DotAsia have released a document that sets out the Sunrise policies and process for the launch of the .ASIA Registry. The aim of the policies and process are to ensure an orderly and equitable allocation of domains to qualified parties...

A Las Vegas man was charged in federal court today with wire fraud for impersonating an intellectual property lawyer and threatening lawsuits against the owners of domain names. David Dominic Scali, 28, agreed to plead guilty to the wire fraud...

Sedo sold Gibraltar.com for US$360,000 last week, by far the largest sale according to Ron Jackson’s Domain Name Journal. This sale easily outdid the next largest sale, rey.com (sold by Afternic/BuyDomains), which sold for $80,000, closely followed by spend.com (HuntingMoon.com)...

A dispute has between the holders of the lulu.com and hulu.com websites. Lulu Enterprises has filed a lawsuit against Hulu, a division of N-F Newsite, itself a joint venture between News Corp and NBC. The lawsuit alleges trademark infringement, unfair...

Apple has missed out on another domain name, failing to register ipodtouch.com according to a report in DomainNameWire. The report notes the domain is registered by a Canadian in 2005. Currently the website for ipodtouch.com now has a parking page...

The attached communication from the UPU [PDF, 193K] describes aspects of its intended sponsorship of the .POST sponsored top-level domain. ICANN and the UPU have entered into negotiations intended to result in the delegation of the .POST registry. This outreach...

Have you ever wonder why Domain Name Server systems came into existence? The answer is “Efficiency!” Every computer has a distinct IP address, and the Internet needed an elite method for obtaining these addresses and for managing the system as...

A debate over whether Western Sahara is part of Morocco or is independent in its own right is somewhat contentious geographically, but in the world of ccTLDs it’s also significant according to an article in DomainesInfo. The country code for...

Pembroke Pines, Florida, Sept. 4th – T.R.A.F.F.I.C., the domain industry’s premier conference, today announced T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007, Oct. 9-13, 2007 at the Westin Diplomat hotel in Hollywood, Florida. Presented by the World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. (WADND), the...

An intellectual property expert with Australian law firm Hunt & Hunt says the investigation by ICANN into the practice of ‘domain tasting’ will be welcomed by Australian businesses. Domain tasting is the controversial process by which users register domain names...