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For the uninitiated, registering a domain can sound like a daunting task. But in all reality, as long as your domain name is available, the job takes mere minutes. The upfront investment for ...

Most domain name registrars do not authenticate the information you provide during the process of registering the domain name itself. Consequently, not putting your real name on the registration of ...

Pursuant to ICANN's agreement with the Global Name Registry (GNR, the .NAME registry), registrations in the .NAME registry must abide by certain registration restrictions. In particular, Appendix L ...

Even if a UDRP complainant were to adduce evidence that a domain name has been registered in breach of a commercial agreement, this alone would not necessarily be sufficient to constitute bad-faith ...

In GoPets Ltd v Hise, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that the term 'registration' under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act applies only to the initial registration ...