Tag Archives: gTLD

Wed 21st August 2013
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Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain - RealWire2013-08-21 Council Members sought to help guide .BID gTLD on the InternetWednesday, 21st August, Gibraltar: Dot Bid Limited, the sole applicant for the .BID new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), today announced that it is seeking representatives interested in participating in a Governance Council for the gTLD .BID."The rise in popularity of market place sites such as ebay, Alibaba, and Mercado Libre has meant that bidding online for goods and services around the world is nearly as natural ... read more ...
Tue 20th August 2013
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"Het Rotterdam Event op 5 september staat in het teken van het new gTLD … - B912465 20-08-2013Print pagina "Het Rotterdam Event op 5 september staat in het teken van het new gTLD programma en de Trademark Clearinghouse. Het new gTLD programma staat, min of meer, vast en de Clearinghouse is volop in bedrijf omdat dit najaar de eerste new gTLD's live zullen gaan. Welke consequenties dit gaat hebben voor bedrijven en welke mogelijkheden het biedt, daar gaat het op 5 september ... read more ...
 
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Rotterdam Event: Trademark Clearinghouse (5 september 2013) - B912465 20-08-2013Print pagina "Het Rotterdam Event op 5 september staat in het teken van het new gTLD programma en de Trademark Clearinghouse. Het new gTLD programma staat, min of meer, vast en de Clearinghouse is volop in bedrijf omdat dit najaar de eerste new gTLD's live zullen gaan. Welke consequenties dit gaat hebben voor bedrijven en welke mogelijkheden het biedt, daar gaat het op 5 september ... read more ...
Mon 19th August 2013
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Donuts Beats Back Academy Sports Legal Rights Objection To new gTLD … - Academy, LTD., d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors lost is Legal Rights Objection filed against Half Oaks, LLC (a Donuts compny) application for the new gTLD .Academy finding that “the common generic use of the term “academy”, as well as the lack of clear evidence showing widespread public recognition of the Objector’s ACADEMY marks, standing alone, weigh heavily in the Applicant’s favor. In this case, the Panel finds that such considerations must result in rejection of the Objector’s ... read more ...
 
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Biotechnology Industry Organization Loses WIPO Legal Rights Objection On … - Biotechnology Industry Organization of Washington, lost its Legal Rights Objection filed against Starting Dot applied for new gTLD .bio. Here are the relevance findings by the one member WIPO panel: A fundamental issue in this proceeding is the appropriate recognition of the word “bio” by different sectors of the public, founded on differences in the basic meaning of the word, and on differences in uses in different parts of the world. From the Objector’s perspective, the word “bio” ... read more ...
 
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Propozycja adresów internetowych bez kropek odrzucona - treść komentarza została ukryta. [rozwiń] "Google przekonywało, że uruchomienie adresów pozbawionych kropek pozwoliłoby internautom oszczędzić nieco czasu" Moim zdaniem chodziło im raczej o to aby ludzie przestali myśleć o internecie w kontekście adresów stron bo przecież obecnie to już tylko kropki odróżniają adresy internetowe od zwykłych wyrażeń (adresy bez www funkcjonują a czasem nawet te z www ... read more ...
Sun 18th August 2013
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So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search - Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google’s application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon’s .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its  application for .Search to operate on a closed basis, meaning that the registry generally would not be open to registrations by third parties, but amended its application back in April of this year to operate it as a open string using Dotless Domains, just days after ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Not Getting Its Fancy Dotless ‘Search’ Domain - ICANN’s loosening up and getting ready to roll out a whole new batch of .whatever generic top-level domains, but Google wanted more. Google was pushing for crazy, dotless domains like http://search. But the dream is over. ICANN just smacked it down. On Friday, ICANN New gTLD Program Committee decided to confirm and all-out ban on domains without dots in them, so http://whatever is off the table as a functional address option, for now. Ideally, http://search wouldn’t have just ... read more ...
Sat 17th August 2013
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95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg … - 95 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .Taxi;. .Yoga; .Tickets; .Foundation and .Gives and Amazon’s application for .Kids and .Author. Some of the .Brand applications passing today was Visa Credit Cards application for .Visa; Safeway Grocers application for .Safeway; Sony’s application ... read more ...
 
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ICANN dice que no a las áreas sin puntos y frustra Google - Publicado el 17/08/2013 24:33 medio de comunicación que tiene batita aquí. El martes, el Comité de Programa de gTLD nuevos de ICANN, actuando con las atribuciones de la junta directiva, aprobó una resolución que impide la creación de dominio sin punto , o dominios” sin punto “. Un golpe a Google, que ha enviado una solicitud a la entidad para administrar el dominio Search ( http://search/ ). intención de Google es proporcionar un espacio de nombres fácilmente ... read more ...
 
 
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Google’s Not Getting Its Fancy Dotless "Search" Domain - ICANN's loosening up and getting ready to roll out a whole new batch of .whatever generic top-level domains, but Google wanted more. Google was pushing for crazy, dotless domains like http://search. But the dream is over. ICANN just smacked it down. On Friday, ICANN New gTLD Program Committee decided to confirm and all-out ban on domains without dots in them, so http://whatever is off the table as a functional address option, for now. Ideally, http://search wouldn't have just been a shortcut to ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Rejects Google’s Plan For Dotless Search Top-Level Domain - Google may still get to own the .search generic top-level domain (gTLD), but it won’t get to operate it as a dotless domain. ICANN ruled this week that dotless domains are prohibited, citing “the current security and stability risks” that have been identified in previous studies of dotless domains. The decision affirms recommendations made earlier by an ICANN security committee. The news was first reported by DomainIncite.com, which doubts that the decision will have any impact on Google’s ... read more ...
Fri 16th August 2013
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ICANN New gTLD Committee Bans Dotless Domains - ICANN has decided to ban the use of dotless domains, according to a decision on Thursday by the group’s New gTLD Program Committee ICANN has decided to prohibit the use of dotless domains, according to a decision on Thursday by the group’s New gTLD Program Committee. The decision comes after ICANN investigated the stability and security implications of dotless domain name functionality. Separately, in a statement released in July, The Internet Architecture Board warned against dotless ... read more ...
Thu 15th August 2013
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The Time To Prepare For ICANN’s gTLD Rollout Is Now - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
Wed 14th August 2013
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Internet & technology law alert – the Trademark Clearinghouse: safeguard your … - The imminent launch of the new gTLD (generic top level domain) program will greatly expand current availability of domain names, offering brands and businesses more choices for promoting themselves online. In the coming years, an unlimited number of new second level domains will become available, often on a first-come, first-served basis. The first batch of new gTLDs will include nearly 1,400 new top-level domains including .computer, .insurance, .nyc, .sucks, and others. This program raises significant ... read more ...
 
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Panels Rule No Confusion Exists Between Singular and Plural New gTLD Strings - If early International Centre for Dispute Resolution decisions are anything to go by, as far as dispute resolution panellists are concerned, singular and plural versions of the same string do not risk causing user confusion. Tasked with handling string confusion objections under the new gTLD program, the ICDR has just rejected an objection by Google against Donuts' application for .CARS. Google has applied for .CAR. Amongst Google's arguments in support of their objection: Scores of past ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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First New gTLD Private Auction Participation - The directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to announce that the Company will be participating in four private auctions starting Tuesday, 13 August for the contested strings .guide, .casa, .网址("web address" in Chinese) and .fishing. In each instance the Company will be bidding against single competitors, there being just two companies participating in each of the four auctions. Under the private auction format, if TLDH makes the winning bid it will secure the ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s new gTLD App For .DIY - A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s New gTLD application of .diy Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Objector holds United States Registration No. 2457989 (registered June 5, 2001) for DIY. The mark is registered in International Class 042 as a standard-character service mark for “providing a website of information about television programming; news and weather; gardening and landscaping; crafts and hobbies; sewing and quilting; ... read more ...
 
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Domain-name.revolution? Generic top-level domains and intellectual property - 9 August 2013 By Deborah RiderIn 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) — the professional body for domain name registration — launched the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) programme to permit the introduction of new top-level domains on the internet. The move, which has attracted much publicity, will allow web addresses to end in a ... read more ...
 
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A Look at Closed vs. Open New gTLDs - The essay analyzes some of the strengths and weaknesses of closed and open new gTLDs. The success of the gTLD to a large degree rests on the successful design and implementation of an effective digital business model. A closed gTLD is one whose owner uses it for exclusive content — for example, the use of .book exclusively for Amazon books. Conversely, if Amazon opens up .book, other book sellers and libraries would be able to set up sub-domains, sites where they controlled content. ICANN ... read more ...
Fri 9th August 2013
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Gastkommentar: Trademark Clearinghouse - Parallel zu den Vorbereitungen für das Programm zur Einführung der neuen generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) will die dafür zuständige Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gleichzeitig die Rechte von Markeninhabern schützen. gTLD sind jene neuen Domain-Endungen, die zusätzlich zu den bereits etablierten TLD wie .com, .net und .org auf den Internetmarkt kommen (etwa music., blog, .web, .shop .hotel. etc). Bei ... read more ...
Thu 8th August 2013
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Tucows: Sold .Marketing & .Media New gTLD Applications For “A Substantial Sum” - In its earnings call today Tucows.com (TCX)  said that they sold two of their new gTLD applications for a “Substantial Sum” that will be reflected in its  YummyNames.com subsidiary revenue in the third quarter of 2013. Tucows.com which was one of the applicants for .Media and .Marketing but withdrew their application for both, and combined with Unregistry’s withdrawn for the same two strings, it left Donuts as the sole applicant for .Media and .Marketing. It has been previously reported ... read more ...
 
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3 More .Brand New gTLD’s are Withdrawn: Now 108 Pulled - Three more .Brand new gTLD application have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. Microsoft withdrew it applications for .Skydrive which had a prioritization number of 386. Microsoft described the application for .Skydrive as follows: “The SkyDrive® hosting service allows users, at no charge, to store files and to access their personal files from any computer with an internet connection. SkyDrive users can share photos and files or collaborate on documents with contacts Over 100 million people ... read more ...
 
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Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is … - The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, but its main competitor Dish Network did and Directv filed this objection. The only other new gTLD application for .direct was filed by Half Trail, LLC a Donuts company. The WIPO Panel Decision can be best summarized by this paragraph in the ruling: “The Panel rejects ... read more ...