Category: Security
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World’s biggest pistol manufacturer troubled by these domain names
The privacy protection of domain names’ registrants can be confusing sometimes. Specially, when brands are looking for any domain names that are infringing upon their trademarks. A confusion can arrive. Let’s see this in today’s domain story. GLOCK, Inc is an Austrian origin weapons manufacturing company. Gaston Glock, an engineer, designed a new model of…
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Singapore blocks 99 domain names
Illicit domain names and the havoc they create have all of us worried. Billions of dollars are wasted every year. However, the actions by the government authorities and the seriousness with which the focus has been on fraudulent domain names has been unparalleled. Especially after the pandemic. Government institutions are actively taking part to combat…
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Federal Trade Commission proposes law against Brand Impersonation scams
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent entity responsible for the enforcement of antitrust laws and consumer protection, has issued a notice about a new law in making. The Commission has taken into account the growing number of impersonation scams, and is going frame a new rule to regulate it. The notice is termed as…
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Court suspends domain name impersonating Indiamart
Delhi High court has suspended a counterfeiting domain name that was trying to fraud the customers by publishing fake job opportunities. The domain name was trying to dupe the Indiamart brand name. Indiamart is a popular Business to Business company with 60% market share in India. The primary domain of Indiamart is Indiamart.com with other…
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Debevoise & Plimpton secures cybersquatting domain name
Debevoise & Plimpton, a prominent New YorK City based law firm, was at odds with a domain name that was trying to cybersquat its name. The firm then went on to Namecheap for the resolution of the issue, but after its unsupportiveness Debevoise had to approach the court. The infringing domain names here were Debevoise-law.com…
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What would Domino’s do against DominickPizzas.com?
Domino’s Pizza was established in 1960. Interestingly the Pizza giant started with the name DomiNick’s, a name borrowed from the place where the owners of Domino’s earlier worked. However, upon expansion they had to drop the name, and hence the name Domino’s was chosen. However, it looks like someone is trying to repeat history. A…
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NameBlock @ NamesCon Global 2022
NameBlock AS was launched at the NamesCon Global 2022. The Gold partner of NamesCon might have the solution that the industry is in dire need of. NameBlock is a unique one place destination to protect your brand name against domain name impersonation. We all understand the importance a right domain name can have in the…
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More than 250 Crypto addresses blocked
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Uniswap has blocked more than 250 crypto addresses. All of the blocked addresses were indulged in different illegal activities. The blocked list includes those who were either blocked by the government or indulged in stealing money. The addresses blocked by the government were related to a privacy tool named Tornado Cash. The…
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Alabama’s Berlin gets a new domain name
Berlin is more than just a city. The German capital represents the aspirations and achievements of the German folks. However, did you know that there is another Berlin in the US? Berlin is also a town in the state of Alabama. The town is a part of Cullman county. The municipality of the town adopted…
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Domain Names spoofing Meesho gains High Court’s attention
Domain name spoofing is not something new. It’s something that is pretty common, however most of the time the scope of the case remains contracted to the case itself. But this time the High Court has looked into the issue through a wider lens. Meesho is an online shopping platform that has shown remarkable growth…
