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Josh Bourne ⬥ 28 November Zut alors! According to The Guardian, identity squatting is no longer a problem that only American politicians face. It appears that French squatters have a certain savoir faire for the practice as well, and it extends all the way up to the office of Prime Minister. When users type in

Josh Bourne ⬥ 18 November In the past we’ve written about members of Congress and other elected officials who do not own their names as domain names. In many cases, the officials’ names have been registered by opportunistic squatters and host pay-per-click ads. But every so often, an official’s name is registered by a competing

Josh Bourne ⬥ 14 November Remember a few months back when online retailer Overstock.com started promoting a new domain name O.co? It began by touting it as its “new shortcut,” but recently launched an advertising push declaring “Overstock.com is now O.co.” It even had the name of the Oakland NFL/MLB stadium, the Overstock.com Coliseum, changed

Josh Bourne ⬥ 8 November I missed the Chicago-Philadelphia football game last night, so this morning I went online to check the score. On a whim I decided to type MondayNightFootball.com into my browser bar, thinking that there was a chance it might lead me to what I was looking for. The domain directed me

Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 27 October Today, FairWinds Managing Partner Josh Bourne published a cover article for iMedia Connection. The article, titled “Your Step-by-Step Guide to Acquiring a gTLD” walks applicants through all the phases of applying for and acquiring a new gTLD – from the initial fact gathering and planning; to preparing the best application

Steve Levy ⬥ 13 October On certain occasions here at FairWinds, one of the best things we can do for our clients is tell them no. I’m specifically referring to recovering domain names via UDRP. Not every domain name is a good candidate for a UDRP complaint, because while the UDRP is a great system,

Tom Carroll ⬥ 10 October It’s been about three years since the last James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace,” was released in theaters. After some delays, which were the result of speculation that Daniel Craig might be walking away from the role of 007 and problems at MGM, it looks like the next Bond movie