Domain Name News

Moniker, SnapNames, and Afternic will be sponsoring a new online domain name auction beginning August 29th and running through September 20th. Most names will have low or no reserves. In the previous auction domains like …

I didn’t renew usedrobot.biz and it is dropping today, 28th of August. I bought the domain name in 2006 and this year I felt that it wasn’t worth the renewal fee. My expired and now dropping …

This was the first UDRP Complaint for a descriptive “cloud” related domain name and of course the Complaint was denied. I am sure a the cloud popularity increases many “cloud” UDRPs will follow. The Complaint …

I got 2 emails today, one from Moniker and one from Snapnames announcing a Priority Call-Back Service. The emails were word for word the same as Moniker and Snapnames are owned by the same company, …

Oakley Inc. filed a complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over  myfakeoakleysunglasses.com and surprisingly the complaint was denied by a sole Panelist. The Complaint was submitted to the National Arbitration Forum electronically on July …

Dynadot is now live as an Afternic DLS Premium partner. Here is the email that I received from Afternic: DynaDot is now live as an Afternic DLS Premium partner! Because you have domains listed for …

Is an ITU (intent to use) trademark application enough to win a UDRP complaint? According to this freak decision, yes. Panelist Dr. Clive N.A. Trotman has a very good track record of fair decisions (with …

Dyson lost 2 identical UDRP complaints within a month. Both complaints were for similar domain names, but with different Respondents, and both were decided by the same Panelist. The complaints were for bladelessfansmall.com and bladelessfanonline.com. …

KFC Corporation filed a UDRP complaint for the domain name irankfc.com at the World Intelectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center. The Respondent was Ruhollah Gheisarinia of Najafabad, Esfahan, Iran.  KFC Corporation operates the KFC (Kentucky …

The domain jenniferaniston.com was registered with Network Solutions and it expired. So it was available for auction at Namejet. The domain entered an auction at Namejet on the 13th of August 2012 and it had …

I was going through the Namejet backorders today and sorted domains by bidders. I saw that someone has backordered the domain gotmilks.info that is dropping in 2 days. So this gave me the idea of this …

Pro Bono Net, Inc., a national nonprofit organization based in New York City and San Francisco, filed a complaint at the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name lawhelpny.org on May 26, 2012.  Pro Bono …

The Complaint for the domain name newmd.com by Complainant Nuesoft Technologies, Inc. was denied at NAF in one of the shortest ever decisions in UDRP history. Respondent was Larry Smith / ProfessionalThinkers from Arizona, USA. The Complaint was …

The Complaint for the domain name FredElsberry.com was filed by Fred Elsberry with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on June 25, 2012. Respondent was Mechanic’s Responds News Publication of Marietta, Georgia, United States. Fred …