The US Court of Appeals overturned an earlier decision that Avery Dennison had trademark rights to the domain names Avery.net and Dennison.net. Jerry Sumpton of Mailbank registered the domains to sell ‘vanity email addresses’ like joe@avery.net. [...] Continue reading →

A federal court ordered the suspension of the domain name USAbanc.com, pending the lawsuit filed by US Bancorp for trademark infringement. [...] Continue reading →

Game Zero Magazine, the owner of bomb.com, put the domain name up for auction today on ebay. The first bid for the domain came in at $95,000. [...] Continue reading →

Network Solutions drew some criticism today when the European Commissioner verified complaints against their closed-door meetings where they may have manipulated the contracts to keep consumers from using competing services. [...] Continue reading →

Domain Registrar NetBenefit is teaming with Excite (a UK web portal) to focus its marketing efforts on mainstream consumers, selling family name URLs instead of conventional business site names. [...] Continue reading →

Network Solutions was on the firing line yet again in allegations from the EU in Brussels for holding onto a monopoly and refusing to allow competition into the domain name game. The criticism stems from the investigation of licensing agreements between Network Solutions and two Scandinavian companies by the European Commission. [...] Continue reading →

When the House Commerce Committee gathered on Thursday, the big question was “Can ICANN control the Internet?” The non-profit organization was set up to oversee the domain name system, and was supposed to have brought in competition for the registration process, which is still under the monopolizing company, Network Solutions. The majority of [...] Continue reading →