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Meeting the Demand: Exploring ICANN’s Next Round of New gTLDs

By Tom Wells Introduction In a rapidly expanding digital landscape, the demand for unique and targeted domain extensions is reaching new heights. As the Internet continues to evolve, ...
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NetBeacon – What to Know About the New DNS Abuse Tool

By Alex Zins NetBeacon is a free online domain abuse reporting tool that seeks to simplify the process of submitting reports to domain registrars. Established in 2021 by ...
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Navigating the New DNS Abuse Obligations: Impacts on Registry Operators

By Tom Wells As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the management and governance of the Domain Name System (DNS) are subject to regulatory updates and modernized standards. ...
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Brand Owners, Beware Of Fake UDRP Complaints!

By Steve Levy We’ve all heard of patent trolls and perhaps trademark or copyright trolls but I’ve only ever considered the idea of a UDRP troll in the ...
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I Want To Go After Multiple Domain Names And Save Money. What Should I Do?

By Steve Levy It’s not uncommon to pull on a thread and end up with an entire ball of yarn. And so it occasionally happens with domain name ...
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Does Cybersquatting Require Specific Targeting Or Merely Negligence?

By Steve Levy Back in the mid to late 90s, when use of the internet was just gaining popularity, brand owners started becoming aware of domain names that ...
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Getting Away With It – Joint Litigation Against The World’s Most Prolific Cybersquatter

By Steve Levy In UDRP cases there are a few “frequent flyers” – habitual cybersquatters who keep coming back again and again. Successful in monetizing their domain names ...
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TypoSquatting Is Still Very Much Allive

By Steve Levy After about 30 years of watching cybersquatting flourish, I’d have thought that most typo domain names had been taken or transferred to their assertive brand ...
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Metaverse Mayhem: Why You Should Pay Attention to How Your Trademarks Are Used in Roblox

By Jeanette Eriksson   Platforms like Roblox allow millions of users to create, share, and monetize their own virtual experiences. However, this increase in user-generated content can also ...
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When Is It Best To Tolerate Unwanted Activity? – The Streisand Effect

By Steve Levy Way back near the dawn of the 21st century, before the tsunami that was to become known as “social media” crashed upon the shores of ...
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What Are You Fighting About? – Filing Disputes In Court Or The UDRP

By Steve Levy A couple of recent UDRP decisions have highlighted the issue of what’s within the scope of, and appropriate for the policy and what disputes are ...
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Are You Talking To The Right Person?

By Steve Levy Not all domain name disputes need to end up as UDRP complaints. Although it’s become more of a challenge since the adoption of the GDPR – which ...
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