A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers August 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Cloudflare entered the monthly top 10 list for the first [...]
Panelist found no evidence of targeting. A German company that provides product and service comparison services has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Check24 GmbH filed the dispute (pdf) against the domain name check24.co.uk. Under Nominet’s Domain Resolution Service (DRS), a Complainant must show that it has rights in a mark that’s [...]
An end of an era at Tucows and fallout from AdSense for Domains were top stories last month. These were the top five posts on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Slipknot.com owner shows up to defend domain against Slipknot band – After the band filed an in rem lawsuit, the owner [...]
busy.info Estimated end time: 2025-12-04 12:00 ESTCurrent Bid: 30 USD Reserve met Bids: 1 Domain Language: --
busy.info Estimated end time: 2025-12-04 12:00 ESTCurrent Bid: 30 USD Reserve met Bids: 1 Domain Language: --
checkfile.com Estimated end time: 2025-12-04 12:00 ESTCurrent Bid: 50 USD Reserve not met Bids: 2 Domain Language: --
The ICA has announced they've completed a collaborative review of the UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center. The UDRP is ICANN's framework for settling domain name disputes. With such valuable assets at stake, it is vitally important to have the fairest possible policy in place.
So back on November 14 Rick Schwartz posted on X that a domain name that he paid just $480 for had closed in a $1.3M LTO deal. Today Rick gave more info on the deal on X, he mentioned that the South Florida Business Journal covered the story. When Rick announced that the domain name [...]
Report should help ICANN with its UDRP review. World Intellectual Property Organization and Internet Commerce Association have published the final report from their UDRP review project. The organizations convened a group of UDRP experts with experience as counsel, as panelists, and as parties to discuss possible changes as part of a review of the UDRP. [...]
Tech is racing ahead while society struggles to keep up. Masha Bucher, founder and GP of Day One Ventures, built her firm around closing that gap by combining venture capital with hands-on PR to help portfolio companies not just raise money, but actually break through the noise. Day One’s been an early backer of companies like World, Superhuman, and Remote.com, with 12 [...]