March 7th, 2010 by 
David Goldstein
SIDN has modified the Dispute Resolution Regulations for .NL domain names as of 4 March 2010. As a result of the changes, much of the correspondence that previously went by post will in future go by email. … more
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March 2nd, 2010 by David Goldstein
Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that Google may be making around half a billion dollars per year via typosquatting, says a NewScientist report. … more
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February 22nd, 2010 by David Goldstein
The saga of the sex.com domain name has taken another turn. The saga was expertly described by Kieren McCarthy in his book called Sex.com. In the publicity for the book McCarthy asks “how far would you go to get the internet’s most valuable property?” … more
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February 12th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Michael Schumacher’s manager has expressed concern that the internet address michael.schumacher.de directs users not to the former Formula 1 world champion’s website, but to a website for fashion designer Dorothy Schumacher-Singoff. … more
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January 20th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Forbes Magazine has won a cybersquatting judgement against the holder of the forbes.ru domain name, with the Moscow court giving the magazine the domain name and $300,000 in damages. … more
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January 16th, 2010 by David Goldstein
During last year’s election, were you hoping to read-up on Barack Obama’s abortion stance? Too bad, if you went to Obama ForPresident.com. It featured crossword puzzles and fantasy football rather than public-policy papers. Were you looking to volunteer for U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu? If you visited JohnSununu.com, it allowed you to sign up for a free online dating service but not to sign on to a political campaign. Did you want to help finance John McCain’s bid for the presidency? During much of the 2008 campaign season, a contribution submitted through the official-looking JohnMcain.com would have supported a man in Houston, Texas, without one nickel funding McCain’s run for the White House. … more
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January 5th, 2010 by David Goldstein
The registrants of the domain name StephenConroy.com.au have finally read the rules on .AU domain registration following their initial controversial registration of the domain name. … more
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November 9th, 2009 by David Goldstein
The Canary Islands government is discussing whether to seek approval to operate the .IC country code reports ABC.es. … more
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September 27th, 2009 by David Goldstein
Controversial entrepreneur Nicholas Bolton has lost his dispute with auDA, the policy and regulatory body for .AU (Australian) domain names in the Victorian Supreme Court entitling and is no longer accredited to be a registrar of .AU domain names. … more
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September 24th, 2009 by David Goldstein
NIC Portugal is offering a new service that allows registrants to verify if the characters they want to register is already taken as a domain and/or trademark in Portugal. The service also detects if that word is contained in an existing domain or trademark. … more
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September 18th, 2009 by David Goldstein
On Monday, October 12, 2009, the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Arbitration and Mediation Centre - internationally recognised as the leading institution in the resolution of domain name disputes - will host a Conference in Geneva, Switzerland to mark the tenth anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). … more
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September 10th, 2009 by David Goldstein
The supposedly satirical domain name glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com could be the subject of a defamation lawsuit in the United States in coming weeks. … more
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August 21st, 2009 by David Goldstein
The New South Wales National Party is being investigated for seemingly registering the domain name of the name of the premier of the state of New South Wales. If proved, this is in clear breach of the registration rules for .AU domain names where there needs to be a “close and substantial connection” between the registrant and the domain name. … more
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July 14th, 2009 by David Goldstein
The implementation rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) document the procedures for the implementation of UDRP proceedings (icann.org/en/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm). ICANN has received a proposal from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) regarding suggested changes to the implementation rules to allow for a paperless UDRP proceeding, or “eUDRP.” WIPO does not propose any changes to the UDRP itself. … more
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June 28th, 2009 by David Goldstein
Sarah Deutsche is on a crusade against cybersquatters. Deutsche has sued many businesses involved in the illicit activity, recovering thousands of domain names that play off of Verizon’s brands. But what really irritates her, the Computerworld article says, is who the perpetrators are. All of the companies Verizon has sued for cybersquatting are domain-name registrars that have been accredited by ICANN. … more
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