January’s hot domain name stories
Cybersquatting cases, Whois, and .AI were top stories in January.
These were the top stories on Reglike last month, ranked by views:
1. Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case – A popular ecommerce site in UAE forgot to renew its local country code domain. It tried (and failed) to recover it in a cybersquatting claim.
2. Court dismisses .wallet lawsuit – The judge stated the issues were moot since Unstoppable Domains promised not to sue. You might understand Unstoppable’s decision more following listening to next Monday’s podcast.
3. Cripto.com owner sues Crypto.com owner, alleging reverse domain name hijacking – Subsequently, a WIPO panel decided not to resolve a cybersquatting case since of the pending lawsuit.
4. .Ai approaches 600k domains as handoff nears – Identity Digital is now managing the domain. Read a Q&A with the firm here. One of the first changes: moving registry expired domains to Namecheap.
5. WHOIS is dead – Registrars and registries can officially turn off their Whois services as RDAP becomes the definitive source of domain records. They might not turn off Whois right away, though, as Tim Chen explained in DNW Podcast #517.
Podcast Episodes
Miss a show? Catch up today.
What’s fresh at Atom – DNW Podcast #519
Greatest hits: Chess.com – DNW Podcast #518
Whois, RDAP, and DNS data – DNW Podcast #517
2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
