Eurid, the entity charged with managing the .eu namespace, is reported to have taken action against an alleged cybersquatter based in China, Zheng Qingying.John over on WhoisIreland picked up the story from DomainsInfo. He's also provided a list with some of the domains affected.The last suspension "en masse" was directed against Ovidio when over 74 thousand domains were … [Read more...] about Eurid Suspends More Domains
Where do you draw the line with domain typos?
Domain Blog's most recent article covers an issue that is close to the heart of anyone with intellectual property to protect - typo squatting.While I can see that registering the most obvious typos makes sense, the question is where do you stop?At what point are the typos just plain silly?If you try out one of the online typo generators - and there are plenty to choose from - … [Read more...] about Where do you draw the line with domain typos?
Shaping a TLD – Policy and more
Caroline Greer's latest article on the dotMobi blog caught my attention, as I was thinking about registry policies and development quite a bit over the last few days, especially in light of recent news concerning the IE namespace.Dotmobi, in common with a lot of other registries, has an advisory group that is able to influence its development and policies. This may sound a bit … [Read more...] about Shaping a TLD – Policy and more
Irish Internet Association Boss Clarifies Position on Squatting
Fergal O'Byrne, who is CEO of the Irish Internet Association, was one of the panelists involved in the interview regarding cybersquatting the other day.Yesterday afternoon he posted at length explaining and clarifying his and the association's position on squatting. Head over there if you want to give them your thoughts. … [Read more...] about Irish Internet Association Boss Clarifies Position on Squatting
Trademark Infringement Is Due To Negligence
What do Bebo and Adidas have in common?At first glance, probably very little, however they've both fallen prey to an Irish based domain squatting operation based in Dublin's Digital Hub.Gabor Varga seems to think that he is a legitimate businessman, whereas trademark holders and their legal teams would probably have a very different view of his activities. In fact, if the WIPO … [Read more...] about Trademark Infringement Is Due To Negligence
The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues
One of the sessions I attended at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon earlier this year centred on whois. It became abundantly clear to me that the various stakeholders had very different views and objectives on how to treat and publish registrant data.I wouldn't care to get into the finer points of the arguments, as the parties involved have done so time and again without reaching an … [Read more...] about The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues
Neil Edwards on DotMobi Site Launches
Sex sells, so it's hardly surprising that Neil Edwards, CEO of Mtld, the dotmobi registry, in a post on the company blog last night chose to catch people's attention with the headline: "sex.mobi To Go On Sale, And More" Was he really that interested in sex? Probably not more than any other guy, but what he was interested in doing was showcasing a couple of more dotmobi sites … [Read more...] about Neil Edwards on DotMobi Site Launches
Kieren McCarthy on new and old TLDs
Kieren, who has been setting up new things with ICANN since he joined them, has an interesting post on the ICANN blog today discussing both new and old TLDs and ones that just didn't happen. It's well worth a read. Why wasn't .nom approved? Why did they opt for .name? … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy on new and old TLDs
Domain Roundtable San Francisco April 2008
Jay Westerdal has announced that the next Domain Roundtable will be held in San Francisco from April 18th - 20th 2008. The most recent event was held last week in Seattle. … [Read more...] about Domain Roundtable San Francisco April 2008
Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting
Today's Irish edition of the Sunday Times has an article on the cybersquatters referred to commonly as "EUBrowser" entitled "Cybersquat Firm Lurks in Digital Hub". I've mentioned them in the past, as they lost several WIPO cases including adidas.ie, buy-sell.ie and a couple of Google squats (googl.ie and googel.ie) that were settled before WIPO had a chance to publish a … [Read more...] about Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting