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AdMedia moves to dismiss Yahoo’s trademark forgery suit, argues registration would have lapsed  111
The company does not appear to dispute the allegation that it used a forged signature to transfer the trademark. Ad.com Interactive Med...
Domain Name Wire - 13 hr 58 min ago
India’s biggest public company tries to reverse hijack domain name  118
Reliance Industries filed cybersquatting dispute in bad faith, panelist rules. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ...
Domain Name Wire - 14 hr 44 min ago
Twenty-one new end user domain sales  141
A Pokémon card site, a crypto company, and a GPU rental/neocloud business bought domains. Sedo dropped two sales lists this week. This ...
Domain Name Wire - 16 hr 8 min ago
New top level domain applicants to get $41 million in refunds  129
Applicants will get about $24,000 back for each application. Companies that applied for new top level domain names this year are gettin...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 17:5
Shopify filing confirms $99 million acquisition of shop.com domain name  146
Domain sale sets record for publicly known domain transactions. Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) released earnings today, and its quarterly SEC f...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 13:50
Hey lawyers, UDRP isn’t a shortcut for trademark litigation  109
Another UDRP complaint tries to turn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting case. Lawyers, repeat after me: the Uniform Domain Name ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 13:12
Are these TLDs this round’s .sucks?  81
Brands railed against .sucks in the 2012 round. How will they feel about some of these 2026 applications? Trademark holders threw a fit...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 9:35
The fascinating afterlife of expired domains  144
Sean Markey goes down many rabbit holes looking at what happened to expired domain names. Hello, back with you from a little COVID-19 h...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, November 2, 2026 - 12:26
How to choose domains to hand register – DNW Podcast #610  110
Phil Davis explains the keywords and strategy that helped him build a portfolio of over 20,000 hand registered domains. I get a lot of ...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, November 2, 2026 - 11:30
Large U.S. domain registrar to be auctioned with no reserve  186
Registrar has one million DUM and multiple accreditations. Applicant Auction is managing a no-reserve auction of an unnamed domain regi...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 30, 2026 - 13:32
Will pickleball get its own .pickleball domain?  134
Identity Digital selected .pickleball as a replacement string on three applications. Earlier this month, ICANN revealed the application...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 30, 2026 - 11:23
Spooky domain sales that ghosted the internet  148
These expensive domains aren’t developed yet. Sometimes we see domains sell for big money and then sit there idle. In the spirit ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 30, 2026 - 9:16
Aftermarket propels GoDaddy in Q3  145
Large number of big aftermarket transactions helps GoDaddy increase aftermarket revenue. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) domain aftermarke...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 18:50
Afternic enables down payments on LTOs  165
Company suggests using down payments judiciously, as they could impact sales. Afternic introduced a new feature today that allows domai...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 13:26
Three people applied for their own name as top level domains  166
One application matches a first name and two match surnames. Is having your own name as a top level domain the ultimate vanity? Three n...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 11:32

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