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A change for .co domains, a surging domain registrar, and more top stories from last month on Domain Name Wire. Here’s what happened in the domain business last month: 1. GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership – The “original” winners of the contract to commercialize .co have lost the renewal. A partnership between Team […]

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The organization takes another step to enable all domains to work with its systems. More than a year after ICANN staff gained the ability to send and receive emails from internationalized domain names (IDN), the organization has taken another step on the Universal Acceptance path. The non-profit domain overseer announced this week that individuals with […]

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Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). The lawsuit was filed in U.S. Federal District Court in October […]

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Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. Morgan filed the case against a respondent identified only as “W NA” in the UK. The domain was […]

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GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiffs’ claims to move forward. In a decision filed Tuesday, Judge John J. Tuchi of the […]

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Company that runs AI product directory forks over six figures for mini.ai. Sedo had a solid sales week, led by the €100,000 sale of mini.ai. The company publishes twelve sales of five figures or more, and there might be others that are private. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that were recently […]

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Panelist says it’s a classic “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found ContractPod Technologies Ltd. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name leah.ai. The legal technology company filed a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), arguing that […]

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Yes, AI is still #1. Afternic has released a list of the top 20 keywords in domains that sold at Afternic in April. The top four keywords remained unchanged from March. Here’s the list of keywords for April, including their rankings from the prior month in parentheses. ai (1) my (2) group (3) bet (4) […]

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Potential for more airspace closures and travel delays push ICANN to relocate October meeting. ICANN announced today that it has moved its Annual General Meeting from Muscat, Oman to Dublin, Ireland. The move comes after tensions have ratcheted up in the Middle East, including a war between Israel and Iran. Qatar temporarily closed its airspace […]

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Ancestry.com has filed a lawsuit under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act against the domain name MyAncestryAi .com. The company filed the in rem lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Virginia, where the .com registry Verisign is located. Ancestry.com takes issue with the unknown website operator’s use of the domain name. The site claims to use […]

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Understand which domains are popular in the Middle East and learn about Domain Days. What’s the domain scene like in Dubai and the Middle East? Today’s guest, Munir Badr, shares which top level domain names are most commonly used in the area. That includes a domain name that has nothing to do with the region […]

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A WIPO panel decided to rehear a prior dispute based on new information, but the result was the same. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to hear a refiled case, but it didn’t change the overall outcome of the domain dispute. In 2023, Lämpöpuuyhdistys Ry filed a UDRP against the domain name thermowood.com. Lämpöpuuyhdistys […]

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Final judgment will incur interest until it is paid.  A King County judge has ordered (pdf) Rob Monster to pay a former Epik customer $349,407.61, and the total will incur interest until it is paid. The order stems from a failed escrow transaction at the domain name registrar that Monster used to run. In a […]

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Company operating at MyHikes.org tried to get the matching .com, which was registered well before it existed. A UDRP panelist has found MyHikes, LLC, which uses the domain name MyHikes.ORG, guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name MyHikes.COM. MyHikes, LLC operates an app and website for trail hikers. It registered trademarks in 2025, […]

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Domain investors with large portfolios may want to renew domains in bulk before July to lock in the current rate. The so-called ICANN tax is about to go up. On July 1, 2025, at 00:00 UTC, the per-domain fee that customers pay to ICANN when they register domains will increase from $.18 to $.20. While […]

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There can be easier ways to take down abusive websites. The Oklahoman published a story this week about how Oklahoma County is considering suing over the domain name OklahomaCountyCourt .org. The domain name is used for a website that resembles a court website. When people search for court records, the site uses the business TruthFinder […]

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I added a domain to SellerHub today to see how the sales platform works. Here was my experience. There’s been some buzz about SellerHub, a domain sales platform that’s part of Namecheap’s Spaceship domain registrar. Yesterday, the company announced that domains on SellerHub are added to the Namecheap registration path. That’s a big deal, as […]

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Customers get a little more time to use pre-paid backorder credits. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has extended the deadline for customers to use domain backorder credits. The company announced last August that it was sunsetting its backorder product and gave customers 12 months to use the credits. Today, it announced a 60-day extension to October 7. […]

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Soon, it will be the exclusive way to reach the registration path at the world’s second-largest domain registrar. Namecheap is removing Afternic and Sedo domains from its registration path, but is offering an alternative way for domain sellers to reach its customers: listing domains on Spaceship’s SellerHub. Spaceship is one of Namecheap’s domain registrars, and […]

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Company sought domain name matching its ICOY workplace safety brand. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that ITWAY S.P.A. attempted to reverse domain name hijack the domain icoy.com. ITWAY offers a system called ICOY, designed to reduce workplace accidents involving heavy machinery, such as forklifts. The company registered the domains icoy.it and […]

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