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Domain names
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China Law Blog
China Domain Name and Trademark Scam Emails
By Dan Harris
China Domain Name and Trademark Scam Emails: How to Recognize Them and What to Do An email arrives from China warning that someone is about to register your company's name.…
Libation Law Blog
BuzzBallz v. Big Sipz: Buy the Domain Before Your Competitor Does
Buy the domain before you file the trademark application or announce the beverage brand. Otherwise, your competitor might acquire it, redirect visitors to its own website, and answer your request…
Indiana Intellectual Property Blog
Nelson Alarm sues Former Co-owner over nelsonalarm.net
In April 2015, Security Masters Corporation bought the assets of Nelson Alarm, Inc. The deal, an asset purchase agreement that Daniel E. Nelson signed personally, included the “Nelson Alarm” business…
Traverse Legal Expert Articles
ICANN 2026 Round New gTLD Applications: What Happens Next and Who Needs Legal Help
Last updated: 7 October 2026 (Reveal Day). Figures come from ICANN’s public application list as of that date. By Enrico Schaefer, Founding Partner, Traverse Attorneys & Advisors. TL;DR. ICANN counts…
Domain Incite
Tomorrow is lowkey Reveal Day
By Kevin Murphy
ICANN’s much-anticipated new gTLD Reveal Day is tomorrow, October 7, but it’s going to be a much more subdued affair than the 2012 round. In 2012, there was a live,…
Domain Incite
.bank registry looking for new boss
By Kevin Murphy
fTLD Registry Services, which runs .bank and .insurance as restricted gTLDs for the financial services industry, is looking for a new president and CEO. Craig Schwartz, a one-time ICANNer who…
Domain Incite
Junk drop hits .my domains hard
By Kevin Murphy
.my domains slumped hard in September, apparently as a result of a junk drop a year after a largely successful promotion. Local registry MYNIC is reporting 693,122 .my domains at…
Domain Incite
As GoDaddy loses .us to Identity Digital, some domains may be at risk
By Kevin Murphy
Identity Digital will replace rival GoDaddy Registry as manager of the .us ccTLD, but new contractual terms could put some registrants — and potentially even registrars — at risk. The…
HLC - All Publications
Domain Name News: September 2026
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
This is the September 2026 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In…
HLC - All Publications
Launch of .DOT
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Registry Dish DBS has recently launched the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .DOT. This is its third launch in a year after .LATINO in May and .MOBILE last November.