Author: News Bureau
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When Ferrari schooled two domain names
Ferrari once had a very interesting interaction with two domain names. The case originated from a slight inconvenience people had with Ferrari. Old Ferrari cars’ wiring diagrams in the manuals were very difficult to understand. They were poorly written, improperly scanned, used Italian nomenclature and were all black wired. People needed an easier version, but…
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Domain Story: RegalGames.com
The domain name RegalGames.com was at the center of a dispute between a toy and games company and a private individual. The Complainant was Regal Games LLC while the Respondent was Wolfgang Sauer. The Complainant has the trademark rights over the term ‘Regal Games’. The Complainant argues that the Respondents domain name is confusingly similar…
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Saudi Arabia extends the date of transfer of domain names
Saudi Arabia has extended the date of transfer of it’s domain names. With an extension of three months, the domain names could be transferred till 31st of March, 2022. This applies to all the domain names under .sa and السعودية. TLDs. The transfer is regarding the change in the registrar of Saudi domain names. Saudi…
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Who will win between French President Emmanuel Macron and a domain name?
The French President, Emmanuel Macron is all prepared for his election due this year. He and his party La République En Marche!, are working and preparing for the best outcomes. However, this domain name stands in their way. This all starts with cartoons. France and cartoons have a way of going together, in whatever way…
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Changes in the Dispute Resolution Policy of .tr
Turkey is going to change Domain Resolution Policies related to .tr domain names. The Information Communications and Technology Authority (ICTA) has proposed a Draft Communiqué on Dispute Resolution Mechanism. The Draft Communiqué has several new propositions as compared to the previous one. There were certain provisions regarding the eligibility of Dispute Resolution Service Providers (DRSP).…
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.भ domain names are now available
New year has brought some very exciting news for the domain name industry. A new Top-level domain (TLD) has been launched in India. This new TLD has been named .भ. .भ represents the first letter of the term, Bharat, in the Devanagari script. Bharat is another name for the country of India in Devanagari. These…
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The legacy of J. W. Dant
Some stories are so interesting that you start thinking how a movie based on them would look like. Well, seldom do such feelings arise out of legal proceedings. However, a recent judgement could very confidently be described as an exception. The story is of J. W. Dant. Dant used to distill bourbon in his own…
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Gulf Power merged to Florida Power and Light company
Gulf Power, a company that has been in existence since 1925, was merged into Florida Power and Company. From 1st of January, Gulf Power would be officially called Florida Power and Light Company. Following the name change, the original domain name of Gulf Power won’t be functional. Gulf Power used to function on the domain…
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What’s with the rush for .xyz in the Crypto companies?
.xyz is one of the most popular TLDs present today. In fact in the year 2021, among all other TLDs, .xyz was behind only .com. However, there has been a rise in the popularity of the extension among the Crypto and decentralized internet entities. Why’s so? The reason behind this is the CEO of the…
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Cloudflare receives DMCA Subpoena to disclose domain name details
Cyber Scams are nasty aren’t they? What is more nasty is the fact that a very small percentage of perpetrators behind these scams actually get caught. But what if domain name registering agencies disclosed the identity of fraudulent domain name holders? Digital Millennium Copyright Act Services Ltd. (DMCA) has handed a subpoena to Cloudflare regarding…
