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By Josh Bourne Join us for a free webinar on January 16, 2018, to hear from Taylor Frank, Vice President at FairWinds, with regard to recent developments, analysis ...

By Emily Johns On December 6th, Chairwoman of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin submitted a letter to Cherine Chalaby and Goran Marby of ICANN, ...

By Josh Bourne 2017 proved to be an eventful year with the United States pulling back from ICANN, the advance of opportunistic practices by bad actors, and innovative ...

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Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, the Obama era Net Neutrality rules that govern access to the Internet will be repealed ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...