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The domain name Torrents.com was sold today for 84,700 EUR at Sedo. The owner was a Spanish company that had registered the domain name in 1998. The company is named Industrias Torents S.A. and is …

The owner of Glasgow.com lost the domain name Glasgow-2014.com, that was registered in 2006, under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy at WIPO. The Complainant was Glasgow 2014 Limited that is organizing and operating …

Today I got an an email from the registrar NamesBeyond.com with the subject “WELCOME TO NAMESBEYOND!”. NamesBeyond is a North American registrar, and has been accredited by ICANN since 2001. All affected domain names from …

On Monday DnJournal reported that NoktaDomains has started offering their inventory of domain names for leasing. Today I got their first newsletter featuring some of their domain names with leasing prices that seem to be …

Donuts Inc., a company that has applied for 307 new gTLD strings, issued a reply to a GAC early warning made by the Government of Greece regarding the new gTLD .BASKETBALL. There are 3 applicants …

Frank Schilling’s domain ColdFront.com gets a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling as John Berryhill gets this complaint dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The Complainant was formed in 2009 and filed for a USPTO registration of …

ICANN announced that they have added a new online service to help community members request expert speakers from ICANN to participate in events worldwide. The Speakers Bureau Request form, accessible through the CONTACT page on …

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. This week 2 more domains have been sold (whois has not been updated): Mobil.xxx for $2,805 and Interactive.xxx for …

UDRP complaint for TheIDShop.com was dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The decision of the panel was that the Complaint should be barred by the doctrine of laches. Respondent raised the issue of laches as a …

After the success of the first .info premium auction last month, Afilias and Go daddy are now running a new .info auction featuring 135 domain names that were reserved since 2001. The auction includes premium …