Legal

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) shared the video recording of the webinar presenting the Initial Report of the WIPO–ICA UDRP Review Project Team. This collaborative project, co-led by Brian Beckham (WIPO) and Zak Muscovitch (ICA), reflects on nearly …

ICANN 83 Policy Forum will take place 9–12 June 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. The meeting comes at a critical time in Internet governance, as the global Internet community prepares for the 20-year review of …

On May 13th 2025, Nominet hosted its second members’ webinar of the year – focusing on its efforts to combat domain abuse in the .UK namespace. The ‘Tackling Domain Abuse’ session brought together members of …

In 2024, trademark owners from 133 countries filed 6,168 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and national ccTLD variations. This marks the second busiest year of domain name cases filed with …

Afnic presented the first annual report on its mediation service for the .fr, .pm, .re, .tf, .wf, .yt extensions. This resolution service for domain name disputes was launched in July 2023 as a complement to …

Epik retracted its statement in regards to the Kiwi Farms @KiwiFarmsDotNet having child sexual abuse material on its website: Epik retracts its statement in regards to the Kiwi Farms @KiwiFarmsDotNet having child sexual abuse material …

Nominet, the .UK registry, released its annual update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2023. When alerted by law enforcement agencies, Nominet works with its registrars to …

Richard Kirkendall, Namecheap CEO, announced today that they filed a suit against ICANN. “After a previous ruling via a mediation process they have taken little action towards the recommendations of that ruling and so our …

Thieves are trying to steal our domain names while Afternic and GoDaddy are asleep at the wheel. In the past few hours I have received requests from my registrar to approve Fast-Transfer on Afternic for …

The VPN.com case against George Dikian was voluntary dismissed today. The VPN.com lawsuit against Defendant Eitan Z. a/k/a George Dikian was settled and dismissed with prejudice, without costs, and without payment being made by either …

A lawsuit (pdf) was filed at the United States District Court Western District of Washington of Seattle against Epik. The lawsuit names Epik Holdings, Inc., Masterbucks LLC, Rob Monster and Brian Royce as defendants. The lawsuit …

“George Dikian” has now filed an answer to the VPN.com lawsuit. Dikian is represented by Rodenbaugh Law. In June VPN.com LLC filed a multimillion lawsuit against domain investor George Dikian, Qiang Du and “John Doe” …

Afnic, as part of its role the .fr registry and within the framework of its agreement with the French State, has put in place two alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures: Syreli and Parl Expert. These …

VPN.com LLC has filed a multimillion lawsuit against long time domain investor George Dikian (California), Qiang Du (Hong Kong) and John Doe at the US District Court (California). The lawsuit involves a $250,000 payment in …