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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 – […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Name Jargon : Liquid domain names
Time to update one of the greatest educational series about domaining: The magnificent Domain Name Jargon series – a never-ending thesaurus of terms and trivia related to domaining. The purpose of Name Jargon is to help (re)define domaining and to clarify misconceptions and eliminate abuse and vague definitions of domain industry terms. Name Jargon helps […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain UDRP : One Kardashian domain down; more to go
A few days ago we pointed out that the Kardashians and Jenners are seeking to take control of their names via the domain UDRP process. Out of the four cases filed, one has been decided upon: KardashianBeauty.com. Some people don’t seem to realize that KARDASHIAN is a trademark, particularly when combined with beauty or fashion […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PayPal free again : Nasdaq symbol is PYPL with matching .com domain
PayPal is officially an independent company once again, almost 13 years since eBay acquired it for $1.5 billion dollars. The transaction facilitator company enters the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol PYPL. Dan Schulman, PayPal CEO stated: “It’s been a privilege for everyone here at PayPal to have worked so closely with you and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ domains : Large drop in the zone files as ‘robo-registration’ anniversary continues
We’ve been providing a weekly report on the status and growth trend of dot .XYZ domains, a year after Network Solutions ran a massive robo-registration campaign. Last week we witnessed an increase in the number of registered domains that exist in the zone files. Such numbers are provided by statistic-gathering web sites like ntldstats. This […]
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