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Amazon attempts to make one, but ultimately all, of its new extensions restricted despite ICANN’s ban on closed generic TLDs. Amazon Registry Services, Inc., the Registry Operator of .MOI TLD, has filed to ICANN a …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of March 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry.. “Trump” made the list once again at number …

Cybersquatting disputes relating to new gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of WIPO’s UDRP caseload in 2015, which covered a total of 4,364 domain names.  Among these names, .XYZ, .CLUB and .EMAIL were the most common new …

Mark Monitor published its latest gTLD (NgTLD) Quarterly Report, which delivers unique insight into the new gTLD Program. The report provides detailed information on .Brand registration and marketing activity, current trends and news relevant to businesses …

The deBlasio Administration’s licensing initiative for the neighborhood domain names is currently accepting applications. So if you’re a neighborhood activist or budding media mogul, and want to activate Astoria.nyc, ConeyIsland.nyc, GreenwichVillage.nyc, Harlem.nyc or any of …

Revision Legal welcomes patent attorney Katie Horvath, Of Counsel, to the team. Katie joins John Di Giacomo and Eric Misterovich. Katie’s education and experience in

The fee for a basic .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure will continue to be discounted, following an agreement between the .eu registry EURid and the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), the institution appointed to rule …

ThePirateBay.com plus 6 other domain names have been suspended. The Pirate Bay’s original .org domain name ThePirateBay.org has passed the ICANN email verification is working properly after being suspended for a few days pending the …

Panelist Christopher S. Gibson that was one of the 3-member panel in the controversial Camilla.com WIPO case was also part of some other questionable decisions in the past. I don’t think that anyone thinks this …

Victory! We just won the complaint for the domain name Toyotomi.com. The complaint was denied by a three member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Complainant didn’t submit all evidence to the Panel, …

Brand protection agencies/registrars are having a blast with the new .sucks extension. They have the freedom to spend their client’s brand protection budget and they spend it as fast as they can. They spent almost …

The Hon. Neil Brown QC, a very well known UDRP panelist, wrote an article on his personal blog about “Re-Filing of a UDRP Complaint”. He is commenting on a recent decision: Reliance Telecom Limited v …

Since the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center administered the first Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) case in 1999, total WIPO case filings have passed the 30,000 mark, encompassing over 58,000 domain names. In …

We are past the first year anniversary of the first New gTLDs and already 2,229 marks have expired at the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). So far 35,131 marks have been submitted to the Trademark Clearinghouse as …