The Freename Forum

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 ...

... to obtain a clearer interpretation and thus contribute to legal transparency. The aim is to create legal certainty for domain and rights holders, according to CZ.NIC. Anyone currently affected by an ADR procedure for a .cz domain should therefore check whether they would be adversely affected ...

... domains for the time being, but this will only apply to a limited extent: “after some time old addresses will no longer be recognized or usable”, according to the Group. This is unlikely to have any effect on the number of .toshiba domains; only five are currently registered. Source: https://www.global.toshiba/ww/news/corporate/2025/03/news-20250304-01.html

... are still trickling in. The unofficial world champion title as the ccTLD registry with the highest growth in 2024 is claimed by the Russian .ru. According to the Coordination Center for TLD RU, the registry gained around 390,000 net domains and ended the past year with 5.8 million domains. Whether ...

... for. The domain's WHOIS shows the last change for February 2024. As of February 12, 2024 at the latest, the domain redirected to weathertech.com, according to archive.org. Berryhill notes that on the last landing page shown before that, the domain wt.com was offered for US$ 3 million. Was that ...

... of the top level domain .io is therefore also in the stars, as the disappearance of the British Indian Ocean Territory from the standard list according to ISO 3166-1 also threatens its disappearance as a ccTLD. However, there is no need to panic: until at least 2030, owners of a .io domain ...

... block such domain names in cases of abuse such as phishing or the distribution of malicious software (malware), but also in other cases of abuse. According to Götte, the registration obligations are insufficiently complied with in everyday life. The initiative was successful and the Federal Council ...

... provider, so that the domain no longer leads to the corresponding website; however, the content itself remains accessible under the IP address. According to the CUII, a list of domains blocked in this way is published on its website; however, a student who calls himself “Damian” revealed as ...

... There was no indication that the domain was offered for sale by the opponent to the complainant. Rather, the opponent's submission is convincing, according to which it registered the domain due to the inherent value of the dictionary term without having knowledge of the complainant. Consequently, ...

... which is short, concise and clearly laid out, includes a number of graphics to illustrate the developments and make the information clearer. According to the report, trademark owners from 133 countries initiated 6,168 proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) ...