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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a trademark examination guide for Generic.com terms. The guide issued this month was of course written after the now famous USPTO v. Booking.com case. On June …

CENTR has released an animated video on ccTLDs and their technical role in relation to online content. Due to increased legislative interest in this topic, the need for comprehensive educational material outlining the role and …

Sahil Gupta gets his Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster courtesy of Rick Schwartz! HallofShame.com reveals new Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster! New poster boy for 2020: Sahil Gupta. You can read the whole story of …

Sahil Gupta, wanna be thief of the domain name Spase.com, falsely reported me on Twitter yesterday. He blocked my account for 12 hours. This is Sahil Gupta’s story of attempting to steal a domain name …

Greece just banned 263 domain names to combat online piracy. The Hellenic Copyright Ornanization (OPI) made the decision to ban these domains after a request of the Society for the Protection of Audiovisual Works (EPOE). …

The ICA worked with many domain name attorneys to develop an annotated domain name purchase agreement. “Our goal is to educate domain investors and to benefit the industry as a whole by providing this sample …

A former Pirate Bay domain name was sold for $50,000 in an auction that ended today. The auction was held at DropCatch.com that catches and auctions dropped domain names after they expire. The domain name …

NamesCon (owned by GoDaddy) quietly removed Neha Gupta from the NamesCon Online “Women in Domaining” session she was originally scheduled to speak at. It happened on Thursday or Friday. I am not sure as I …

Scammers are shopping around GoDaddy expired domains while they are in auction. Today’s scammer uses the domain hugedomain.co.uk for his email address possibly to imply an association with Huge Domains. (that uses HugeDomains.com) I got …

Access Now created a report called “Defending peaceful assembly and association in the digital age: takedowns, shutdowns, and surveillance”. Part of the report is the campaign to save .org. Read below what Access Now wrote …

The .Club registry thinks that “online businesses using .CLUB and other domain name extensions to benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” ruling.” Here is the complete press release from the .club registry: (Fort Lauderdale, Florida. June …

There is a new scam that is circulating and targeting domain name owners. The scammer registers a domain name incorporating the name of a credible person and makes an offer to purchase a domain name …

Nominet, the .UK registry, released the 2019 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) that handles .UK disputes. The total number of domain names that were subject to DRS …

You don’t see this very often. Actually I don’t think I have ever seen a brand protection agency produce a guide on what trademark owners need to know to avoid reverse domain name hijacking! Reverse …