The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model.

Board, the startup building what it calls "together tech" designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

After losing an expired domain auction, man files UDRP against winner. A man who lost a DropCatch auction and subsequently filed a UDRP has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Daniel Diemers runs a business called SNGLR and has the matching domain name in many extensions. Earlier this year, snglr.com expired and was [...]

esona.com Estimated end time: 2026-06-04 07:58 ESTCurrent Bid: 35 USD Reserve not met Bids: 1 Domain Language: English

Complainant mischaracterizes policy’s view on domain investing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel found (pdf) that Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, a company that sells construction equipment, tried to reverse hijack the domain name fermec.com. Domain investor Global IP Holdings acquired the domain in an expired domain auction in 2019 for $240. A company affiliated with [...]

Appraise.software doesn’t provide any backup to its values, calling its usefulness into question. This is part of Domain Name Wire’s review of automated domain appraisal tools. Appraise is a generically-named domain appraisal tool hosted at Appraise.software. To avoid confusion with Appraise.net, we’ll refer to it as Appraise.software in this analysis. Appraise.software offers three pricing tiers [...]

$200,000 Asking Price, But One Fatal Problem: The Timeline This decision is a useful reminder that trademark priority and domain name chronology are not the same thing. The Complainant undoubtedly possessed trademark rights predating the Respondent’s acquisition of <rapidpay.com>, but the Panel focused on the question that ultimately matters in cases involving descriptive or brandable [...]

In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition.

Registry will prohibit direct auctions when domains expire. The .co domain name registry is implementing a new rule that will prevent domain registrars from auctioning off expired domains unless they obtain permission from the registry, Domain Name Wire has learned. Under the new policy, which will be implemented no later than October 1, “registrars will [...]

Saw had reasonable appraisals on some domains, but seems to undervalue many two word combos. Saw is a domain marketplace offering self-brokerage and do-it-for-me brokerage services. While its tech platform is less than two years old, it’s backed by years of brokerage experience from well-known brokers. It also offers a free appraisal tool. Andrew has [...]