End user domain sales including a $30k .dev

SkiResort.com sells for $80k; .dev domain banks $30k. I bet many people in the Northern hemisphere wish they were on the ski slopes right now. It’s even hitting around 90 in Seattle today. Well, one of this week’s Sedo sales should cool you off. Also, check out the price tag on cat.dev. Here’s a list [...]

Wholesale .IO registration cost increasing to $56

.IO and four other TLDs will see price increases in January. Renewing .io domain names continues to get more expensive. Identity Digital, the registry that manages the country code domain, just informed domain name registrars that it’s increasing the price on January 19, 2027. It will jump by 12% from $50 to $56. The company [...]

Cybersquatter regains domain after post-UDRP transfer blunder

After losing a UDRP, the cybersquatter managed to get the domain back when the complainant transferred the domain to another registrar. The Internet Commerce Association’s weekly UDRP Digest featured an interesting case today. Law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP previously won a UDRP for the domain GibsonDum.com. The domain was at Namecheap, and the [...]

When .AI Cuts Both Ways: Applying UDRP Perspectives on Targeting – vol. 6.29

From AI-Generated Complaints to Hallucinated Precedents and AI-Generated Evidence: Emerging Issues in Domain Name Disputes Article by Mr. Stefaan Meuwissen, Knowledge Lawyer I.P. at Hogan Lovells International LLP Artificial intelligence has become a routine feature of proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Both complainants and respondents now use AI to draft pleadings, [...]

From AI-Generated Complaints to Hallucinated Precedents and AI-Generated Evidence: Emerging Issues in Domain Name Disputes

From AI-Generated Complaints to Hallucinated Precedents and AI-Generated Evidence: Emerging Issues in Domain Name Disputes Article by Mr. Stefaan Meuwissen, Knowledge Lawyer I.P. at Hogan Lovells International LLP 1.  Executive Summary Artificial intelligence has become a routine feature of proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Both complainants and respondents now use AI [...]