Legal

Joe Styler, GoDaddy’s Aftermarket Product Manager, issued a warning on NamePros about a new phishing email targeting owners of valuable domain names registered with GoDaddy. These kind of phishing emails are not uncommon so people …

Tucows filed an Ontario lawsuit to halt the transfer of the domain name Hayter.com and to stop the UDRP proceedings. Tucows, an ICANN accredited registrar, is also the owner of a big portfolio of domain …

There is a new domain name appraisal scam out and it is better than the last one I saw. It is a combined domain valuation and a “trademark infringement varification ” scam. The scammer first …

Please beware of domain “broker” Andy Kelly, CEO of UpMarketDNs.com. He presents himself as a broker of several domain names that he has no authority to do so. He contacted me about a 1-word .com …

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, …