news 🆕 WEEK IN DOMAINING | Newsletter - 36

[Sarfraz S]

WEEK IN DOMAINING | Newsletter - 36


Highlights:

• ICANN hit by DDoS attack.
• 2025 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award Nominations.
• Dan .com merges with Afternic.
• Veed .com founder shares acquisition price, hints of $80,000 dollar sale.
• GoDaddy shuts down Dan’s integration with Efty.
• Squarespace gets sweetened $7.2 billion takeover offer.
• Hackers break .mobi after Whois domain expires.
• ICANN Seeks Input on Additional Reference Label Generation Rules and Updates.
• Early registration open for Domainer Expo coming this December in Las Vegas.
• GoDaddy announces next premium domain auction.
• The biggest .com registrars, ranked.
• China loses over half a million domains.
• ICANN Extends Deadline for NextGen@ICANN82 Program Applications.
• Sedo: Most searched keywords for August 2024.
• NameJet/SnapNames 3 months of sales data released.
• ICANN Seeks Input on Proposed Language for Next Round Applicant Guidebook.
• ASAP .com Sold in Bankruptcy Auction.
• Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CV .co.
• End user domain name sales up to $265,000.
• Venmo and PayPal integrate Ethereum Name Service addresses.

Legal News:

• RDNH in Gosno .com.
• UDRP: Narecycles .com was denied.
• RDNH in Pools123texas .com.
• RDNH in Wandafilm .com.
• UDRP: Qw .com was denied.
• UDRP: Notinok .shop was denied.
• UDRP: Jouvenceartisanale .com was denied.
• UDRP: Keeper .com was denied.
• UDRP: Borboninternational .com was denied.
• Peppercorn .com: UDRP returns domain to rightful owner 15 years later.
• Outside Interactive sues to get outside .com.
• Russia calls for ICANN to split from US.
• USPTO infringement via the matching .com domain name.
• Araldi .com: Four years after a GoDaddy auctions pickup, domain is lost in a UDRP.
• Namecheap Flagged for EU ‘Piracy Watchlist’ After Failing to Block Infringing Sites.
• Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers.
• FBI seizes Russian fake news domains.
• Chinese registrars back in trouble after porn UDRP suspension.
• Russia challenges .aero domain suspension, seeks ICANN mediation.

New Launch:

• Unveiled the official logo for the Domainer Mixer event.
• Domain Price Game : A free web game where you guess the values of recent domain name sales.
• Digital Candy Community by Ryan Ewen.
• Have I Been Squatted? Protect your domain and brand from typosquatting attacks.
• Atom’s AI-Generated Images: Elevate Your Domain Listings to the Next Level.

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