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New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

5 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has proposed that Nominet (the UK domain name registry) should have the power to close down domain names if they are involved in criminal activity, such as...

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OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

18 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has taken action against five websites that the OFT allege misled consumers into paying a fee for a free health card. When UK citizens go abroad within the European Union, they...

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Nominet considers relaxing the rules to allow one character or two letter UK domain names

17 August 2010 | Mark Weston

There may soon be the option to register shorter UK domain names. Nominet, the body in charge of regulating ‘.uk’ domain names, has been considering for some time amending its rules that currently...

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Nominet wants to open up rights to register short uk domain names

16 March 2010 | Mark Weston

Nominet – the not-for-profit body in charge of regulating the registration of domain names ending in ‘.uk’ - has revealed plans to introduce some more popular and sought after names. Until now, it...

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Overwhelming domain name WIPO victory ends: InterContinental 1500 Daniel Kirchof 10

3 February 2010 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

The InterContinental Hotels Group has obtained the transfer of 1,500 domain names from a single registrant, Daniel Kirchof, in one go. IHG obtained the order using the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s...

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Nominet gives registrars powers to suspend use of .uk domain names for illegal activity

25 January 2010 | Mark Weston

Nominet – the registry in charge of setting the rules for the ‘.uk’ domain names – has introduced new procedures that would enable registrars to suspend the use of domain names that are used for...

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Google loses out to Groovle in domain name battle

31 December 2009 | Mark Weston

Google has lost in its battle to persuade the National Arbitration Forum that the domain name Groovle.com should be transferred to the search engine giant. It had been registered by 207 Media, which claimed...

Tags on this discussion: bad faith confusingly similar Disputes domain name ICANN National Arbitration Forum UDRP uniform dispute resolution procedure

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Latest news and views tagged domain name

New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

Nominet considers relaxing the rules to allow one character or two letter UK domain names

Nominet wants to open up rights to register short uk domain names

Overwhelming domain name WIPO victory ends: InterContinental 1500 Daniel Kirchof 10

Nominet gives registrars powers to suspend use of .uk domain names for illegal activity

Google loses out to Groovle in domain name battle

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