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The first retail prices for MMX’s porn-blocking AdultBlock services have been revealed, and they ain’t cheap. The registrar 101domain yesterday announced that it has started offering AdultBlock and sister service AdultBlock+, and published ...
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August 20, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.adult, 101domain, adultblock, Domain Registrars, Minds + Machines, mmx
A blatant cybersquatter registered Facedbooks.com, and created a lander imitating an old version of Facebook.com. The domain was listed for sale on Afternic with an asking price of $4,999 dollars, but once Facebook filed a UDRP at the WIPO, the Respond...
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August 16, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Facebook domains, Facedbooks.com
PornFlix.com is an adult theme domain owned by Rick Schwartz since 1998. The Domain King shared news of a Cease and Desist letter – a.k.a., “nastygram” – that was sent by a Las Vegas company that registered the trademark PORN FL...
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July 8, 2019 DomainGang
domain king, Domain Law, nastygram, Porn Flix, PornFlix.com, uspto
Talage Insurance, Inc. attempted to take the domain name Talage.com from its registrant, who registered it in 2006, via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The domain’s registration date predates the company’s trademark registration by a full dec...
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June 25, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Talage, Talage.com, talmage
RocketDelivery.com, a domain registered in 2003, was wrestled away from its registrant via the UDRP process. The Complainant, Coupang Corporation, claimed that it has international trademarks for ROCKET, along with a Korean one for ROCKET DELIVERY. The...
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June 11, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Rocket delivery, RocketDelivery.com
Two more companies have told ICANN they’ve changed their minds about running a dot-brand gTLD, including the first example of a TLD that is actually in use. Dun & Bradstreet has said it no longer wishes to launch .duns, and Australian insura...
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June 5, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.duns, Domain Registries, dot-brands, dun & bradstreet, iselect
A group of small .uk registrars have complained to Nominet that the imminent release of three million second-level .uk domain names is biased towards their deep-pocketed rivals. So far, 33 registrars have signed a petition, penned by Netristar’s ...
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June 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.UK, 2lds, direct.uk, Domain Registrars, dropcatching, netristrar, second-level
Earlier today, I listed what I believe might be the top 10 dot-brand gTLDs with the most active web sites, but noted that it was probably a rubbish way to gauge the success of the dot-brand concept. As a follow-up, I thought I’d figure out which ...
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May 29, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands
Someone just spent $2,000 dollars to acquire StevieWonder.com via the DropCatch auction, ignoring existing trademarks secured on the famous artist’s behalf. They might have wasted two grand at the press of a bid button. Something went wrong for t...
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May 24, 2019 DomainGang
Com Laude, DropCatch, Stevie Wonder, StevieWonder.com
.eu registry EURid is partnering on an alerts service for would-be trademark owners. The company this week announced a deal with the EU Intellectual Property Office that will see applicants for European trademarks being able to receive alerts if and wh...
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May 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, EUIPO, eurid