Domain Red Alert : Just another crazy day at Uniregistry!

Four minutes past eleven on a quiet Saturday morning, red alarms went blaring out at Uniregistry’s NOC in the Caymans. There was an unexpected emergency, something persistent and resembling an orchestrated attack against the registry’s network. Jonas Right, junior sysadmin, caught the incident first; he had to alert Frank Schilling. “Frank, we have a problem, […]

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ZFBot App : A must-have domain app for the iPhone and iPad!

Are you a domainer? Do you have an iPhone or an iPad? If you answered “YES” to both of these questions, you need to get the ZFBot App from the Apple store. It’s the quintessential domain search app that takes the power of the old ZFBot.com web site straight to your smart phone. Search 150 […]

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XYZ Registry suspended serial spammer’s domain names

Our article yesterday about a serial spammer using dozens of XYZ domains, coincided with action by the XYZ Registry to shut them down. Despite the considerable amount of spam dispatched by the spammer, the XYZ Registry maintains an abuse mitigation system for such cases. Shayan Rostam, Global Director of Registry Operations for the XYZ Registry […]

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Reddit : “Website domains and stolen ideas”

Remember that old workplace cliche, “there’s no I in teamwork” ? When you come up with an idea at work, and register domains to support its course before it gets officially approved, don’t expect to get all the glory. In fact, what happens most of the time is watching your idea becoming a free for […]

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More than 5,500 domain applications take it to the .BANK

Dot .BANK is a licensed domain exclusively for the banking and financial industry. The dot .BANK registry, fTLD Registry Services, announced that a milestone of 5,500 dot .BANK applications has been reached. Top locations for .BANK registrations come from banking institutions is the US, along with countries such as South Africa, the United Kingdom and […]

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GLOCK to the head : Gun manufacturer fails to win UDRP against LLLL .com domain

GLOCK, Inc. is a major weapons manufacturer of popular handguns, and they took aim at a domain investor’s four letter .com domain. In a UDRP that was filed at the National Arbitration Forum against the registrant of GSSF.com, GLOCK claimed that their matching mark was infringed: Complainant uses the GSSF mark in association with the […]

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Barrage of spam coming from free/cheap .XYZ domains

Give something for free or at a hugely discounted price, and the abuse will commence. An increasing amount of spam comes from a group of phucksticks that use cheap or free dot .XYZ domains. These domains are used to pump out spam emails about fat burners, discount tickets, time shares and other unwanted crap – […]

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50 Shades of Pi : HugeDomains wants how much for this domain?

Once in a while we come across a real porker of a domain name, the kind that breaks one’s database, or WordPress layout. With 63 characters as the limit – at least for now – domain names can be rather lengthy if needed. Most people would max out at 3-4 words to define a short […]

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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding for Neurones.com

A UDRP filed by a French company against the registrant of the domain Neurones.com, has resulted in a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The domain Neurones.com was registered in 1996 by a Moroccan entrepreneur who resides in Quebec, Canada; the term NEURONES was registered as an international mark in 2008 by Neuron SA of […]

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Colins : Turkish fashion firm fails to grab dot .com used as a personal name

Colin’s, a Turkish fashion firm, launched a UDRP against the owner of Colins.com – a domain registered years ago by the father of a guy named Colin. Now a student, the Respondent’s domain was kept for future use, until he were older. For the record, Colins.com was registered in 1997, several years before the Complainant’s […]

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Frank and the ‘domain gang’ prepare for Friday meetup in Los Angeles

The 2015 Southern California Domainers Meetup this year is days away; the event is taking place this Friday, July 24th in Los Angeles. Sponsored by Uniregistry, the gathering has so far attracted 71 domain industry professionals, some of which are coming from outside of California. There will be drinks and appetizers on the Uniregistry HQ […]

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Bloomberg Business files UDRP against impostor domain name, Bloomberg.Market

Bloomberg, the financial publication headquartered in New York City, witnessed its brand being dragged into a mini-scandal recently. An impostor web site, operating from the domain name Bloomberg.Market, created a rudimentary copycat homepage, and then launched a fake press release. The news about a supposed sale of Twitter for billions spread quickly, temporarily pushing up […]

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