Why are generic terms so valuable? Whether it is in search or domain names, a generic word carries immense opportunity since it often defines categories of information, products and experiences.

Nick Koustas' father has been in the real estate business for years, so it's only natural that he would follow in his footsteps--but with a dot-com twist. Koustas has become a landlord of sorts on the ...

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In a recent case filed under the UDRP, a single-member panel has confirmed that the registration of generic domain names may be legitimate, even if the generic term included in the domain name is ...

John Irving had hoped to make a profit from banks that want to build signposts on the Internet pointing the way to their Web sites, but it seems his timing is off. For seven years Mr. Irving, an owner ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that coordinates the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), today announced that its New gTLD Program: 2026 ...

On February 4, you'll be able to get Internet domain names with such new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) names as .CHEAP, .NINJA, or .SEXY. So, yes, if you really wanted to, you could have such ...

For the first time since 2012, ICANN — the organization that coordinates the global domain name system — has opened a new application process for generic top-level domains. The Register reports that ...

Pharma company Hoffmann-La Roche has lost a UDRP case over buygenericaccutane.org after a WIPO panellist ruled that the domain was not confusingly similar to its trade mark Accutane The decision of ...

With the many domain names that are currently available (there's even a .xyz domain name), you'd think there'd be a .Africa domain name already. There is now, but this should have been a thing a long ...