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Rick Schwartz’s Beanstalk Challenge sues competing domain startup program  116
Lawsuit alleges trademark infringement and cybersquatting over BeanstalkX brand and two domain names. Domain investor Rick SchwartzR...
Domain Name Wire - 10 hr 49 min ago
Tucows lowers domains guidance, blames expired domains  120
Company says expired domain revenue has moderated in the second half of the year. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported Q3 earnings after the m...
Domain Name Wire - 22 hr 52 min ago
October’s top news: new TLDs, .si and more  101
Here’s what caught attention in October. October was a busy month for domain news thanks to the reveal of new top level domain ap...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, November 6, 2026 - 9:49
But…but…I couldn’t buy the domain I want!  145
A nonprofit tries a unique argument in cybersquatting claim. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Neta Foundat...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, November 5, 2026 - 13:6
Germany’s .de domain name turns 40  101
The popular ccTLD now has over 18 million registered domains. One of the internet’s most popular country code domain names turns ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, November 5, 2026 - 10:33
AdMedia moves to dismiss Yahoo’s trademark forgery suit, argues registration would have lapsed  155
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 - Wednesday, November 4, 2026 - 11:55
India’s biggest public company tries to reverse hijack domain name  159
Reliance Industries filed cybersquatting dispute in bad faith, panelist rules. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 4, 2026 - 11:9
Twenty-one new end user domain sales  182
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 - Wednesday, November 4, 2026 - 9:45
New top level domain applicants to get $41 million in refunds  143
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  158
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  117
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?  89
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  152
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  118
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  193
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

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