By David Barnett As news of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to emerge, CSC has undertaken the first in a series of studies looking at how the development of the crisis has affected online content. This first article looks at the numbers of registered domains with names containing coronavirus-related strings — “coronavirus” or “covid(-)19” […]
Domain Names
Afnic reveals the results of its study of the world’s domain name market in 2018
PRESS RELEASE June 6, 2019 – The attraction of the so-called geographic TLDs (.FR, .DE, etc.) remains, despite disparities between regions. Europe alone accounts for 54% of the market share. Although it seems hegemonic, the .COM is actually a minority in all the regions of the world, except in North America. At the end of […]
Domain name dispute: who gets to keep Amazon?
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=85594134-7b40-436c-b5ac-a807d98d1b56 It is unquestionable that Amazon has always been subject of disputes. Whereas it has been subject of territorial dispute or regarding the management of its resources, it seems that Amazon has become the subject of yet another dispute. This one regarding the extension of the domain name (gTLD) .AMAZON. Domain names are, by definition, […]