A bill submitted by a U.S. Congressman was designed to block ICANN’s decision to give VeriSign control of expired domain names in the .com and .net TLDs. Other registrars expressed concern over VeriSign’s new Wait List Service, which, if it is implemented, who eliminate competing registrars from the expired domain secondary market. [...] Continue reading →

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Stephen Cohen’s, the man who illegally hijacked the sex.com domain, appeal. "The Supreme Court's denial of Mr. Cohen's writ petition is significant because it puts the final nail in the coffin," said Pamela Ureta, an attorney for Gary Kremen, founder of Sex.com. "Cohen has tried unsuccessfully both in the Ninth [...] Continue reading →

Pool.com has sued ICANN for monopolistic practices after the non-profit organization handed over control of expired .com and .net domains to VeriSign, who plans to implement a new Wait List Service. [...] Continue reading →

Nominet announced that they would not publish domain expiration dates in the public whois database. The changes are designed to give domain owners greater access to information about their domain names. [...] Continue reading →

Seven Words, a LA company, filed a lawsuit against Network Solutions for their policy against registering domain names containing the “seven dirty words”. The company claims that the policy is government censorship, since NSI operates under the Commerce Department. [...] Continue reading →

The Government of New Zealand, who was slow in registering newzealand.com, was instead forced pay $1 million to a US company who had already registered the domain. As the difference between domain names and trademarks blurs, New Zealand claimed the name was trademarked and filed a suit with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO). WIPO [...] Continue reading →

The Internet Private Foundation Austria (IPA), owner of the nic.at Registry, launched a new domain name dispute resolution system designed to handle .at domain disputes in a quick, cost-effective way. The system is designed to be an alternative to legal proceedings. [...] Continue reading →