The Freename Forum

ICANN is organizing a “Contracted Parties Summit” in Hanoi (Vietnam) in May 2025, which will focus on “Registrant Verification” and “Phishing” in a relaxed exchange at eye level. ICANN's “Global Domains and Strategy Team” is inviting accredited registrars and gTLD registries to the “Contracted Parti...

micro.dev GBP 15.000,– (ca. EUR 17.828,–) unlimited.ltd US$ 8.000,– (ca. EUR 7.356,–) mirus.net US$ 3.500,– (ca. EUR 3.218,–) agent.info US$ 6.000,– (ca. EUR 5.517,–) phillypops.org US$ 3.310,– (ca. EUR 3.044,–) emergencyfeeding.org US$ 3.100,– (ca. EUR 2.850,–) acte.org US$ 3.000,– (ca. EUR 2.759,–...

coches.es EUR 120.000,– fashion.es EUR 6.050,– acis.es EUR 2.178,– workers.ai US$ 74.900,– (ca. EUR 68.871,–) sand.ai US$ 65.000,– (ca. EUR 59.768,–) paid.ai US$ 65.000,– (ca. EUR 59.768,–) director.ai US$ 64.990,– (ca. EUR 59.759,–) scarlett.ai US$ 60.000,– (ca. EUR 55.170,–) mal.ai US$ 50.000,– (c...

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has confirmed in a ruling that the question of copyright infringements under German law on the internet depends on a sufficient domestic connection, in the assessment of which domain endings are also taken into account. The dispute between a group of companies that...

The watch manufacturer Breitling saw its trademark rights infringed by the domain breitling.com.de and - although it is a .de domain - took the matter to The Forum to conduct dispute resolution proceedings. And rightly so. There is no dispute resolution procedure like the UDRP for the German country...

The Polish registry NASK will work more closely with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) in future. A cooperation agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Patent Office in Warsaw on March 7, 2025. Among other things, it provides for the development of a joint guide for the admi...

In the midst of global geopolitical disputes, .su, the former country code of the Soviet Union, made headlines. “ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name” reported renowned domain blogger Andrew Allemann, referring to a letter from the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) department of...

The Paris-based and internationally active leather goods company Lancaster has got rid of its trademark extension. In a letter dated January 8, 2025, the French company terminated the Registry Agreement (RA) with the Internet registry ICANN for .lancaster. As is usual with .brands, the termination i...

A digital storm is brewing between the USA and the EU: according to Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor Emeritus of Internet Policy and Regulation at Aarhus University, the world is more distant than ever from a harmonized global digital legal order. It wasn't that long ago. On April 28, 2022, the Euro...

The Internet administration ICANN is planning a small revolution: on the recommendation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), the 60-day transfer lock is to be abolished. This would considerably speed up the possibility of transferring domain names with generic domain endings. Anyone ...