Domain and Trademark Blog

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published a report into the security and stability implications of using the domain name system (DNS) DNAME resource record.
ICANN’s technical study looked at the security of the DNAME resource record in the root zone of the DNS in a captive lab environment that acted as …

Global entertainment giant Disney has backed down in its bid to trademark the term “Seal Team 6.”
The company is expected to withdraw its application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after the U.S. Department of the Navy lodged a counter-bid.
A spokesperson for Disney said the application, made earlier in the year, had been pulled …

RepairClinic.com has emerged triumphant after taking a cybersquatting case to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The firm made an application for ownership of the domain name ‘repairclinc.com’, which is very similar to its own flagship Web address minus the final ‘i’.
RepairClinic.com claimed that potential customers who mistakenly omitted this letter searching for ‘repairclinic.com’ would be …

The owner of GreatApps.com is hoping to attract interest from domain name investors after putting the Web address up for sale.
A reserve price of $1,000,000 has been placed on the domain name at auction, with ownership of sister address GreatApp.com included as part of the deal.
The seller hopes the exponential growth witnessed in the mobile …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is working with a leading cross-border law enforcement agency to investigate ways of improving online security.
Officials from the domain name regulator are seeking to establish closer links with Interpol for future collaboration. Interpol secretary general Ronald K. Noble explained that the Internet has no borders, and …

The U.S. Department of the Navy is seeking to obtain the trademark to the term ‘Seal Team.’
A trademark application has been lodged to counter Disney’s ongoing attempts to secure the rights to ‘Seal Team 6.’
Disney filed three applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 3, just two days after Navy Seals conducted …

Domain names associated with ten gambling websites have been seized by U.S. authorities, it has been revealed.
Some 11 bank accounts located in Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as in Guam, Panama, Malta, Portugal and the Netherlands, have also been locked down.
A federal grand jury has found three defendants guilty of conducting an illegal gambling business …

U.S. authorities have embarked on a new round of domain name seizures, it has been reported.
According to Torrent Freak, The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department has resumed “Operation in Our Sites.”
The news provider claimed that two websites linked to third-party online streaming portals have come under the microscope on suspicion …

Google boss Eric Schmidt has said that plans by the U.S. and UK governments to allow Internet service providers to block access to illegal filesharing websites could be “disastrous” for free speech.
The Guardian reports Mr. Schmidt, speaking in London after the search giant’s Big Tent conference, as warning that it would challenge any attempt to …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has outlined its spending plans for the next financial year.
A draft version of ICANN’s operating plan and budget for the 2012 financial year has gone up on the agency’s website and is open for public review.
The plan, which sets out the organization’s planned activities and required …