By Abdul Khan According to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, the Obama era Net Neutrality rules that govern access to the Internet will be repealed on December 14th, 2017. While the impact of this action may take some time to directly impact companies and individuals, the FCC vote could signal an important […]
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For UDRP Panelists, some cases are very straightforward and obvious and it takes very little time to draft a decision. However, every once in a while, along comes a case which should be very straightforward and obvious, but one of the parties just doesn’t quite see it that way. And so it is with a
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By Lauren Tracey One of the many bumps along the road to success for startup businesses is, often after going through the process of choosing a domain name, discovering the ideal .COM domain name is already taken. .COM is an oversaturated Top Level Domain (TLD), so widely used that a company’s desired domain is less
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By Josh Bourne On November 23, 2016, FairWinds distributed Cyber Monday 2016: Typosquatting – A Threat to Brands and Consumers, a report on how typosquatting impacts 50 of the leading internet retail brands. FairWinds re-evaluated the 2016 dataset for Cyber Monday 2017: Fast Flux DNS and Other Cyber Threats to Brands. The biggest take away
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By Emily Johns Tamara Mellon — co–founder of Jimmy Choo and designer of her namesake shoe brand — thinks the fashion industry is going the way of the music industry. In an interview with Racked, the designer examines internet-only, direct-to-consumer luxury fashion brands, including her own, and how they represent an ideological shift within the
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By Steve Levy Domain name disputes may now pose more than simply a risk to one’s brand reputation. Rather than merely inputting a typo of your favorite brand and winding up at a pay-per-click website, a more sinister exploit called fast flux DNS is gaining ground among cybersquatters. What is Fast Flux DNS? With fast
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By Josh Bourne Nearly 50 of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) launched through ICANN’s New gTLD Program directly relate to the banking industry. While certain financial services new gTLDs such as .BANK and .INSURANCE have been established by their operators as trusted safe-havens with significant vetting and barriers to entry, most financial services industry
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By Emily Johns We all know the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) can be a faster and easier way to take ownership of a domain name. Did you know that the UDRP could also help you face the growing security threats such as Fast Flux DNS? Given changes to the broader Internet advertising
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By Josh Bourne We were curious how major Canadian brands were fairing when it came to cybersquatting, so we took a look at how well protected they are in the domain name space. We specifically took a look to see whether their customers are facing navigation challenges or security threats online as a result of
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By Tim Broughton Maintaining your online brand reputation, share of voice, and online sales is key for any business. Owning the right domain names is a key piece of this successful equation. In this post, we will be examining how domain acquisition of the right domains – both branded and generic – specifically for the
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By Steve Levy Many of you are familiar with the topic of nominative fair use in domain names. This can often occur when a non-commercial use is made of a mark such as: com for a fan site, or com for a criticism site. Similarly, commercial, for-profit uses of a trademark can be made where
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Executive Summary Many of the largest online retailers are losing significant amounts of traffic and revenue as a result of not owning and properly utilizing domain names that are typographical variations of their primary website(s). Traffic to typo variations of 50 of the most popular internet retail brands alone is worth over $70,000,000 per year.
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