Domain Name Strategy

Josh Bourne ⬥ 9 January Back in September, we published a Perspectives paper about a survey scam that targeted social networks: when Internet users mistyped the domain names ...

Phil Lodico ⬥ 21 December Anyone who has lost a domain because they let the registration lapse knows how important it is to make sure to renew your ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 14 December ICM Registry, the company that administers the .XXX sponsored top-level domain (sTLD),announced this morning that it was suspending domain registrations “that appear to ...

Steve Levy ⬥ 9 December Simply put, not all domains are good candidates for a UDRP complaint. It is the duty of a Complainant and its counsel to ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 6 December Because ICANN’s new gTLD program will open up the domain name system on a scale that we have never seen before, there has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...