Domain Name News

ICM Registry, the registry operator of .xxx, launched today, September the 27th, a new search engine at Search.xxx dedicated to developed .XXX websites and .XXX content only. ICM Registry claims to have 21 million pages …

NameMedia, that owns Afternic, launched NameFind.com today, a new website that is a collaborative, one-stop, name generation tool. NameFind is a discovery and acquisition tool that gives entrepreneurs the information they need when they are making …

A three-member Panel denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name ngf.com. Complainant was the National Golf Foundation, Inc. and Respondent was Mediablue, represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com Law Firm. The Complaint was submitted …

A few hours ago I posted the top 50 domains for September from Sedo. It appears Sedo made a mistake on the top domain name! Apparently someone at Sedo made a typo and instead of …

A few days ago Sedo announced that its brokerage team is going to select the top 50 domains every month, and deliver this list to Sedo’s newsletter subscribers. Sedo said that this email would also include the …

Complainant Grandville Academic Team Boosters, from the Grandville High School, submitted a Complaint to the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name robodawgs.com. Respondent was a former volunteer coach with at the Grandville High School …

A few days back I got an email with subject: “Notification of domain transfer-out” from Moniker. The email message was: Congratulations! The following domain has been automatically transferred out of your Moniker registrar account xxxxxx …

In September 1995, Ebay was created as a marketplace for people to buy and sell practically anything. Last week Ebay introduced a new look for the eBay brand by revealing their new logo, it’s first …

Last week I wrote about the domain name en.org being sold at GoDaddy Auctions for $21,586. Auction ended on the 14th but the domain was renewed on the 16th by it’s original owner. So the …

When a Complainant files a UDRP complaint, it has to choose between transferring the disputed domain name and canceling the domain name. The concerned registrar will implement the Panel’s decision 10 business days after it receives …

The Complainant was Advocracy, SL based in Madrid, Spain and the Respondent was Gustavo Federico Block also based in Madrid, Spain so Spanish was the language of these proceedings. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name …

This is a list of current registry operators that ICANN has agreement with and since when they have been operating the respective gTLDs. .com is operated by VeriSign since 1993 (VeriSign acquired Network Solutions in …

At WIPO the complaint for the domain name AngelCare.com was denied while the Panel admitted in the decision that content of parked websites is in general automatically generated. The Panel didn’t accept Complainant’s accusations of …

The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) provides registrars, registrants and the general public with information and general support with regard to ICANN-accredited registrars, and the ICANN RAA. ICANN also assists prospective registrars …