Top Chinese search engine Baidu.com has sued its U.S. domain registrar over a hack that took down the Web site, alleging negligence by the U.S. company, Baidu said Wednesday. Users…
We regret to inform you CNNIC has informed Neustar that in order to implement a better methodology to verify registrant information from overseas registrations, they have made the difficult decision…
The .Name Production Environment will be taken offline on Saturday, January 16, 2010 EST (Sunday, January 17, 2010 UTC) for a scheduled maintenance. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010 EST (Sunday,…
Paris wins domain as arbitrator throws out “registration AND use” in bad faith. In September I wrote about the city of Paris, France filing a UDRP against three domain names:…
We would like to let you know that some of Nominet's systems will be down for maintenance on Sunday 8 November from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Report provides insight into expired domain names. Nominet, the registry for the .uk country code, has released its 2009 Domain Name Industry Report (pdf). It includes in-depth stats about domain…
According to a statement from Oversee.net’s SnapNames, an employee was found to have bid in 5% of their auctions since 2005 and in some cases arranged for a partial refund…
Google steps up domain trademark enforcement for its brands. After many years of using domain arbitration as the last resort for picking up trademark domains, Google has gotten involved in…
Vacation rental directory loses domain name dispute. HomeAway.com, Inc. has lost its domain dispute for HomeAwayFromHome.com against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. Name Administration was defended by domain attorney John Berryhill.…
The internet is ushering in a new era with the domain names opened up to non-Latin scripts. In India, all preparations have been made to make the process of registering domain names…