Domain Names

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the launch of two domains: '.bank.in' for all Indian banks and 'fin.in' for NBFCs

This final transfer solidifies Reliance's control over the domain, marking the resolution of the extended ownership debate

The Delhi High Court on Friday cautioned domain name registrars (DNRs) against non-compliance of judicial orders and said if they want to do business in India, then they should follow its directions on taking action against those indulging in illegal activities online, or run the risk of being "blocked" by MEITY. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan said DNRs cannot "become instrument of syndicating scams" and called upon them to "remain vigilant" in the face of misuse of known trademarks to register websites to carry out illegal and fraudulent activities. "If you have to do business in India, we will lay guidelines and you have to comply. We will lay down a mechanism.. These (DNRs) people have to comply. We can't allow millions to be cheated. Some serious matter is going on here," said the bench, also comprising Justice Mini Pushkarna. The court observed that there was a huge magnitude of business in the country for DNRs who cannot be allowed to become "scam units". "We

The companies have expressed that there is an absence of an effective mechanism to stop websites or parties from using the domain name and trademark of well known brands

Apple and Google are launching a comprehensive solution that includes application programming interfaces

New ".com" and ".net" domain name registrations totalled 9 million during 2017 compared to 8.8 million in 2016