New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For … - In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dialogue with the GAC”. The dialogue with the GAC is according to the resolution to be held at the ICANN Meeting in Durban which is from July 14 – 18th, 2013. Here is the resolution: Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing and issued ... read more ...

98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci - 98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and .Bugatti. With today’s action ICANN has now gone through applications with a prioritization number of 1,100. Out of 1,100 there are still 82 applications that have not passed, failed or sent for extended evaluation. Here are all the applications that passed IE today: <![CDATA[]]>    ... read more ...

AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications - Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its qualified subsidiaries, affiliates, business partners or others having the Required Agreement. The registry will be closed to registrants who do not have a formal, written agreement from AFCIC or an affiliate of AFCIC, specifically allowing the registration ... read more ...

New York City Heralds Approval of .NYC gTLD in Press Release - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (who is running for Mayor) issued a press release today heralding the approval of the .NYC gTLD, which had received support from the City. I don’t know how much NYC will help promote .NYC, but it’s clear from the press release, the plan is to target local businesses. “Having our own unique, top-level domain – .nyc – puts New York City at the forefront of the digital landscape and creates new opportunities ... read more ...

Protecting Your Trademarks As ICANN Launches New Generic Top-Level … - 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 ...

1&1 Internet Launches New TLD Portal, Dynamic Cloud Server - 11 Internet has launched a new portal offering pre-reservation for the new gTLDs, along with its new cloud server package Web hosting provider 11 Internet announced on Monday it has launched a new portal offering pre-reservation for the new gTLDs, along with its new cloud server package, 11 Dynamic Cloud Server. The move comes a couple of months after 11 Internet made enhancements to 11 Dynamic Cloud Server, making the solution more scalable and cost efficient in real terms. The new domains ... read more ...

4 more New gTLD Apps Withdrawn Including Dish Networks Application For … - Four more New gTLD applications have  been withdrawn today on ICANN website. All four were either brand or closed generic applications. Dish Network dropped its closed application for the new gTLD .Movie Dish was to operate .movie “gTLD as a restricted, exclusively-controlled TLD and as such, will not be commercially offered for registration by the general public.” Afterdot LLC applications to run closed new gTLD’s of .CHESAPEAKE and .CHK for Chesapeake Energy Corporation with a prioritization ... read more ...

1&1 LAUNCHES NEW gTLD PRE-ORDER PORTAL - - New domain name endings set to transform digital landscape - Web host offers expert advice on new opportunities for UK businesses 1 July 2013, London: 11 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, a global leader amongst web hosting providers, today launched a new portal offering pre-orders for the latest generation of Internet addresses or ‘new gTLDs’. The new wave of domains will see scores of attractive new endings to be launched such as .london, .restaurant, .rugby, ... read more ...

Thies Lindenthal at MIT: Full Time Research into Domain Markets - I want to share some news from Thies Lindenthal, the creator of IDNX, “the first scientific grade price index for Internet domain names,” operated by Lindenthal with extensive sales data from Sedo. Using IDNX, you can see how domain names have performed since 2006 and compare the performance of the domain market to that of the NASDAQ 100. Thies recently announced that he has begun a post-doctoral studies program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he will be researching ... read more ...

Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress – London, Sept 2013 - In partnership with Momentum event group, CircleID will be updating this page to provide up to date information for the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress taking place in London, September 26 - 27, 2013. Jun 28 – Initial speaker faculty released: Completely updated to reflect the most pressing issues that are front of mind for new gTLD applicants, this interactive top-level event aims to engage attendees in a thoughtful, two-day conversation with a senior-level group of your ... read more ...

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Two More gTLD Applications Are Withdrawn; .Movie By Straat & .BWAY - Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn and reflected on the ICANN site tonight. Straat which applied for 13 new gTLD’s withdrew their second application tonight this time for the new gTLD .Movie. There were originally 8 applications filed for .movie and with Radix previous withdrawal of their application for .movie there are now 6 applicant left including Amazon’s application to operate the gTLD as a closed extension which was put on hold tonight by the New gTLD Committee of ICANN. Straat’s ... read more ...

Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold - The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC)  has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Hold by passing a  resolution tonight. Of course by placing closed generic new gTLD applications on hold, those with competing applications for the same strings , even those wanting to operate those strings as open are going to be put on hold as well. After the ICANN Beijing meeting, the GAC issued lengthily advice to ICANN, including telling ICANN it had an major issue with closed generics ... read more ...

gTLD Portfolio Update: Uncontested Applications Increase to 23 - The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to announce that the Company has resolved the contention for three of its gTLD applications — .fit, .science, and .review — following an agreement with gTLD investor Domain Venture Partners PCC Limited and its associates Platinum Registry Limited, dot Science Limited, dot Review Limited and Famous Four Media Limited. Each of TLDH's applications for the three gTLD strings in question were in contention with single competing ... read more ...

Domain Search Tool Helps gTLD Applicants - I’ve written about how the Domain Search Tool helps me find potential buyers for my domain names by showing me lists of registered domain names that have a specific keyword string in them. I think gTLD registrants can use the tool to help project sales figures and potentially use it for outbound sales. I can assume that gTLD registries will want to target domain name / website owners who use the gTLD keyword at the end of their domain name. For instance, the .Inc registry will probably ... read more ...

ICANN’s Expert Working Group Recommends WHOIS Replacement - Aims for Innovative, Effective Balance Between Accuracy, Access and Privacy of Registration Data for Generic Domain Names Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2013 ICANN’s Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is recommending major changes to the way registrant data is provided to users. The “Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model” is intended to streamline the way data is retrieved and validated, and will restrict its disclosure to what it considers permissible ... read more ...

TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : gTLD portfolio update: Uncontested … – 4 - gTLD portfolio update: Uncontested applications increase to 23 June 26, 2013 The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to announce that the Company has resolved the contention for three of its gTLD applications - .fit, .science, and .review -following an agreement with gTLD investor Domain Venture Partners PCC Limited and its associates Platinum Registry Limited, dot Science Limited, dot Review Limited and Famous ... read more ...

Riding the new gTLD-go-round: Revisiting the Past- Embracing the Future - Riding the new gTLD-go-round: Revisiting the Past- Embracing the Future June 2013 Trademarks Sally Abel, Fenwick West LLP Closing in on nearly three decades of trademark practice, I am struck by just how far technology has advanced the practice since that bemusing day years ago when a potential client expressed surprise that I was able to file applications with the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) from the West ... read more ...