Dot .XYZ zone files : Domain registrations are rising slowly
For the past several weeks we’ve been monitoring the numbers of dot .XYZ domains; the controversy spawned last year by a Network Solutions robo-registration campaign makes the #1 new gTLD a very interesting case. With tens of thousands of .XYZ domains assigned for free to owners of matching .com domains, Network Solutions created a stash […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros : Are your domain transactions using PayPal safe?
PayPal has received criticism all along, for not supporting cases of fraud involving “intangible assets“, such as domain names and software. Effective July 1st, a change in PayPal rules expands coverage to intangible objects such as software, but mostly protects the buyer – not the seller. A long thread over at NamePros describes the plight […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Elequa domains : NNNN .com and LLLL .com domain list at FMA
Last month we covered the select domain portfolio of NNNN .net domains owned by Future Media Architects. The company manages the domains of popular domain investor Elequa, who has been liquidating LLL .com and NNNN .com domains with the help of Chinese domain brokers. Many domain investors are curious to know what type of gems […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Kardashian and Jenner girls filed multiple UDRPs against domain squatters
Registering the names of celebrities is not a practice that we recommend to domain investors. Despite the good intentions behind the CaitlynJenner.com case, this type of activity is risky and can lead to a UDRP regardless of intentions. Indeed, several pending UDRP cases involving the names of Kardashian and Jenner girls are currently handled by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wiley Rein : Law firm secures large stash of 14 formerly stolen domains for client
Attorney David E. Weslow, partner with the Wiley Rein IP law firm announced that a large stash of domains that were stolen and moved to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename, has been reclaimed. The lawsuit was filed late last year and involved 14 valuable domain names, most of them LLL .coms. The client and lawful […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PHHH! Four letter .com lost in UDRP despite extra ‘H’ letter!
The UDRP for the four letter domain PHHH.com was covered by Elliot back in May; the domain was seemingly ‘innocent‘, and yet, it was contested at the World Intellectual Property Organization. One of the fundamental elements of a UDRP is the necessity of the Respondent to respond. There is very little chance that a domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ ‘drama’ : Dot .com owner upset over domain name they did not receive
Despite having several thousand domains in pending delete, dot .XYZ is still the top new gTLD with more than one million domain registrations, according to ntldstats. The difference in numbers – a hefty 200,000 .XYZ domains – is due to the annual drops, after a Network Solutions robo-registration campaign occurred this time, last year. While […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Satanist wins domain UDRP on the basis of ‘religious freedom’
Is America becoming more tolerable in the digital world, including domain name disputes? A split decision by a three member panel appears to have dug deeper into the world of darkness in a UDRP case; the outcome was to order the domain to remain with the Respondent. “Americans need to understand that Satanism is a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Indian Supreme Court : You cannot block porn web sites in India
A decision was delivered by the Indian Supreme Court to reject and cancel an interim order, seeking the blocking of all porn sites in India. The Court’s decision was based on the “fundamental right to personal liberty to watch porn in the privacy of their room.” Chief Justice H.L. Dattu said that such orders cannot […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Registry claws back single letter domains 9 months after registration!
Domainers are up in arms, after two cases of registry claw-back, canceling domains 9 months after they were registered in one case. It started with a dot .markets domain, 8.markets, which was reclaimed two days later by the Markets Registry. The domain was reclaimed due to a Registry glitch that allowed single digit domains to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The new playing field : gTLDs with Sevan Derderian
Sevan Derderian works with the business development team of Uniregistry, as an experienced domain professional. A year and a half since the launch of the new gTLDs that have expanded the Internet name space by more than 6 million domains, there are still some skeptics out there. Sevan’s recent post addresses these concerns, stating: “Since […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Turkish Towels are fluffy and bounce off a UDRP against the dot .com
The Turkish Towel Company brought a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum, against the registrant of the domain TurkishTowels.com. With a long tradition in cotton and textile weaving, Turkey is a major exporter of linens, including towels. The term “Turkish towels” is thus descriptive, indicating a country of origin. Despite that, the mark THE TURKISH […]
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