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Defensive registrations primarily relate to lawsuits alleging a link between baby formula and necrotizing enterocolitis. Healthcare company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) registered hundreds of domain names this week in the wake of announcing a recent recall and facing class action lawsuits. Last week, Abbott announced a voluntary recall of several baby …

The company acquired the domain after an earlier round of funding. What do you get when you cross blockchain, cryptocurrency, and a team of highly skilled developers? In Helium’s case, you get a $1.2 billion valuation. Founded in 2013 by co-founders including Shawn Fanning of Napster fame, Helium began as …

Here are some of the new features I like and an upcoming feature I’m looking forward to. Dan.com rolled out a new user interface last week. Many of the changes are small (but nice) usability adjustments. But there are also new and updated features, and a big one is coming …

Both parties made allegations that are difficult to prove. The domain name dao.com has become more valuable in the past year with the rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, a type of blockchain-based organization. So it was interesting to see a UDRP cybersquatting claim against the domain name. It’s a confusing …

A jewelry seller, a machine parts company, and an irrigation business bought domain names. Sedo didn’t have many big sales this past week (at least ones it could publish.) Its top sale was €15,000 for rete. However, it had some nice end user sales that I’ve detailed below. Here’s a …

Nominet reports a record low number of cases filed. Cybersquatting disputes in the .uk namespace are on their way down. Graphic from Nominet report. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes annual data about its cybersquatting case counts under UDRP, usually reporting record case counts. But this can be misleading. There …

This case follows the classic “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking pattern. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a cybersquatting claim against the domain name gropod.com, but for some reason, didn’t consider if it was a case of reverse domain name hijacking. According to the decision, the domain owner …

It waited a long time to come after the domain name. Mexican company Industrias Tamer S.A. DE C.V., aka MIKELS, has failed to convince a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist to award it the domain name mikels.com. Domain investor Stanley Pace acquired the domain no later than 2009. While the …

Richard Lau explains his domain pricing strategy and gives an update on his Logo.com venture. Richard Lau is a long-time domain investor who has left a mark on the industry. He founded (and later sold) NamesCon and has helped connect a charity, The Water School, to the generous domain investment …

They’re coming. Eventually. In 2009, I attended a SedoPro event in Key West, Florida. We talked a bit about the imminent arrival of new top level domain names on one of the panels. Antony Van Couvering, who founded new TLD company Minds + Machines, lamented that he had been working …

At least two of the three domains have since been sold. A lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia yesterday alleges that three valuable domain names were stolen last year. Vincent Yap, a Chinese citizen, alleges that he is the rightful owner of 284.com, 717.com and 1588.com. He …

NamesCon announces it will return in person later this year. In-person events are back! NamesCon announced today that it will hold an in-person conference in Austin from August 31-September 3. It will be at the downtown Omni hotel where it held its last event right before the Pandemic shut things …

This cybersquatting dispute is full of strange (and conflicting) circumstances. Web 3.0 Technologies Foundation, the organization behind the Polkadot parachain platform, has won a cybersquatting claim against the owner of polkadot.com. Polkadot is a platform that allows for cross-chain transactions. It currently uses the domain polkadot.network. On the face of …

Here’s a look at what sold for mucho dinero on NameJet and SnapNames last month. NameJet and SnapNames, both owned by Newfold Digital, combined to sell 156 domain names for $2,000 or more last month. Those domains totaled $835,000 in sales, which is a rather strong number compared to usual. …

Investors send shares into freefall after Wix shows slowing growth. Website builder Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) reported earnings today, and the disappointment sent its stock and rival Squarespace’s (NYSE: SQSP) stock into a tailspin. Shares in Wix are down about 25%, and Squarespace is off nearly 20% as of 11:30 ET. …

A missing hyphen led drivers to a website promoting Trump memorabilia. Don’t forget the hyphen. The Washington Post wrote this morning about how a missing hyphen has led to complaints in Miami. Police in Miami Beach gave flyers to ticketed drivers that included a URL for a Miami-Dade website where …