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IP Australia has recently updated the Australian Trade Marks Office Manual of Practice and Procedure. It includes a definition for a hashtag and offers some ...

This article examines how to transfer or cancel a domain in Australia.

Australias top-level country code domain-name administrator, auDA, has lost its chairman and chief executive in the space of six weeks as it prepares to ...

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After digitising most of its back end, the patent office is onto the next phase of its digital transformation journey.

US-based domain name and hosting provider Web.com has agreed to acquire Australian hosting provider Dreamscape Networks for $105 million.

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Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has applied for registration of a swathe of Australian trade marks that represent…

Melbourne digital agency WebOracle has launched a new support *service* for SMEs that it claims is a category-killer.

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It is likely that Australian businesses and users will soon be able to register domain names directly at the second level (eg yourname.au) as well as…

Businesses report having their websites ripped away from them in a crack down on prohibited terms by auDA ahead of a broader regime change.

Another Australian domain name reseller has been penalised for seeking to deceive domain name holders into paying for new domains they did not ...

Article addresses questions: What is cybersquatting? What can you do? Australia Intellectual Property Holding Redlich 8 May 2019.

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The Liberal National Party in Queensland has let the registration of the domain name lnp.com.au lapse, an action that leaves its online identity vulnerable to ...

Menulog is creating websites for small restaurants and cafes by default, at times without their knowledge, and laying claim to the domain names.

Businesses interested in a .inc domain name will need to pay $2500 per year in registration fees.

Dreamscape Networks (ASX:DN8) has struck a deal to acquire the customers, systems, and brand assets of Domain Name Registrar for $8.5 million.

Bargain basement gTLDs and glyph attacks using IDNs are powering phishing attacks, with fraudulent registrations on the rise. Worse yet, phishing sites are ...

The .au Domain Administration's Policy Review Panel has proposed a series of reforms to the country's domain name registration structure, including the option ...

Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY) insider Rebecca Morrow sold 384 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 24th. The shares ...

A former director of the .au domainspace regulator is organising Menulog partners, claiming the platform has broken the rules around domain registration.

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The au Domain Administration, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, has confirmed to iTWire that it is investigating the...

Social networking is so hot right now but is it hot enough to spend $30 million on the domain name Voice.com? Block.one thought so. The blockchain consulting ...

Australia's rugby union team has lost another clash, this time over its domain name, with a tribunal striking down the organisation's claim to wallabies.com.au.

Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Traders purchased 1588 put options on the company.

If you or your business has a .co.uk domain, an important change is coming this summer that may have consequences for intellectual property and brand ...

The Federal Court has penalised two related companies for scamming Australian consumers and small business owners. Australia Consumer Protection ...

Online food delivery company Grubhub has purchased thousands of domain names that resemble those of businesses that are either already on its platform or ...

The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June.

auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) and Afilias Australia are pleased to announce the successful and historic transition of more than 3.1 million .au domain ...

Verisign is a provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure. In the interactive dashboard Why Has Verisign's Stock Outperformed In 2019?

Cooper Mills Lawyers, a technology focused law firm from Melbourne, Australia reported the sale of the Money.com.au domain name for $400,000 AUD.

ABBA.com is not the Swedish, DND.com isn't owned by Dungeons and Dragons, and MOFO.com is actually safe to view at work.

EURid, the Registry responsible for running the .EU namespace, has recently released its Quarter 3, 2018 Progress Report, covering the .EU and .

The administrator of Australia's top level .au domain, auDA, has been told to reform or be forcibly stripped of its role. That edict was delivered yesterday by ...

There's a million more .tk domains than China's .cn.

By Derek Whitehead, Swinburne University of Technology. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Australian domain names – websites ending in .au.

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Bouncegate's Ekalavya Hansaj explains what business owners need to know when selecting a domain name and hosting plan.

ICANN has removed price caps on .org domains and now Public Interest Registry can charge as much as it wants.

Developers, designers, writers, and architects can now register their top-level domain name with .dev to showcase projects.

In a recent Court of Appeal decision, it has been held that cybersquatting (ie the practice of registering well-known brand names as internet domains…

You still can't register a domain for more than one year at Google Domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about ...

A reader submitted a comment asking about the comparative rights of holders of registered trademarks versus the rights of domain name registrants. Since this is ...

Nominet, the Registry responsible for operating the .UK country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom, launched the registration of…

CNNIC ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy (CNDRP) was revised on June 18, 2019. According to the newly revised Article 2 the Dispute Resolution *Service* ...

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A new pro-Brexit political party has had its domain name claimed by a pro-Remain group.

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Domain name owners say the owners of Australia's more than three million domain names are being ripped off by the organisation governing domain names.

Global crypto finance firm XBTO International (XBTOI) has gained legal status in Bermuda. XBTOI acquired a Bermuda Monetary Authority License under the ...

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The Federal Court of Australia has ordered two domain name registration companies to pay a combined $1.95 million for attempting to dupe Australian cust...

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If you own a domain name that gets decent traffic and you fail to pay its annual renewal fee, chances are this mistake will be costly for you and for others. Lately ...

If you've spent a lot of time and money building your brand under .com.au, you may to have to spend a lot of money to get the rights to the equivalent .au domain.

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has taken action against two domain name registration companies and their director, alleging th...

There are a number of issues that need careful consideration before the .au Domain Administration (auDA) direct registration policy is implemented, according to ...

The organisation overseeing Australian web domain registrations will be forced to improve its decision-making processes if it wants to remain the country's ...

Changing domain name can be stressful and create a host of problems. Here's what we did to minimize both.

With more websites being created everyday it is becoming increasingly difficult to find the perfect domain for your business or project which is why Google has ...

Phishing is one of the main reasons why Australian businesses are hacked. So what does an exotic paradise in the middle of the Indian Ocean have to do with ...

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Website domain experts have warned small businesses may have to spend significant time and money fighting for the “.au” web address for their businesses, ...

As stated previously, the implementation of the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has created significant issues for brand ...

Global fame might not be the end goal for all of us, but when it comes to naming your company or product, and choosing your domain name, there's pressure to ...

Business owners have expressed worry that the introduction of .au domains will cost them time and money and have demanded a better business case from the ...

A group of domain name companies who scammed Australian small business owners out of a collective $2.3 million have been penalised by the Australian ...

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Shortly after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)'s recent announcement allowing Verisign to pursue increased .com registry ...

Registration and use of domains at ccTLD registry. Registry. Which entity is responsible for registration of domain names in the country code top-level domain ...

The latest scam email to do the rounds among Irish businesses involves attempts to lure them to buy similar domains from 'DNS Ireland'.

DUBLIN, Aug. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The 'Domain Names - Global Strategic Business Report' report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Acting to protect online privacy concerns, a district court recently issued a preliminary injunction against DomainTools, LLC enjoining it from…

The .monster domain is now generally available, though gTLD registrations are falling overall.

Brazil has proposed a compromise to a seven-year battle that has quietly raged over the Amazon.com internet domain: let the nations bordering the world's ...

Amazon has been battling with eight South American countries over who gets to use the ".amazon" domain since 2012.

Domain registrar bungle takes down the website of one of the world's largest companies.

An unidentified person purchased Loser.com, a domain worth more than $21000, and has used this particular platform to violently mock Craig Wright.

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The rules that govern what Australian web address people can register could be changed to allow more personalised .au domain names.

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Sydney is lagging behind other world cities in its regulation of Airbnb-style holiday lets, putting lives at risk, claims a growing chorus of industry experts.

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A single click - or the lack thereof - can make your domain you depend on disappear.

When Kylie Hughes received a cease-and-desist letter from Ikea's lawyers in December 2017, it was “a little bit like getting a letter from a pop star you're in love ...

UK-based businesses and people will be unable to hold onto their .eu domains after Brexit, even if there is a Withdrawl Agreement in place, according to new ...

The European Commission dropped a surprise announcement last week that following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union ("Brexit"), ...