Communication error” between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom ...

Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist ...

Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent ...

March saw the lowest number of requests for private Whois data via ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service since the system launched in late 2023. ICANN’s latest stats show that there were just 91 ...

A screwup by MarkMonitor and GoDaddy was responsible for a two-hour outage affecting Zoom’s videoconferencing services yesterday, according to the company. The widely used services were offline ...

Snoop wins another cybersquatting case. Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has taken down more cybersquatters. About a month ago, the entertainer won a cybersquatting dispute against SnoopDoggBush .com.

Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I’ve written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing ...

A Y Combinator startup paid six figures for a domain name. Sedo had a solid sales week, including a six-figure sale and 16 five-figure sales. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just ...

Domain transaction value was the highest in two years. Escrow.com handled USD $107 million of domain name transactions in Q1 2025, the company reported (pdf) today. That’s the highest level since Q1 ...

The payroll company has a legitimate reason to go after this domain, but it doesn’t qualify as cybersquatting under the UDRP. Payroll and Human Resources company Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) has failed to ...

Ks, old addresses, and notifications caught in spam lead to frustration. It’s tax day in the U.S., and many taxpayers are making last-minute filings or deciding if they want to file for an extension.

Gaming company didn’t connect the dots on when the current registrant acquired the domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Mobility SAS to have tried reverse domain name ...