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Yesterday
A dentist, an affair, and reverse domain name hijacking
A dentist tried to use UDRP to take down a gripe site about an alleged affair. It backfired. When a dentist in Huntington Beach, California, had an affair, a local man decided to air his grievance in a very public way. Daniel Kim created a gripe site about dentist Dongjin Kim whe
German electronics company tries to reverse hijack katek.com
The company obtained trademark rights after the current owner acquired the domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Katek AG, a German electronics manufacturing company, attempted to reverse hijack the domain name katek.com. Domain investor
April’s top domain name stories
.Com price hike and new identity requirements for .de led last month’s stories. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Verisign raising wholesale .com prices – Not a big surprise here. Verisign is increasing the wholesale p
Thursday 7 May
Revenue down at Tucows Domains, but margin up
Company reports declining domain name revenue. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings this afternoon. Tucows Domains revenue declined 2% year over year to $64.1 million. The Wholesale and Value Added Services segments both declined, but the retail business grew slightly. Although
Organization gives up fight for Prosecco.com domain name
Group that oversees DOC designation for prosecco tells court it is not seeking transfer of domains. Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, an Italian organization that manages and oversees the “Denominazione di Origine Controllata” (&
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