Domain Name News

A UDRP complaint was filed for the domain name MyMachine.com at the National Arbitration Forum. The domain name was registered in 1996 and according to domaintools.com whois history the current owner has owned it since …

Just a few minutes ago Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry New gTLDs, .tattoo and .sexy, launched. A lot of people were excited as Frank had said that domains will be registered on a first-come first-served basis. I …

I was going through this week’s zone files an I noticed a change in how Donuts, a registry with about 300 new gTLD applications, treats it’s own trademark registration for the mark “Donuts”. In the …

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won the uncontested application rights for .WEDDING. The net cost of securing this status is £1.39mln. The figure quoted includes funds it will receive …

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), S.A. filed yet another URS complaint on a New gTLD domain names yesterday. BBVA is the New gTLD applicant for .bbva. This time a URS complaint was filed for 5 …

Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, president of the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society (AIPMAS) launched the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as a …

The Domain Name Association (DNA), the global trade association for the internet domain industry, has welcomed eight new members from all over the world, bringing the total to 30. The newest members are:

Yes this is my 1000th post on my blog. I was thinking of writing something about what I have written “blah blah blah” but I will not. Instead I want to summarize some of the …

I checked out the zone files from 4 new gTLDs that completed sunrise and went into general availability (Early Access Program (EAP)) on Wednesday and here are the results. Zone files only include domain names …

Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, and Web.com Group, Inc. a leading provider of Internet services and online marketing solutions for small businesses, today announced a partnership that will give customers access …

Over the course of the last month, 25 Donuts new gTLDs have entered the general availability phase, and to date Donuts claims in today’s newsletter to have registered over 150,000 domains. Today’s zone numbers are …

I think it would be useful for all to understand why domainers are buying New gTLD domains. My purchases so far are a combination of long term investments, some domains I could flip and a …

On the eve of the insertion of 5 French GeoTLDs in the root zone, the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names looks into their prospects for development. The Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names focuses …

In the past week (Feb 10 to Feb 16), 743 (793 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8 million ($1.7 last week). Only 268 (264 last week) domains from …