Yes, two companies can operate with names that differ by one letter. A chemicals company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name sichem.com. Sipchem Europe S.A. is part of the Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem), founded in 1999. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute with World Intellectual […]

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Applicants learn how much they’ll have to pay for new TLDs. Today, ICANN announced the fee it expects to charge applicants in the next round of new top level domain names: $227,000. This is more than the last round in 2012, when applications cost $185,000. The organization believes this is the cost necessary for the […]

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Company filed a cybersquatting complaint against a childcare company in New York. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Seed of Life Center for Early Learning and Preschool, Inc. tried to reverse hijack the domain name SeedsOfLifeChildcare.com. According to its website at SeedOfLifeLLC.com, the Complainant operates four childcare facilities in the Seattle […]

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Elizabeth Field has experience at Amnesty International and WIPO. ICANN announced yesterday that it has selected Elizabeth Field as its next ombuds. Field served in a similar capacity at Amnesty International for more than a decade. She recently functioned as the Anti-Harassment Coordinator for the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Her LinkedIn profile […]

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A poop scooping company tried to appeal a cybersquatting decision. A dog poop clean up company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Scoop Soldiers Services Company, LLC, which runs franchise locations across the United States, filed a cybersquatting case against ScoopSoldier.com (singular). The company uses ScoopSoldiers.com (plural). This is the second […]

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Muscat, Oman will host next year’s big ICANN meeting. ICANN has selected Muscat, Oman, as the location for its 2025 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will occur October 25-30, 2025, at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Oman will host the meeting. This year’s Annual General Meeting is in Istanbul […]

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Keeper Security failed to show that the domain was registered in bad faith. Cybersecurity company Keeper Security, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name keeper .com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was spreading malware. It hired a private investigator who gathered evidence that suggested the domain owner was […]

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Spanish film producer goes after domain name used by publicly traded Chinese cinema operator. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Wanda Films, S.L. tried to reverse hijack the domain name WandaFilm.com. The company produces and distributes films in Europe and Latin America for the Spanish speaking market. It uses the domains […]

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Company filed a cybersquatting complaint without disclosing its long history with the domain owner. A fight between pool construction companies in Texas resulted in a misguided UDRP filing. Pools123 Houston LLC filed a dispute over Pools123Texas.com, which is registered by Aquamarine Pools of Texas. The case involved a confusing set of facts, but in a […]

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Domain investors successfully defend UDRP cases with the help of well-known domain attorneys. Czech Arbitration Court published two reverse domain name hijacking decisions today. Both cases involved personal name domains owned by domain name investors. Schwanhäußer Industrie Holding GmbH & Co.KG, which owns a biking accessories company called Gonso, filed a dispute against gonso.com. The […]

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Company tried to get the domain name via UDRP over 15 years ago. Outside Interactive, a sports and outdoor media company, has sued the owner of outside.com in an effort to get the domain name. It’s the company’s second attempt to acquire the domain through legal means. In 2006, the company’s predecessor-in-interest filed a cybersquatting […]

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Russia is asking ICANN to intervene after it says the .aero registry unfairly suspended domain registration for organizations in the Russian Federation. .Aero is a sponsored top level domain operated by SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc. Andrea Zhinov, Russia’s GAC representative to ICANN, wrote to ICANN on behalf of the Ministry of Digital Development, […]

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Six registrars are breaching their contract with ICANN. ICANN sent breach notices to six domain name registrars yesterday. The organization sent breach notices to MAFF Inc., Maff Avenue, Inc., Flappy Domain, Inc., DotMedia Limited, DomainName Fwy, Inc., and DomainName Blvd, Inc. All six registrars appear to have common ownership; the registrars have a common contact, […]

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Hockey club wins cybersquatting dispute over confusingly similar name used to perpetuate fraud. The Edmonton Oilers hockey club has won a cybersquatting complaint it brought to disrupt an invoice fraud scam. In a dispute before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the team said that the registrant of eBmontonoilers .com was cybersquatting with its registration […]

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Complainant previously owned the domain name, and tried to buy it back from a domain investor before filing a UDRP. Mangels Industrial S.A., a manufacturing company in Brazil, has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain name mangels.com. The company owned the domain at one point, but it let it expire (or […]

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The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name followed by eth.link to get the name to resolve in their browser. The person […]

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UDRP carves out exceptions for legitimate use of brand names in domains. Textron Innovations Inc., the maker of airplanes and airplane parts including Cessna and Beechcraft, has lost another cybersquatting case under the Oki Data precedent. Oki Data was a case that established an idea of nominative fair use in domain names, at least as […]

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While some domain registrars have increased prices faster than wholesale increases, robust competition means consumers can still register and renew domains for close to the wholesale cost. One of Verisign’s (NASDAQ: VRSN) defenses to increasing .com prices is that “unregulated” domain registrars set the price people actually pay for domains — and many of those […]

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He made a tough case look easy. Oh, Jesus was definitely cybersquatting. But he performed a miracle to get away with it. Cybersecurity company Sysnet North America, Inc., which operates Viking Cloud at the domain name vikingcloud.com, filed a cybersquatting complaint against the registrant of vikiMgcloud .com. While I can’t be sure, Jesus apparently registered […]

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