Author: The Editor

US Supreme Court agrees to hear Dot-Com Trademark Issue

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case that whether a generic name along with a generic TLD is applicable for a trademark protection. The Supreme Court took the matter under its purview after there were differences between Trademark institutions and lower courts regarding whether Booking.com is a trademark or not. It all…
After Ok Boomer, Ok Domainer getting popular with CEOs

Internet has yet to get over its obsession over “Ok Boomer” memes, when suddenly the domain name industry has toppled over “Ok Domainer. So, after 1946-1964 born, what is the new category that this news buzzword is aiming at? Apparently, this term is getting quite popular with CEOs. This term is used by them when…
Unstoppable Domains launches $1M grant in Blockchain Domain Integration

In a bid to help wallets, browsers and decentralized applications integrate blockchain domains, Unstoppable Domains has launched a grant of $ 1 Million. The step is majorly focussed towards making blockchain domains more accustomed in the Cryptocurrency environment. The wallet service providers are the major beneficiaries here as it is easier to do transactions with…
CRA conducts workshops in collaboration with ICANN

The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in collaboration with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) conducted a one-day workshop on Handling Internet Identifiers Abuse and Misuse, and another three-day workshop on Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). The workshop was conducted in CRA’s headquarters from 11th of November to 14th of November. The…
Web Summit Rise Conference 2020 postponed

The 6th edition of Rise Conference which was going to be held in Hong Kong from March 2020 to March 2021 has been postponed. The reason being the ongoing clashes between the Government and pro-Democracy protesters. The series of protests that began after the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong…
MailChimp launches Free Website Builder

Mailchimp has launched its own website builder. The email marketing firm with this decision came out as a full-fledged online marketing platform, locking horns with the Giants of the industry. The website builder is free to use and premium members can connect a domain name as well to their websites. The website builder comes with…
Italy blocks Six Trading Websites

Italy continued its blocking sprew with the addition of 6 more websites to the list. Italy’s Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB) announced that more websites offering financial services without the proper authorization have been blocked. These websites are: Waltika Partners Ltd (https://imperial-finance.io); CobraCFD Ltd (www.c0bracfd.com and www.cobracfd.biz/it); Alfa Financial, Zurich Corporation and lsystems LTD (https://web.zurichcorporation.com);…
Henry Turcan buys 1,750,000 shares of Minds Machines Group

Henry Turcan an insider of the Minds Machines Group has purchased 1.750,000 shares of it. The sale was made at a price of GBX 6 ($0.08) per share, with a total value of £105,000 ($137,201.10). Minds Machines Group is an operator and owner of gTLDs. It is known for providing “Espresso” registry services technology platform.…
Domains in full Greek Script

The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) has launched the .ευ domain. .ευ is the Greek version of .eu TLD. Good news for the Greeks as now an all Greek domain with .ευ extension can be used. The existing Greek names with .eu extension can be switched over to .ευ in 3 years. The European…
.bond open for public

The .bond extension was launched for public today. The extension was available to trademark owners from October 17 to November 18 and unveiled to the public today. Brands like Twitter, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Instagram have already booked their .bond domains. The extension was launched by ShortDot SA, the fifth-largest new domain name registry in…