The big question on everyone’s mind is whether or not ICANN will expand the top-level domain base. ICANN spokesperson says it will eventually, but has other issues to resolve first. Other questions include, “will anyone with an email address be allowed to vote on certain issues?” and “what will they do about cybersquatters?” [...] Continue reading →

London’s Police Department was surprised to hear of an IT manager registering domain names based on the term Metropolitan Police. The police department asked for the domains, but the owner, Redwood Wilson, sent replies demanding money to cover his ‘registrations costs’. [...] Continue reading →

Dell is suing 17 companies and six individuals for cybersquatting for registering names such as dellbackup.com and dellsolutions.com. Only 15 of the domain name owners are located in the US. [...] Continue reading →

The owner of the domain names BBC1.com and BBC2.com was blocked from selling or transferring domain ownership until the lawsuit from the BBC is settled. The BBC is taking action against anyone using the BBC trademark in their domain names. [...] Continue reading →