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An IT recruiting company, a tax advisory business, and a healthcare technology company bought domain names. Sedo had a much slower sales week than it has had in recent months. It sold 59 domains for $2,000, excluding those with confidentiality. It had been selling closer to 80-100 in a typical week. Hopefully, this is just […]

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Author: Andrew Allemann
Posted: October 7, 2025, 3:42 pm

A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers June 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: While not on either top 10 list, Wix edged over […]

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Author: Andrew Allemann
Posted: October 7, 2025, 12:38 pm

It’s the company’s second attempt to get the domain name FyreFestival .com. A company that is trying to resurrect the doomed Fyre Festival has asked a court to help it get control of the domain FyreFestival .com. LimeWr Fyre OU, which had its origins in the file-sharing business, negotiated rights to the Fyre Festival marks […]

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Author: Andrew Allemann
Posted: October 6, 2025, 9:11 pm

Company claims domain was re-registered since it was founded in 2009. Boot and accessories company Freebird Life has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Freebird .com, asking a court to transfer the domain to it. The domain freebird .com is very valuable; freegbird is registered in 133 top level domains. When I searched […]

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Author: Andrew Allemann
Posted: October 6, 2025, 8:46 pm

Patent describes platform that decides which name to resolve. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,401,618 (pdf) to Freename AG for “Internet infrastructure system and method.” Freename is primarily a platform for blockchain-based names, but it has recently expanded into the traditional DNS space as well. Its patent aims to address a significant issue […]

Post link: Freename gets patent for rules-based resolution of web3 names

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Author: Andrew Allemann
Posted: October 6, 2025, 4:51 pm

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