Domain Names News Archive

'WIPO Responds to Significant Cybersquatting Activity In 2005 (CircleID)In a report released today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced a 20% increase in the number of cybersquatting (abusive registration of trademarks as domain names) cases filed in 2005 as compared to 2004 . The report further indicates that "in 2005, a total of 1,456 cybersquatting cases were filed with WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. This increase

'Attila?s Creative Works, LLC Branches Out into Premium Domain Name Brokerage Business (PR Web via Yahoo! News) Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) January 26, 2006 -- Attila Juhasz, owner of Attila?s Creative Works, LLC, (ACW) is adding premium domain name brokerage to its business operations. With a growing need for highly recognizable domain names, particularly the ?.com?s? ACW is positioned to add a new lucrative revenue stream to it?s business model in 2006.

'Patrick Gavin on Domain Names, Blogs & Linking (Search Engine Journal)Patrick Gavin on Domain Names, Blogs & Linking As the rest of the search world is concentrating on Google China Censorship, Yahoo Search Schizophrenia, and Government Subpeonas, I thought that I would declare January 25th Global Linking Day at Search Engine Journal. Linking Day started off with a Case Study on ...

'Sedo Outlines ICANN Proposal for Distribution of One-Letter Domain Names (Web Host Directory)Sedo today issued a proposal whereby the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the independent body which oversees domain name distribution, could conduct an all-inclusive, transparent online auction for one-letter .com domain names.