Company might have a trademark case, but not a cybersquatting case. Tesla has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against a website that sells accessories for use in Tesla…

Search giant is demoting third-party content published on other websites to take advantage of their search reputation. Google is continuing to crack down on so-called “site reputation abuse” which…

A beauty products manufacturer, a business school, and a company that rents food trucks bought domain names. Since I was traveling in Istanbul last week, I didn’t get a…

More domains and — more importantly — better names at better starting prices. GoDaddy has announced its next premium domain auction event, which looks better than the last one….

Interisle report analyzes which top level domains are used for spam, spreading malware, and phishing. Interisle has released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 2024 report, which discusses which top…

New TLDs, domains in Turkey, cats, and other thoughts. Last week, I attended the ICANN Annual General Meeting in Istanbul. Here are some thoughts on the event: There were…

Why it took so long for .music to become available, and what its founder envisions. It’s been a long journey for .music: the new top level domain just came…

Company first tried to buy one of the domains before filing a cybersquatting dispute. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panel has found that t-shirt printer Printfly Corporation…

Judge says plaintiffs didn’t show subject matter jurisdiction. The judge overseeing a dispute over GoDaddy’s clawback of expired domains has dismissed the suit (pdf) over subject matter jurisdiction. The…

An expanded list of the top domain name registrars, ranked by .com domains under management. Each month, I analyze the top domain name registrars with regard to .com domain…