Author: News Bureau
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Highlights of .me in the first half of 2022
.me published its figures for the first half of 2022. The figures published give an overall view of the state of health of this short TLD. The report doesn’t discuss the entirety of .me domains but focuses primarily on the Premium Domain Name sales figures. A total of 41 Premium .me domain names were registered…
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Domain names of two Mayoral candidates point to a third candidate
Efeso Collins and Craig Lord are the candidates vying for the city’s top administerial position. However, their respective domain names, i.e., EfesoCollins.co.nz and CraigLord.co.nz point to the domain name LeoMolloy.co.nz. Leo Molloy is another candidate hustling for the Mayoralty of Auckland.
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The most valuable Crypto Domain Names
The internet is in a transition between the old to the new. Decentralised Web is the future and it is affecting the skeleton of the internet itself. Traditional domain names are now facing an increasingly growing competition from the Crypto domain names. Crypto domain names haven’t yet reached the acceptability and brand value that the…
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Pro-Palestine website spreads fear among Massachusetts’ Jews
A number of news platforms have reported about the presence of a controversial Pro-Palestine domain name that seems to disrupt the environment in Massachusetts. The website has caused special trouble for the Jewish community living there. The domain name of the website hasn’t been announced yet. This has been done to stop the spread of…
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A boxing match for BoxesMaker.com
From my experience, the presence of bad faith is the single most important factor dictating the future of a domain name dispute. Even trademarks fail if bad faith couldn’t be established. But when they do, chances of success increase. Forum received an interesting dispute regarding the domain name BoxesMaker.com. The Complainant here was The BoxMaker,…
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Parties contesting for the possession of GrandDuke
Just merely having a trademark rights doesn’t mean exclusive control of a mark. The order of the sequence of registration related to different aspects such as that of the registration of the infringing domain and even the history of trademark owners also plays a role. Arbitration Center for Internet Disputes came across a tussle in…
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Swiss court upholds ban on foreign gambling domain names
Gambling, especially online gambling is getting more and more into the mainstream nowadays. The Government all across are loosening their grip on Gambling Companies owing to the amounts of profits the government receives. However, among this dangerous general trend, the move by the Swiss government comes as a breath of fresh air. The Government has…
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EU’s approval for Turkish trademark enrages Greece
Türkiye, or Turkey is going through a lot of name changes. Just recently the country changed her name. We also reported about how Turkish Airlines is also going to be renamed. Now, a trademark filed by Türkiye is creating trouble. The country filed a trademark application for TURKAEGEAN at the European Union Intellectual Property Office…
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Panel sides with the domain investor in Voi.se
Short letter domain names are a rarity in the domain name industry. Most 2 and 3 letter .com domains have already been acquired. And whatever has been left, domain disputes are fought for them! WIPO arbitrated a case where two parties were contesting over the domain name Voi.se. The Complainant here is VOI Technology AB…
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This .flights domain name is priced at $60 million
Domain Names can be pricey. If the domain name you require is small sized, popular, catchy and generic in nature, it can cost in millions of dollars. Voice.com, is a shining example of this which was sold at $30 million, which remains the costliest domain name ever. However, a new domain name could topple this…
