but it can certainly be an issue when using it for individual domains. Afternic […] P...
Panelist lets company shoehorn a trademark dispute into UDRP. It's not often that I thoroughly disagree with a UDRP decision, but I take issue with a recent FORUM (National Arbitration Forum) decision for mento.ai. Mento Technologies Inc., which uses the domain name mento.co, filed the dispute against a startup. Mento.co offers a coaching program t...
It's the second-highest sale at DropCatch this year. The domain name mine.com has sold for $680,000 in an expired domain name auction at DropCatch.com. DropCatch has been on a roll with big domain sales this year. It set a personal record with spend.com, which sold for $802,500. That domain has been developed for a site […] Post link: Mine.co...
Blockchain company loses UDRP after relying on trademark that isn't fully registered. When does a U.S. trademark officially become "registered"? A recent UDRP case raises this question, and it's worth taking note. The case involves blockchain company Auradine, Inc., which filed a dispute against the registrant of auradine-miner .com. By all account...
A look at what's happening in the domain world. On this weeks show, I run through some of the big news stories from the past week. This includes an explanation of why Verisigns stock popped on Friday, how a domain registrant is in in hot water after backing out of a deal, which law firm […] Post link: New domain battles and sales – DNW ...
Google snaps up domains related to its brands to prevent them from falling into the hands of malicious actors. Google is getting defensive. On Friday, the company registered hundreds of typo domains of its brands, including Alphabet, Android, and Chrome. These are samples of the of the domains the company registered on April 25: Alphabet […] ...
Virgil Griffith's incarceration for helping North Korea evade sanctions led to an expired domain dispute. A man whose incarceration sparked a domain name dispute has been released from prison. Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty to a charge of violating international sanctions after teaching North Korea how to evade sanctions by using cryptocurrency. No...
.Com and .net registry changes return-of-capital strategy and upgrades its outlook. Shares of Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) are up over 9% in trading so far today while the NASDAQ is mostly flat. The jump comes after the company released earnings yesterday. In addition to a return to growth in the domain base, the company announced its […] Post lin...
.Com registry announces surprise dividend and a return to domain base growth. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported its first-quarter financial results today. The company reported a net increase in registered .com/.net domains for the first time since Q1 2023. The domain base ended Q1 at 169.8 million, up 0.78 million from the end of the previous [̷...
A big domain company is merging two of its brands. Domain name and hosting rollup Newfold Digital is killing the iconic Web.com brand. The company announced today that it is sunsetting the brand and will transfer all Web.com accounts to Network Solutions, another well-known brand it owns. It states that customers shouldn't experience downtime or [&...
Appraisals offer good qualitative analysis, but you'll get a different answer every time. Several people have mentioned a new automated domain appraisal tool to me this week. Domain investor Howard Fellman created the appraisal tool at OceanfrontDomains using OpenAI. Let me start by saying I like what Howard has put together. The prompts he created...
Report breaks down details behind malicious domains. DomainTools today released its inaugural DomainTools Investigations Year in Review. The report examines domains used for malicious activities, including phishing, spam, and the distribution of malware. DomainTools observed about 400,00 malicious domains in 2024. It broke down which domain registr...
Domain sellers can add descriptions, appraisals, and more. Domain sales platform Saw.com has added new options to customize sales landing pages. The new options include: Writing a custom description for the domain (this can help avoid trademark claims) Show the saw.com appraised value when your list price is at least 10% below the appraisal value [...
Company says seller tried to raise the price from $38,000 to $380,000 after learning who was buying. An Australian business has filed a lawsuit after a domain name deal allegedly fell apart when the seller tried to raise the price tenfold. Pay.com.au Limited sued (pdf) Dean Adams, the registrant of PayRewards.com, in the District Court […] Po...
Company pushed forward with cybersquatting dispute even after learning that the domain matches the domain registrant's surname. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) French company Cosmetic Research Group to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name soskin.com. The company, which sell...
Agent didn't make the top 20 at Afternic just one month after jumping into the #10 spot. Afternic has published the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its site in February. The word agent jumped onto its list at #10 in January, but dropped off the list the following month. Here's a list of […] Post link: Agent's stay on top domain keywords li...
Panelist admonishes company for not backing up its common law trademark claims. A UDRP panelist has found that Veracyte, Inc. attempted to reverse hijack the domain name genomedx .com. The company claimed common law trademark rights in the term arising from the use of the term by a predecessor in interest that was acquired in […] Post link: U...
Group finds consensus on tweaks to UDRP. The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Commerce Association have published an initial report regarding potential changes to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The organizations convened a group of 16 UDRP experts with experience as counsel, as panelists, and as p...
Company terminates its one dot-brand top level domain. Redstone Haute Couture Co., Ltd., a Chinese fashion company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating its .redstone top level domain name contract. The company owns a number of fashion brands, including GIADA, CURIEL, Gabriele Colangelo, Colombo, and YI. Under the .redstone top level domain, t...
How Google's changes will impact domain monetization. Above.com has played an integral role in domain name monetization since the early days of parking. It has navigated many changes in monetization, and sees both challenges and opportunities in Googles recent changes to its parking business. On todays show, Above.com and Trillion founder David War...
What happens when a cybersquatting lawsuit is filed against a registry-owned premium domain name? A law firm has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a single-letter .law domain, and the outcome could have implications for registry-owned premium domain names. The X-Law Group, PC, a law firm in California, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against x.law and...
GoDaddy had fewer than 600,000 new .com registrations in December. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers December 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Some registrars had many more registrations in December than in prior months. This is likely due to bulk [R...
"Communication error" between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom.us domain. Its official incident report states: On April 16, between 2:25 P.M. ET and 4:12 P.M. ET, the domain zoom.us was not available due to a [&...
Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined. John Chapman, an IT service engineer who is also a part-time expert witness in legal cases, filed the dispute against domain investor A...
Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent months, there has been a notable drop in activity at TurnCommerce, the company that operates DropCatch.com. In addition to offering domain dropcatchin...
Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I've written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing Inc. to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name sstowing.com. The company previously owned the domain name, but it […] Post link: Towing...
Snoop wins another cybersquatting case. Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has taken down more cybersquatters. About a month ago, the entertainer won a cybersquatting dispute against SnoopDoggBush .com. Bush is the name of his 13th album, which was released in 2015. The registrant was using it in a rather unusual way. Later in the month, […] Pos...
A Y Combinator startup paid six figures for a domain name. Sedo had a solid sales week, including a six-figure sale and 16 five-figure sales. Heres a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like thishere. WeaveRobotics.com 100,000 – Personal robotics startup Weave bought this […] Post ...
The payroll company has a legitimate reason to go after this domain, but it doesn't qualify as cybersquatting under the UDRP. Payroll and Human Resources company Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) has failed to take down a website that uses the Paychex brand. The dispute is an example of a company trying to use the Uniform Domain […] Post link: Paychex t...
Gaming company didn't connect the dots on when the current registrant acquired the domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Mobility SAS to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company was established in 2018 and started offering Nova Gaming-branded products in 2021. It registered the domain name novagaming.tech b...
Panelist says company omitted key information about the status of its trademark. A company that runs a Seattle food truck directory has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) after it tried to take a similar .org domain name away from a competitor. East Coast Renaissance, LLC, which operates SeattleFoodTruck.com, filed a UDRP [...
Reissued 1099-Ks, old addresses, and notifications caught in spam lead to frustration. It's tax day in the U.S., and many taxpayers are making last-minute filings or deciding if they want to file for an extension. This year marks the first time many U.S. taxpayers are receiving Form 1099-K, a tax form that Third-Party Settlement Organizations [R...
Domain transaction value was the highest in two years. Escrow.com handled USD $107 million of domain name transactions in Q1 2025, the company reported (pdf) today. That's the highest level since Q1 2023 and up 20% compared to the same quarter in 2024. Overall Gross Marketplace Volume on the platform, including non-domain transactions, was AUS [...
Josh Reason provides details of his domain portfolio and explains why he built DNX. Domain investor Josh Reason joins me this week to share insights from managing his 5,500-domain portfolio. He discusses what types of domains hes investing in, where and how he sells domains, and how his strategy is evolving. Josh also shares details […] Post ...
Someone cloned Greenberg Gross's website and changed the contact info. Greenberg Gross LLP, a U.S. litigation law firm, has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) in Arizona to recover the domain name GreenbergGrossLLP .com. In a lawsuit filed April 8, the firm alleged that someone registered the domain name in July 2024 and used […] Po...
Company filed lawsuit after first trying to reverse hijack the domain name. I noticed a lawsuit filed by yoga clothing company Alo this weekend, and it reminded me to check in on a case it filed last year to get the domain name alo.com. Alo Yoga first tried to get the domain name in a […] Post link: Alo Yoga wins valuable alo.com domain name ...
I would've paid much more for a particular domain a year ago, but I no longer need it. Last year, I was searching for the perfect domain name for a new project. After some hunting, I found one that checked all the boxes. It was my top choice, and I was ready to make a […] Post link: When you have a fish on the hook, reel it in DomainNameWire...
Company tries to upgrade from .co to .com through a misguided cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Dakota Financial, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name haulpay.com. The panelist determined (pdf) that the company, which provides financial services for freight...
On the surface, these cases appear identical. Were they? A pair of recent UDRP decisions on nearly identical cases had two very different results. The law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has filed eight cases with FORUM (aka National Arbitration Forum) this year to protect a shortened version of its domain, SullCrom. The firm uses sullcrom.com […...
A garlic dip brand, a podcast producer, and a delivery company bought domain names. Occasionally, I see a domain name sale and think, "wait, that's a top level domain?" That was the case with one.vision on this week's Sedo list. It sold for 10,000 to an unknown buyer. .Vision is an Identity Digital domain with […] Post link: DomainNameWire....
Some domain companies haven't fallen as much as the broader market. Donald Trump announced an escalated trade war on April 2. The stock (and even bond and crypto) markets have not looked favorably on the development. In the four trading days between the market close on April 2 and the market close on April 8, […] Post link: How domain stocks ...
Panelist distinguished this case from another one between the same parties because of a derogatory word in the domain name. Attorney Marc John Randazza has lost a cybersquatting dispute he filed against a gripe site. Randazza took issue with CorruptRandazza.com, a site that posts allegations and complaints against Randazza. The case was initially f...
Countries could strike back against against web infrastructure countries, even if it's not in the form of tariffs. Donald Trump has announced sweeping tariffs that primarily target physical goods imported into the United States. In response, affected countries are retaliating with tariffs on U.S. exports, hitting back at products like bourbon and H...
It's concerned about the services being offered at GDOT .com. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has lost a cybersquatting complaint it filed against the registrant of gdot .com. The state's department of transportation uses the domain name gdot.ga.gov. It no doubt became concerned when gdot .com was developed this year into a site cal...
Appeals court confirms domain owner wasn't cybersquatting with his purchase of TRX.com. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling in a cybersquatting case involving TRX.com. The lower court had ruled that the owner of TRX.com was not cybersquatting and awarded attorney's fees as an exceptional case. That ruling will sta...
Service providers can submit for inclusion in the directory. The Domain Name Association (DNA), a trade group part of i2Coalition, is creating a directory to help groups interested in applying for new top level domains. With the next round of top level domain expansion on tap for 2026, many potential applicants are seeking a helping […] Post ...
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