Judge says plaintiffs didn’t show subject matter jurisdiction. The judge overseeing a dispute over GoDaddy’s clawback of expired domains has dismissed the suit (pdf) over subject matter jurisdiction.

Looks like domain investor TopDomains is a DI reader. The domain people.love, which would be needed if eBay wanted to make its new Things.People.Love slogan a functioning call-to-action, no longer has ...

ICANN’s board of directors has just voted to approve two bans on practices in the new gTLD program that could be considered “gaming”. It’s banned applicants for the same string from privately paying ...

US President-Elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is reportedly looking into torpedoing a deal between the UK and ...

Newfold Digital’s aftermarket platforms combined for 68 sales of $2,000 or more in October. NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 68 domains for $2,000 or more in October, the auction platforms ...

It left out a key detail in its case. A French jewelry maker has been found guilty (pdf) of reverse domain name hijacking. A. Augis and Arthus Bertrand filed the complaint against Mira Holdings’ ...

Panelist says case is outside the narrow confines of UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied (pdf) a cybersquatting claim against the domain names urinator .net and ...

Assets being sold to cover part of $486k judgment. The King County Sheriff in the Seattle area is preparing to sell some of former Epik CEO Rob Monster’s assets to satisfy a judgment. Robert M. Lee ...

Almost every legacy gTLD is shrinking, but .org is thriving and recently hit a major milestone. Public Interest Registry announced yesterday that it’s passed the 11 million registered names milestone, ...

Toy-maker Mattel has had to apologize after accidentally printing the domain name of a porn site on the packaging of dolls designed for little girls. The company mistakenly plugged the domain name ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and UKVisas.com led the way at 29,999 GBP, ($38,343). Gia.in was the top cctld at $17,499. Nutrition.net sold for $5,000. On X many thought that was really ...

The company will advertise in the Super Bowl after an eight-year absence. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is back…in the Super Bowl. The company announced today that it will advertise in February’s Super Bowl, ...