Domain Name Strategy
New gTLDs and Online Retailers
Josh Bourne ⬥ 15 July This week, I wrote an article for Forbes.com about what retail brands need to know about new gTLDs. All brands will have to ...
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That Old Chestnut Again
Tom Carroll ⬥ 5 July There are few things more American than eating hot dogs outside on a warm summer day. And there is almost nothing more American ...
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Playing Politics Online
Liz Sweezey ⬥ 28 June Back in February, Steve Levy blogged about Sarah and Briston Palin’s applications to trademark their names being held up. Last week, according to ...
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Baller, Name Caller
Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 24 June I should probably begin this post with a disclaimer that I am not much of an NBA fan. Aside from occasionally tuning in ...
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The Game has Changed, and Now So Must the Game Plan
Phil Lodico ⬥ 22 June Monday was a long awaited day for many in the domain industry. While some of us have spent the past few years working ...
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Even Cybersquatters Summer in the Hamptons
Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 15 June According to Business Insider, a Hamptons real estate firm has been employing what it calls a “very aggressive web strategy” to drum up ...
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Atlas Shrugged, WIPO Didn’t
Steve Levy ⬥ 13 June Ayn Rand’s renowned novel Atlas Shrugged has become famous around the world as an ode to the merits of a free market system. ...
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When IP Enforcement Gets Aggressive
Steve Levy ⬥ 27 May According to a recent article that appeared in Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Media, Inc. (EMI), the company that publishes the eponymous Entrepreneur magazine, has garnered ...
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Expiration Data
Josh Bourne ⬥ 19 May People interested in acquiring desirable domain names that are already registered often track when these names are about to expire, so that they ...
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When Malware Plagues Brands
Josh Bourne ⬥ 13 May This week, FairWinds published a paper that was the culmination of research into the prevalence of malware among typos of popular websites’ domain ...
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Going Back in Time for a UDRP
Steve Levy ⬥ 11 May The Cleveland Browns can now take their place among the Green Bay Packers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Giants, and the Indianapolis ...
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Insight into ICANN’s Affirmation of Commitments
Phil Lodico ⬥ 6 May I recently had the opportunity to read A. Michael Froomkin’s research paper, “Almost Free: An Analysis of ICANN’s ‘Affirmation of Commitments’” (AOC), which ...
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