The Freename Forum

... trade mark ‘POLYDEC’ since 2018. The opponent is no longer the owner of ‘POLYDEC’ trade marks, which expired in 2023, and no longer uses them. He therefore no longer has any reason to hold the domain, under which there has been no website for years. The domain was registered in 1998 and the opponent ...

... model of social media has led to a commercialisation of user data and a concentration of power that contradicts Berners-Lee's vision. They therefore asked themselves where they could make the greatest impact in the future and came to the conclusion that this lay in giving power and control ...

... the complainant sent a cease-and-desist letter in which he also demanded the transfer of the domain. The opponent did not respond. The complainant therefore initiated UDRP proceedings before the WIPO. Among other things, he argues that notella.site is a typical typo domain; the opponent knew the ...

... By comparison, the last publicly available figure was from 1 July 2024, when there were 478,696 .ai domains. Within three months, .ai has therefore increased by 54,372 domains; compared to the previous year, there are even around 225,000 .ai domains. If .ai were a newly introduced top-level ...

... part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, has regained its sovereignty after lengthy negotiations. The future of the top level domain .io is therefore once again in the stars. Originally consisting of seven atolls with around 60 mostly uninhabited small islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory ...

... on a layman's understanding (for example, whether proceedings can be dropped if it turns out that the opponent has rights to the domain) and are therefore easy to understand. However, the answers are somewhat brief. Nonetheless, we recommend taking a look at the two webinars as an introduction ...

... of domain registrars in a test environment have revealed a number of situations that are not yet fully covered by the additional checks. It has therefore decided to postpone their implementation. This will give them time to investigate these cases in more detail so that there will no longer ...

... as the abbreviation is commonly used in the English-speaking world for ‘advertisement’. With registration fees in the double-digit range, .ad is therefore likely to quickly attract a lot of interest. Source: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/new/ad.html

... of the truth, as the ‘recommendations’ are incomplete. A 17-year-old student who calls himself ‘Damian’ and has a passion for computer science therefore published a complete list of all 275 blocked domains online in mid-2024. As justification, he pointed out that, in his opinion, the CUII was ...

... however, it announced its intention to hold talks with VeriSign about pricing in the .com market. Anyone hoping for more favourable fees will therefore be disappointed. The current draft contract for the extension of the RA, which ICANN published on 26 September 2024, still contains a clause ...