Back in November 2021, The founder of RemoteOK.com, an online repository of “digital nomad” jobs, complained about having to pay to acquire the domain. It seems that he did the right thing to acquire the .com, however, as the domain rebranding from the .io sent his company’s traffic and brand recognition skyrocketing. Sharing traffic data [...] Continue reading →

Austin-based Deathwishes LLC, operators of the domain Deathwishes.com, have applied for the registration of the matching mark with the USPTO. The application for DEATHWISHES.COM to become a registered trademark was made with an “intent to use” clause, indicating that the mark has not been used in commerce yet. The mark was applied for: Providing a [...] Continue reading →

It’s been over five years since ICANN last implemented a policy, and many of its ongoing projects are in limbo. Beggars belief, doesn’t it? The ongoing delays to new gTLD program policy and the push-back from ICANN on Whois policy recently got me thinking: when was the last time ICANN actually did anything in the [...] Continue reading →

Mireo d.d. is a company and brand that produces global automotive navigation systems for smartphones, personal navigation devices, and in-car infotainment systems. They also provide fleet management and vehicle tracking services and produce detailed maps of Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. They have just filed WIPO case number D2022-0287 to get ownership over the domain name Mireo.com, presently they own and use the ccTLD Mireo.hr which is the country [...] Continue reading →

An Australian comedy troupe has registered podcaster Joe Rogan’s name as a domain as part of an anti-anti-vaccine prank. The Chaser, which has published satire across print, radio, TV and the web for the last 20 years, picked up joerogan.com.au a few days ago and redirected it to the Aussie government’s vaccine-booking web site. The [...] Continue reading →

Tom Brady, or Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, where he was a central contributor to the franchise’s dynasty from 2001 to 2019. The record-setting quarterback is known among other stats for [...] Continue reading →

After finally becoming bought out in 2015, registration of 6N.com domains has been steadily declining.  In the last couple months, the bottom has fallen out of this market.  With nearly half a million 6N.com domains now available for registration, it is going to take a lot of money flooding in to the market for these domains [...] Continue reading →