The Freename Forum

Following the conclusion of the 81st ICANN meeting, eco - Association of the German Internet Industry eV is organising the ICANN81 Readout, in which highlights and ‘take-aways’ from the 26th Annual General Meeting will be presented in an online event. As after the 80th ICANN meeting, eco eV and the ...

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In a recent UDRP decision by The Forum, it becomes clear that a 67-year-old business name does not readily give rise to a trade mark that fulfils the first requirement of the UDRP in the context of the proceedings. The complainant in the dispute over the domain thecharlesmachineworks.com was unable ...

The international management consultancy DOTZON GmbH recently published its sixth ‘Digital Corporate Brands’ ranking study, this time for the year 2024. The neck-and-neck race between the three-time number 1 .audi and three-time number 1 .leclerc once again ended with a change of leadership in favou...

The University of Latvia, administrator of the Latvian country code extension .lv, has announced that disputes over .lv domains can now be settled before the arbitration tribunal of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The procedure itself is closely modelled on the Uniform Domain-Na...

The Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, registry of the country extension .gt of the Republic of Guatemala, has integrated the ‘Unified Domain Search Engine’ of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs (LACTLD) into its registration system. With this integration, interested parties and...

The top level domain .music has started its regular registration process. From now on, all members of the music community can register their .music domain on a first come, first served basis. However, the registration and use of .music domains is reserved exclusively for verified members so that the...

The domain name industry must prepare for higher costs: The internet administration ICANN has announced that it will increase the fees for generic top level domains. With the return of Donald Trump to the office of US President, the hope of lower .com fees is also likely to be a thing of the past. W...

The last word has not yet been spoken on the NIS-2 Implementation and Cyber Security Strengthening Act (NIS2UmsuCG): the federal government's draft bill was heavily criticised at an expert hearing in the Bundestag's Committee on Internal Affairs. With the end of the traffic light coalition, the law ...