The battle over the future of .org domain names is over. For now. An organization called Icann, short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, handles the internet's address book. It's ...
A WIPO panel denied a UDRP complaint about 'magicmen.com', finding no bad faith where the domain was registered in 2002 – more than a decade before the complainant’s trademark filing. The panel ruled the complaint constituted reverse domain name hijacking, emphasising that timing matters and passive holding alone does not prove bad faith without evidence of trademark reputation.
Inferring a respondent’s bad faith is required to satisfy the UDRP, which is a crucial tool for trademark holders. While the existence of a domain portfolio is not in itself an indicator of trademark targeting, finding patterns of bad-faith conduct within it can be enough to tip the balance in the complainant’s favour.
A sprawling infrastructure that has been bilking unsuspecting people through fraudulent gambling websites for 14 years is ...
Domain name scams continue to rise across the globe. That's because cybercriminals understand how vital a domain name is to any company’s brand identity, and they’re eager to exploit it. A recent ...
GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, will stop registering .cn domains in China after the government there has demanded personal information about people who have purchased domain ...
Lookalike domain registrations have gone up from around 150 per month in 2024 to roughly 450 per month in 2025.
The European Commission has introduced the use of non-Roman characters in .eu domain names, allowing the names to incorporate characters from all twenty-three official languages of the European Union ...
Appearing on the latest episode of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's "WTF is?" podcast, Elon Musk said that when he ...
Visitors attempting to access the Indian domain for AI chatbot Perplexity are finding themselves sent to a rival platform ...
In the world of cloud-native infrastructure, the name etcd is synonymous with the digital backbone of the modern internet. It ...
In the world of premium domain names, those rooted in established geography, history, and exclusive reputation carry unmatched weight. We ...
There's a lot of weird and wonderful uses for AI applications. In the last few weeks, we've seen AI powering better marketing emails, more smartly understanding the context of video content and ...
In April, an unknown party registered a series of domain names meant to trick Latham & Watkins clients and members of the public into thinking they were receiving a request for payment from a ...
In the modern digital landscape, a great domain name is more than just an address—it’s beachfront real estate for your ...
Blockchain domain names, a new set of domain names, are ripe for cryptocurrency legal abuse and generally not susceptible to traditional legal amelioration. These domain names are stored on ...
Lack of acquired distinctiveness sinks UDRP Complaint Timing is crucial in UDRP disputes Band name beats trade mark in domain dispute For earlier Anchovy News publications, please visit our Domain ...
In the world of premium domain names, those rooted in established geography, history, and exclusive reputation carry unmatched weight. We ...
Zurich, Nov. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freename, a leading Web3 domain platform and ICANN-accredited registry, has announced a collaboration ...
gTLD process -- The ICANN 2026 round of new generic Top-Level Domains is intended to start in Q2 2026, with no future ...