Being in Iran won’t save your domain from a UDRP
Most Americans believe that Iran is a locale safe from any and all international laws; while politics have created a coating of instability in the region, the law does apply. That was the case with a UDRP filed by Giorgio Armani, the famous Italian clothing firm, against the registrant of the domain name GiorgioArmani.ir. Dot […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ goes ‘live’ on GoDaddy’s pre-registration queue
If you’re itching to get a brand new .XYZ domain name, then get ready for relief: GoDaddy has taken .XYZ live on its web site. Pre-registrations are now accepted for .XYZ domains – the brainchild of domain entrepreneur, Daniel Negari – at a price of $14.99 a pop. If you are a trademark holder and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Big Sexy Stables dot horse: The video that cannot be unseen
Minds + Machines is getting ready to roll out its dot .Horse top level domains on July 1st – that’s when general availability begins. If you are a trademark holder in anything that would cause mass confusion when suffixed by “.horse”, then better kick those spurs back as Sunrise is ongoing, until June 15th. The […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO: My very mad dog ate my UDRP
This is a UDRP that stands out from all the rest we’ve seen recently; the Complainant is Merlin Attractions Operations Limited of Poole, Dorset, UK and the domain in question is madametussaud.com. Registered in 2002, madametussaud.com caught the attention of the Complainant, as they hold rights to the world famous Madame Tussauds wax museum and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rebranding: The new PayPal brand identity
PayPal has quietly revealed a new brand identity, including a new logo that incorporates a paired “P” symbol and altered font type for the brand. Citing the evolution of electronic transactions, from solely on the Internet to multi-platform, cross-application transactions, PayPal seems to have taken the task of rebranding very seriously. “When you design a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PayPal: OpenID security flaw did not affect PayPal customer accounts
A new security flaw that affected users of open source login tools, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID did not affect PayPal accounts, stated PayPal today. The vulnerability affected numerous other web sites that utilize those two methods of logging into services, including some offered by PayPal. The statement was as follows: “As always, it’s important to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sophia Bekele: Blocked from ITU event over Dotafrica Dispute
In an ongoing controversy that involves ICANN being in favor of South Africa’s ZA Central Registry NPC as the managers of the Dot .Africa gTLD, another applicant appears to have been barred from an International Telecommunication Union event. Sophia Bekele, an Ethiopian entrepreneur, is a business and corporate executive, an International entrepreneur, corporate governance & […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN salaries: How much money are the top ICANN officers making?
ICANN is currently pushing for change in the way things are managed on the Internet, and the introduction of gTLDs padded its cash reserves with more than $340 million dollars from gTLD application fees. With ICANN 50 coming up in June in London, UK, the focus on who gets to make decisions on core functions […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Donuts: An $100 million dollar bet on the future of the Internet
Donuts, Inc. is by far the largest investor in the new domain space; the company applied for more than 300 gTLDs with ICANN, to the tune of $56 million dollars in application fees alone. Betting on the feasibility of this investment, Donuts, Inc., COO Richard Tindal admits that the company’s business model can be characterized […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Adam Dicker scores big with Rams.com acquisition
Domain investor, Adam Dicker, loves generic domain names; his domain portfolio contains such gems as planets.com, avatars.com, witchcraft.com and others. According to an announcement, Adam has just added Rams.com to his stable of animal-related domains. While many would think that this is a football-related domain, that could not be further from the truth; all the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Facebook bans all URLs from its photo posting system
If you’re used to posting your selfies on Facebook with a URL on the image, think again: You might get banned if you add your domain name to a photo. “The days of duckface selfies with a meme that contained a URL are long gone,” said founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. “We are rolling out […]
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