Domain Name News

Predictions for Next Week's New TLD Lottery

We’re pretty much guaranteed that something won’t go as planned. Tickets for next week’s new top level domain “prioritization draw” went on sale this morning. The draw will take place on Monday on Los Angeles.

.PW: A Leader in Trademark Protection?

On December 3rd .pw (the ccTLD for Palau) kicked off its sunrise offering. It is a relaunch of a country-code to the general public – however, equally noteable is that it is one of the first top-level domains to deploy some of the advanced Rights Protection Mechanisms currently being debated by the ICANN community.

Forexpros Buys Investing.com For $2.45M, Launches One-Stop Financial Portal For Everyday Investors

Today, we can add another one to the list, as financial website Forexpros.com has purchased “Investing.com” for $2.45 million, making it the largest (known) purchase of a single domain name in 2012.

Largest Known Domain Purchase of 2012? Investing.com for $2.75m

In the early days of the Internet, the smartest tech nerds weren’t just starting companies, they were scooping up website domain names. This year, entrepreneurs experimented with hipster domain names like “.io” and “.me”. But for those that can afford them, “.

Security Company Buys Endgame.com for $80000

Security company upgrades its domain name.

An Atlanta company has purchased the domain name …

Go Daddy Names Irving As CEO

Go Daddy Group Inc., an Internet domain-name hosting company, appointed Blake Irving chief executive officer.

Facebook Down Due to Domain Name System Issue - What's DNS?

Facebook was down for many users yesterday, due to changes in their DNS architecture. Why would a change in Domain Name System data keep you from the site?

Ohio Lawyer Plans to Lead Transition of Domain Names

An Ohio lawyer is positioning herself as a worldwide expert in an emerging, little-known industry — the administration of top-level domain names.

CNN Too “dDistracted” to Protect Its Brands\' Domain Names

CNN didn’t bother to register CNNDistraction.com or CNNDistractions.com for their popular programming. They’re currently unregistered.

Registry and Registrar Not Liable for Infringing Domain Names

In an October 19 2012 decision the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC), the registry for the ‘.fr’ country-code top-level domain, was not liable for failing to freeze or block an infringing domain name on notice by an interested party without a court order.