Applicant Auction Announces Next Private New gTLD Auctions To Be Held On … - Applicant Auction announced today that is would be holding its third set of new gTLD private auctions. The Third Applicant Auction is scheduled to be held on October 21. If you would like to particpate in the next round of Applicant Auction you will have to commit to the auction and return all the signed contracts by no later than Friday, October 11. “In the 1st two Applicant Auctions 14 strings were settle resulting in over $18 million in payments to applicants who have withdrawn their applications. You ... read more ...

Top 10 trademark stories for September - WTR has previously tackled the advantages and pitfalls of working with celebrities in product endorsement deals. Last month we considered the celebrity perspective, following footballer Gareth Bale’s record-breaking transfer to Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid. WTR’s readers were intrigued by the question ‘how best to manage a brand like Bale?’, the story topping the league of most-read blogs in September. Elsewhere, WTR’s scrutiny of the European Parliament Rapporteur’s recommendations ... read more ...

Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi - Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the application of Desi Networks, LLC the new gTLD: “The term DESI refers to the people, culture and products ... read more ...

Desi Networks becomes Sole Applicant of .DESI gTLD - September 30th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – Desi Networks LLC, is pleased to announce that after a successful private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD.  The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process ... read more ...

Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a … - Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013,  and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. I was at on Friday at a presentation by Sedo.com, on the subject and these are some of the results in the press release today. I’m going to point out some more results from the study that weren’t part ... read more ...

First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC … - Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the application of Desi Networks, LLC the new gTLD: “The term DESI refers to the people, culture and products ... read more ...

Advertising and Marketing Industry Feels New Web Addresses Will Ultimately Be … - Related:Press Release, News Sedo, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of research into whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013 – and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. More than 360 individuals responsible for the advertising or marketing programs at their companies, or who work ... read more ...

The new gTLDs – if you think managing your domains is difficult now… - The domain world as we know it is about to change.  Currently, there are about 24 top-level domains  (tld).  These are the portion of a web address that appears after the "dot" such as .com or .org.  However, there are 1,409 new possibilities on the horizon and an infinite number of future tlds. In January of 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that is charged with stabilizing and unifying the global internet, began accepting applications ... read more ...

New gTLD Registration Strategies: Preparing for the Inevitable - As we draw closer to the first new gTLD registry launch, many companies are beginning the arduous task of developing their new gTLD registration and blocking strategies. And after speaking with dozens of clients, I can tell you that the planned approaches are ranging from very minimal registration and blocking strategies for one or two core brands, all the way through to registrations of multiple brands in every single new gTLD registry. Generally speaking, we are recommending that companies ... read more ...

Can gTLD / nTLD Pre Registration Lists Help You Find Good Domain Names? - With the new TLDs coming soon(ish), domain registrars like 101 Domain, 11, Name.com, and others have been taking pre-reservations. While these are non-binding, it gives the registrars and TLD applicants some decent data about what the demand will be like when these TLDs come on the market. I wonder if this data would be helpful to domain investors today who want to find domain names that will be in demand in the future. Rick Schwartz posted an article today that got me thinking about ... read more ...

With launches looming, gTLD applicants expand on their plans - For a long time, gTLD applicants have kept their cards close to their chest, with application documents providing the sole clue as to their intentions. Over the past week, applicants have been more forthcoming about their motivations for applying and how they will position their new online offerings. Google was one of the key players in the first round of gTLD applications, bidding for 98 strings. Speaking at the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress, currently taking place in London, ... read more ...

How fashion brands can stay on trend with the internet’s new top-level domain … - Even in the current Internet landscape of only 23 generic top-level domains (gTLDs)—including .com, .net, .org and a handful of others—many organizations find that protecting against domain name infringement is quite a challenge. To make the challenge even more formidable, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently considering applications to add up to 1,400 new gTLDs to the Internet landscape, with some gTLDs opening for domain name registrations beginning ... read more ...

Frank Schilling Live From London: “.Com Will Become Like AM Radio” - The Digital Marketing gTLS Strategy Congress conference kicked off today with Frank Schilling of Unregistry, laying out how he see the future of the domain name space and its the new gTLD program. Mr. Schilling was being interviewed on stage by Kevin Murphy of Domainincite.com As always Mr. Schilling had some interesting observations and bold predictions: Big brands placed their internet presence on .com as it meant commerce smaller brands and companies followed them into .com Now we are going ... read more ...

Demand Media Welcomes Claire Carroll as Head of Marketing for United TLD - DUBLIN--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a leading media and domain services company, today is pleased to announce its recent hire of Claire Carroll, who joins the team in Dublin, Ireland as Head of Marketing for United TLD, a Demand Media subsidiary. United TLD is investing to become a world-class registry and leader in new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Carroll will be responsible for United TLD's marketing ... read more ...

CPA Global Takes a Lead in Helping Clients Protect and Develop Their Brands … - Providing support in navigating gTLD launches and Trademark Clearing House registrations SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA Global, the world's leading intellectual property (IP) management and software specialist, announced today that it will be providing a range of support services to help clients protect and develop their brands online as the Internet domain space expands significantly through the new Generic Top Level Domains ... read more ...

Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand … - Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s that Donuts applied for that they are in a partnership with Demand Media on. Looking through some new gTLD applications today I found that 107 applications are now held by a parent company called Covered TLD, LLC (Covered Donuts) and another 201 are held ... read more ...

Come Join Me At The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress In London On … - Tonight I’m jumping the pond and heading over to London for the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress which is being held in at the Park Plaza Victoria in London on Thursday and Friday. “Back by popular demand and building off of the success of the inaugural Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress that was held in New York in March, Momentum is pleased to offer you the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress–UK European Edition in London. “Regardless of whether your organisation ... read more ...

Infographic: How to choose a domain name for your business - The importance of holding a strong domain name for a company will become even more important with ICANN revamping the gTLD system. WhoIsHostingThis has unveiled an infographic on the issue, adding: “When it comes to selecting a domain name, striking a balance between these critical elements—simplicity, memorability, relevance—is the key to catching the elusive lightning of success in your online bottle. “At its core, a successful domain name includes a clear mention of your brand (essential ... read more ...

Radix, TLDH & Westerdal Asks ICANN To Suspend All Pending Expert Panels In … - Three large applicants to the new gTLD program sent a letter to ICANN yesterday to complaint about the Experts appointed by The Dispute Resolution Service Providers relating to the Community Objection process especially those at the ICC and asked ICANN to “ask all contracted arbitrators to temporarily suspend their decision making until ICANN can conduct a basic level of training for the actual Expert Panels on the AGB guidelines and their interpretations.” “Only Experts who are successfully ... read more ...

1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Blows Past 2 Million, Setting Off gTLD … -                         1and1.com which started a multimillion dollar national television advertising campaign which seemed to start around the first NFL games three weeks ago, just crossed the 2,000,000 mark in new gTLD pre-reservations. Unofficially I tracked some 70,000 pre-registrations today alone. To their credit and unlike other pre-registration services, 1and1.com is only accepting one pre-registration per new gTLD domain name. If someone’s selected new gTLD domain name ... read more ...

Paris Opens Up Founders/Pioneer Program For 1st 100 .Paris Domain Names - The City of Paris opening up a submission period to allocate the first 100 .Paris new gTLD domain names. The city is opening  two “Calls for Proposals” for the purpose of selecting the first domain names under “.paris” top-level domain (TLD). Interested parties can apply on the web site http://mondomaine.paris.fr to be among the first 100 first holders of a web site ending in “.paris”. “The first Call for Proposals enables various types of actors to obtain a domain name matching ... read more ...