Internet News
-
UDRP provider Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution no longer active
.
Organization isn’t hearing cases and its decisions are no longer online. A lesser-known forum for hearing Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy cases is no longer active. Arab Center…
-
Three German domain players join .shop
.
Three former IONOS group employees are now working with GMO Registry. Three domain industry vets from Germany have joined GMO Registry to promote and manage the .shop top level…
-
28 new end user domain name sales up to $82,500
.
An AI-powered hotel booking site, a cat litter seller, and a contact lens retailer bought domain names. Last week was the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., and I didn’t…
-
November’s top domain name stories
.
An expired domain lawsuit, OpenAI’s domain purchase and a sale of Rob Monster’s assets were big news stories last month. 1. Judge dismisses GoDaddy expired domain clawback lawsuit –…
-
ICANN lawyers want to keep their clients secret
.
IP lawyers in the ICANN community have come out swinging against proposed rules that would require them to come clean about who they work for, rules that are supported…
-
Facebook cybersquatter asks ICANN to overturn UDRP ruling
.
A registrant who lost a slam-dunk cybersquatting complaint to Facebook owner Meta has asked ICANN to overturn the ruling, accusing WIPO of of breaching the UDRP rules by not…
-
.xxx founder Stuart Lawley has died
.
Stuart Lawley, who battled ICANN to launch the .xxx gTLD, has reportedly died of a heart attack aged 61. AVN, a trade publication for the adult video industry, reported…
-
Rob Monster tries to halt asset sale as debts pile up
.
Monster tells court his silver is pledged as collateral. Epik founder Rob Monster is trying to halt the sale of some of his assets that’s due to take place…
-
U.S. domain investors need to file their FinCEN report this month
.
It takes about five minutes, and the penalties for not complying are stiff. Earlier this year, I wrote about a new requirement for business owners in the United States….
-
Stuart Lawley, who fought for .XXX domain, has died
.
Lawley didn’t give up the fight for .xxx, which was a commercial success. The founder of ICM Registry, which successfully pushed for an adult namespace on the web, has…