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Musician Ivan Cornejo tries to reverse hijack a domain name  98
Panelist admonishes musician’s company and lawyers for filing cybersquatting case. Mexican-American singer and songwriter Ivan Co...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 13:33
March’s top domain name news stories  90
Stories about the state of web3 domain names and two humongous cybersquatting disputes were among the top stories in March. These were ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 9:26
2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare  115
See the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .co...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 13:2
Seven domain name registrars get the axe  111
The registrars were late on accreditation payments, and don’t appear to have been active. ICANN has sent termination notices to s...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 12:13
College sports endorsement business tries reverse domain name hijacking  96
Domain was registered before Complainant existed.  A company that connects college athletes with endorsement deals tried to reverse hij...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 11:52
NamePros adds domain search functionality, promotes for-sale domains  88
Forum expands on its parking platform to get domains in front of buyers. NamePros gets tens of millions of visits from guest users ever...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 18:53
Can any registries win the contract to operate .US?  101
The draft RFP includes provisions that severely limit the pool of potential operators. In December, the U.S. government published a dra...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 12:41
Australian mining and agriculture company tries reverse domain name hijacking  106
Firm’s name is a common surname in Australia. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has denied (pdf) a cybersqu...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 11:32
End user domain name sales up to $50,000  136
Businesses bought these domain names at Sedo over the past week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was zmo.com for $95,000. The bu...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 9:7
Company tries to reverse hijack MF.com, which was purchased for $800k  110
Respondent alleges food company fabricated emails. Musco Food Corporation, which imports Mediterranean foods, has been found guilty of ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 14:25
Seattle nonprofit tries to hijack U District domain name  87
Organization filed a cybersquatting claim after first trying to buy domain name. A nonprofit organization supporting people and busines...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:52
Escrow.com releases Master of Domains awards with a change at the top  106
Andrew Miller catapults to #1. Escrow.com has announced its annual Master of Domains list, which ranks the brokers with the highest tot...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:27
Financial services firm Empower wins cybersquatting dispute over 537 domains  80
It’s the second WIPO case involving 500+ domains decided this month. Empower Annuity Insurance Company has won (pdf) a cybersquat...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 9:19
Tweak, measure, and keep testing – DNW Podcast #580  104
Here’s what Atom is doing to help people sell more domains. One of the fastest-innovating companies in the domain space is Atom. Some m...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 30, 2026 - 11:30
Panelist uses common sense, denies law firm’s cybersquatting claim  132
Law firm didn’t show that it was likely the domain was registered to target its mark. Many UDRP panelists will defer to complaina...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 27, 2026 - 9:20

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