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Keeping a close watch on coronavirus domains
Cyber criminals are always looking for a new way to take advantage of people online and they’ve just been handed a new opportunity: Covid-19. This global pandemic is causing great uncertainty and fear. News and official advice are developing rapidly, and with most of us now isolated in our homes, the internet is an essential...
Over 28,000 domains suspended as law enforcement and industry keep .UK safe
Responsible for running and keeping the .UK internet infrastructure secure, Nominet has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2019. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being used for criminal activity. The statistics The criminality report shows...
ICANN 66: Focus on domain abuse
For a week in November in chilly Montreal, the circus came to town. No, I am not referring to Cirque du Soleil, who call this Canadian province home, but the ICANN circus of international stakeholders and their marathon schedule of meetings, discussions, presentations and networking events. And while we had a few professional contortionists working...
Meet our DRS Experts: Ian Lowe
Ian Lowe retired as a solicitor in 2017 after more than 40 years in practice. His work over the previous 25 years focused on all areas of contentious intellectual property issues, including trademarks, patents, copyright, design right and registered designs, as well as domain name, e-commerce and other technology disputes. His litigation experience was wide-ranging,...
DRS 2018: Moulin Rouge the pizza takeaway?
There are very few conceivable instances in which the iconic Paris-based cabaret show, Moulin Rouge, and a Geordie pizza takeaway could come into conflict, but domain name registration is one of them. Moulin Rouge took issue over a certain pizza takeaway’s registration of the domain name moulinrougewinlaton.co.uk and took its complaint to Nominet’s Dispute Resolution...