Chancers keep buying up dot-UK company name domains while Nominet coins it on dispute resolution

Chancers keep buying up dot-UK company name domains while Nominet coins it on dispute resolution

4 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/22/nominet_dispute_resolution_dot_uk_company_domains/

Fresh from banking a £100m windfall through its controversial dot-UK cash grab, Nominet is now making more money – from firms forced to defend trademarks via the UK registry's domain name dispute resolution service.

In the last few weeks three companies have secured rulings over dot-UK domain names which were abusively registered by people hoping to flog them on at an inflated price.