Top 5 1. There is an owner for all registered domain names, this can be a person or a company. In order not to lose a domain names, it is important to have accurate and up-to-date owner information. Something we go into deeper in “Who owns your domains?”. 2. One of Dotkeepers’ most read blog…
On Tuesday June 30 the U.S Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision held that adding “.com” to a generic word can make the entire combination eligible for trademark protection. Marks consisting of a generic term and “.com” are not necessarily generic. Booking.com had previously applied for trademark registration, in 2011 and 2012, which was refused by the…
Register here! Perhaps you’ve heard or read horror stories about companies that have been forced to pay large sums of money to buy “their” domain name from another registrant. Why is it important for companies to know the value of a great domain name? What can you do if you find out that someone else…
So, what is important to keep track of then? Many criminals exploit crises and this crisis is no exception. It is easy to register domains cheaply, without really having to undergo any special checks or regulations. This makes it easy for criminals to create similar addresses to larger organizations online. In this case, many charities’…
Tell us about your education and your past experiences? I am currently on leave from Sveriges Radio (Sweden’s national publicly funded radio broadcaster) where I worked for 15 years as a journalist and reporter in various parts of the business, to educate myself as an IP paralegal at a one-year vocational university. The reason for…
Why has Apple decided to shorten the lifespan of SSL certificates from 825 days to 398 days? Currently, until September 1, there is a max limit of 825 days for SSL certificates, which will be changed to 398 days. An Apple spokesperson says that the decision is based on user security. Some years ago, there…
Because of the increase in digital crime, all brands are in the risk zone and are therefore in need of some type of domain monitoring. The problem that websites with high or medium high traffic experiences is, for example, that another party registers similar versions of the website’s name in order to, say, attempt to…
Today there are repeat reports about issues such as piracy, brand infringement, and reputation parasitism, where domains are used as a tactical means. As an online retailer or a premium brand, you do not want to end up in the situation where someone registers a domain name similar to yours, selling pirated copies. As a…
It is in the morning, 11 October 2013. A press release about a hyped Swedish tech company is released by a trustworthy news agency, and within seventeen minutes said company’s market capitalization has increased by almost 50% – corresponding to roughly 1,5 billion SEK. It is just that the press release is fake. In 2018,…
