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Is this really what the UDRP was designed for? Is ICANN happy with this travesty? The domain uhealth.org was transferred to the complainant in a case that was decided by a 2-1 majority of the …

The domain name Contact.info was caught after a drop on the 22nd of November 2012. The seller paid a simple backorder and got the domain without an auction. The domain’s original registration date was 2001 …

Objection period for New gTLDs is closing in a few hours. Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC (8:00 pm EDT) in order to be considered by …

A UDRP complaint for the domain name Swash.com, that belongs to Marchex was denied by a 3 member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Panel also made a finding of reverse domain name …

This week, 837 transactions (842 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 million ($1.35 last week). Only 283 domains (278 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said he is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent. “ICANN used to say if …

A UDRP complaint for the domain orbbitz.com was denied by a 1 member panel at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., filed a complaint for the domain orbbitz.com owned by …

MiTek USA, Inc.’s application for the string .mii was deemed to be similar to .mil and can’t continue. The String Similarity Panel has determined that this string is visually similar to an existing TLD (.mil), …

Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today announced it had entered into definitive agreements with respect to the sale of its Digital Brand Services (DBS) division to US-based Corporation Services Company (CSC) for a cash consideration of …

The Geographic Names Panel has determined that 6 new gTLD strings do not fall within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4. The 6 strings with the applicant names …