When Losing the DropCatch Auction Becomes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking – vol. 6.23

When Losing the DropCatch Auction Becomes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking This decision is notable for the Panel’s treatment of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in the context of a self-represented complainant. While the underlying merits analysis was relatively straightforward, the Panel devoted significant attention to explaining why the Complainant’s lack of legal representation did not excuse [...]

GoDaddy domain auction ends Tuesday & Wednesday this week

Bidding is starting to pick up in GoDaddy’s latest domain auction. GoDaddy’s latest domain auction event ends this week, with lots ending on June 9-10. The previous auction attracted over 7,000 bids from people in 60 countries. I’m not sure what the sell-through ratio was, but the auction was headlined by MortgageCalculators.com, which sold for [...]

Damming a river to catch a fish – DNW Podcast #590

A discussion about using domain suspensions to censor online speech. Human rights organization Article19 recently released a report titled Damming a river to catch a fish, examining how governments and other entities are increasingly turning to the DNS layer to censor content. On today’s show, Michaela Nakayama Shapiro of Article19 explains what the organization found [...]

“CEO Athlete” tries to reverse hijack domain name

Entrepreneur files claim against domain registered before his trademarks. An entrepreneur and fund manager in India has been found guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name CEOAthlete.com. Anshul Singhal, who operates a leadership development platform called CEO Athlete, filed the claim. (A Google search in the U.S. for “anshul singhal” +”ceo athlete” returned [...]