patentlawupdate.com

The domain PATENTLAWUPDATE.COM was first registered on May 21, 2006 and its current term runs until May 21, 2026. That makes the domain about 20 years old. Its sponsoring registrar is Sea Wasp; LLC (IANA ID 411), and the domain is past its expiry date. Its record is locked against unauthorised transfer, deletion and updates. The registrant is listed in United States. DNS is served by ns5.afternic.com and ns6.afternic.com. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Renewals are usually made for one to ten years at a time, so an expiry date far in the future shows a long-term commitment to the name. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider.

Whois Data Center has 17 historical WHOIS snapshots for PATENTLAWUPDATE.COM. The most recent capture is from May 23, 2026. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.

From October 10, 2022 to May 23, 2026, 37 fields were updated. The registrar name was reformatted from "Sea Wasp LLC" to "Sea Wasp; LLC", which is the same registrar. The nameservers moved from ns1.uniregistrymarket.link and ns2.uniregistrymarket.link to ns5.afternic.com and ns6.afternic.com. Status flags were updated: autoRenewPeriod was removed. The expiry date moved from May 21, 2023 to May 21, 2026, which shows the domain was renewed. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.