Author Archives: Katharine

Nominet Overhauls Its Procedures

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Katharine

  Nominet, a popular registrar of .co.uk domain names, recently outlined a comprehensive set of changes to its services, which it will implement beginning in May of 2012. The biggest change is that a single-year registration of a .uk domain … Continue reading →

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Domain Registrars Protest SOPA/PIPA

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Katharine

On January 18, 2012, several websites, including domain name sites, went dark to protest the proposed legislation restricting the use of copyrighted material on the internet. This legislation, in the form of two linked bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act … Continue reading →

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DOMAINfest Global Fantasy Domaining Contest

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Katharine

Each year, Oversee.net hosts an event in Los Angeles called DOMAINfest Global. It has expanded through the years to include just about anyone who has an interest or investment in domain names and “domaining”, and in 2012 the event will … Continue reading →

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German Company Sues Facebook Over Page Name

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Katharine

Domain name squabbles aren’t just restricted to .coms, it seems. A German pharmaceutical company doing business as Merck evidently entered into an agreement with Facebook in March of last year to hold rights to the page at www.facebook.com/merck. However, the … Continue reading →

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.xxx for Colleges

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Katharine

.xxx became available to trademark owners on September 7, 2011, and will become widely available to general domain name buyers on December 6th. In the meantime, an unlikely group of buyers has been snapping up the domain names ending in … Continue reading →

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Should You Worry About UDRP?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Katharine

The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) is a policy established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to put some order to disputes between people who have purchased certain domain names and people who want the rights to those … Continue reading →

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