Lookalike domain registrations have gone up from around 150 per month in 2024 to roughly 450 per month in 2025.

Aaseesh from the Google Webmaster Trends Analysts team said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that Google understands when a domain name changes ownership. He said if you are buying the domain name to ...

Consistency is the most fundamental principle for improving ease of navigation and promoting institutional identity. This is particularly true with web domains and addresses, which are an increasingly ...

Companies embarking on a new business venture or undertaking a brand expansion programme under a selected trade mark typically believe that they have taken care of their intellectual property ...

Just when you thought you had a handle on domain name enforcement, blockchain technology has given rise to blockchain domain names, which bring novel and complex challenges. There are currently ...

Hedera AB, the owner of various STABLETABLE marks, has failed to obtain the transfer of the domain name ‘stabletable.com’ under the UDRP. The case is interesting in that it touches on several issues, ...

In Isoterm AS v BusinessService Ltd, a WIPO panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name 'isoterm.com' to Isoterm AS. Among other things, the panel accepted Isoterm's argument that the transfer ...

Did you know you can own a domain name and potentially be infringing on the rights of a trademark owner? When entrepreneurs are launching a new business or brand, they spend a ton of time, effort, and ...

An Internet domain name is a string of typographic characters used to describe the location of a specific location online. Formally known as the Uniform Resource Locator or URL, it is often considered ...

More than 15 years ago, Magic Johnson, the Hall of Fame basketball player, assigned his trademark rights to the “Magic Johnson” name to June Bug Enterprises Inc. At the time, JBE registered the mark ...

Attorney Mark Radcliffe -- a partner in the Palo Alto, Calif., law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich -- is the author of the policy governing the issuing and rescinding of Internet domain names, a ...