Long-time registrants can keep their domain names. In a win for registrants, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has nixed plans to terminate third-level domain names. Verisign announced plans to terminate these registrations, arguing that few people used them. ICANN agreed to Verisign’s request. But those impacted by the move urged ICANN to reverse course, pointing out the [...]
Domain investors can take a two-year option on premium domains without paying the full registration price. Domain registry Identity Digital has launched a new domain options product that lets domain investors get the exclusive right to sell domain names without paying the full registration cost. Deqo, a new domain investment management platform from the team [...]
Kora is set to launch as a free-to-use alternative to Windows, targeting users who rely heavily on AI models and agents.
No Deal and No Website Do Not Add Up to Bad Faith The Complainant’s case on bad faith rested on two things. Its attempts to buy the Domain Name “for a fair price” had failed, and the Domain Name did not resolve to a website. The Panel held that neither fact establishes bad faith registration [...]
Cyberattacks on supermarkets, utilities and cryptocurrency platforms reveal how unclear responsibilities and institutional failures can expose critical systems, raising questions about accountability across cybersecurity, supply chains and Internet governance.
France has blamed Iran's Revolutionary Guards for cyberattacks on refrigeration systems at approximately 700 supermarkets, prompting a criminal investigation, planned European sanctions and warnings about internet-connected industrial equipment.
Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.
Two complaints, two losses, and two expensive lessons. Here’s an idea for anyone considering filing multiple cybersquatting disputes: file them one at a time to make sure you know what you’re doing. That would have saved Rikshiram Aghria some money. Aghria filed two disputes on September 12. He has now been found guilty of reverse [...]
X Corp., the company behind the X social media platform, has successfully obtained control over 40 domains it says were used in phishing attacks. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against domains such as dismissal-x .com, conduct-x .com, and disputes-x .com. Its dispute states that the domains are one front of a coordinated, ongoing phishing [...]
Joshua Schoen’s portfolio is small but mighty. Domain investor Joshua Schoen has a portfolio of fewer than 300 domains. But pound for pound, it’s one of the best portfolios in the industry, with names like proxy.com, spiral.com, and fluid.com. This year has been a good one for Joshua, thanks to his highest domain sale ever: [...]