Domain Names

.CYOU: sunrise period from May 14, 2020 to June 15, 2020

Initially, it was Changyou, a Chinese online games company, which had requested and obtained the new gTLD .CYOU (its NASDAQ ticker symbol). But in the… Read More ».CYOU: sunrise period from May 14, 2020 to June 15, 2020

“Refresh Yourself.” Who said that UDRP decisions were all the same and that they were dull? D2020-0054 offers the opportunity to prove the contrary and,… Read More »Coke.energy, Coca-cola.energy and Cocacola.energy: exhausted during the sunrise period?

Top Level Design announced the opening of the .GAY TLD. The sunrise period will run from February 10 to March 31, 2020, while the opening… Read More ».GAY: Sunrise period from February 10 to March 31

The year 2019 was marked by the transfer of several domain names identical to the names of celebrities, in particular kingofpop.com (iptwins.com, 2019-07-11), pabloescobar.com (iptwins.com,… Read More »UDRP: stevejobs.com, transferred 20 years after registration

In this UDRP proceeding (NAF, FA1908001859584, Escobar, Inc. v. Neil Okrent / Ivan Munguia, October 7, 2019), the complaint originated from a Colombian company with… Read More »UDRP: pabloescobar.com, transferred 20 years after its registration

Fashion brands are often made up of family names (especially older brands) or common names. In both cases, the make-up of the brand means that… Read More »Domain Names: the top level domains of the fashion industry

The Argentinian registry unexpectedly opened the registration of .ar domains and launched a sunrise period for .ar domain names. Until today, only third-level domains… Read More »Argentina: opening of .ar registrations and drop of restrictions

Representatives of Nelson Mandela’s memory have obtained the transfer of the domain name mandela.org following a UDRP process administered by the Arbitration Center and of… Read More »UDRP: transfer of Mandela.org to the guardians of Nelson Mandela’s memory

The UK Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service unveiled figures for the year 2018 (Nominet.uk). The DRS team administered 671 procedures, which is the lowest volume… Read More »Nominet DRS: the number of proceedings slightly down

In the late 1980s, Michael Jackson was proclaimed “King of Pop”. On June 25, 2009, the planetary icon “left the stage”. A few years after… Read More »kingofpop.com: Michael Jackson’s rights holders and other celebrities facing domain name issues