ADNDRC releases its first URS decisions - 25 June 2014   |   Peter Leung, Hong Kong Last month, the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) released its first three decisions under the Uniform Rapid Suspension system designed to give trade mark holders ... read more ...

France shows no love for .wine domains. Here’s why - France is adamantly against the plan of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to launch .wine and .vin domains, as the brand of region-specific products will be put at risk.(Photo : Megan Mallen) France is adamantly against the plan of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to launch .wine and .vin generic top-level domains (gTLD). France says that if addresses such as .wine are used, trade agreements that involve region-specific products such as champagne ... read more ...

NCC Group’s new ‘.trust’ domain promises Internet security overhaul - With a flood of new general top-level domains (gTLDs) reaching Internet users in 2014, security UK firm NCC Group and a clutch of large Internet brands have announced a new secure domain they hope will turn out to be the most significant of them all. Called '.Trust', at first it's not clear that this is anything cleverer than a bit of security engineering for businesses that want to stick .trust on the end of their e-commerce websites and emails. Does the world need yet another gTLD, even ... read more ...

France sparks .wine address row ahead of Icann meeting - France has slammed Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) for assigning internet domains over the planned launch of .wine and .vin addresses. Icann is the global body which rolls out new custom web names. France, however, argued that addresses like .wine would put trade agreements regarding the sale of champagne and other region-specific products at risk. French minister Axelle Lemaire has raised question ... read more ...

NCC Announces .Trust Top-Level Domain - UK Internet security firm NCC Group has announced the .trust generic top-level domain (gTLD), which the company plans to develop into a mark of confidence for websites including retailers and banks. The domain is to be one of thousands of incoming gTLDs planned for introduction under a scheme approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2011. NCC acquired the rights to the .trust application for an undisclosed sum in February of this year from Deutsche Post. Security ... read more ...

What Google’s latest business move means for trademark counsel - The news that Google is to get into the business of selling domain names will send shockwaves through the registrar world. However, the news is not only significant for the domain name industry - should the move greatly increase public awareness of (and engagement with) new gTLDS, it will also lead to an even bigger online world for trademark counsel to police. Google has been a lead player in the gTLD expansion, ranking second only to Donuts in terms of application numbers. As well as placing ... read more ...

France sparks .wine address row ahead of Icann meeting - 23 June 2014 Last updated at 14:17 By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Champagne must be called sparkling wine if it is not produced in the French region of that name France has expressed anger at the organisation responsible for assigning internet domains over the planned launch of .wine and .vin addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...

Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms - With ICANN’s London meeting underway, governments have wasted no time in resulting hostilities over the availability of additional safeguards for geographical indicators (GIs) in the ‘.wine’ and ‘.vin’ strings. World Trademark Review has previously reported on the arguments over the two strings, with ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) recently giving them the go-ahead to proceed without any additional safeguards for GIs. Last week, with the London meeting fast approaching, ... read more ...

Is That Site Secure? Look for the .Trust Domain - How do you know if a website is trustworthy? You can look for the little lock icon in the URL bar, or avoid clicking links from unknown sources, but even the most tech-savvy person can sometimes find it difficult to decipher between real and malicious websites. Enter the .trust domain. As part of a domain-name expansion effort from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the NCC Group will handle sites housed on the .trust domain (like PCMag.trust, for example) after acquiring ... read more ...

Will A New gTLDs Make The Internet A Safer Place? - Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” through a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity risk, however, it remains to be seen what level of security this new domain will be able ... read more ...

NCC in cyber crime fight - IT security firm NCC Group has launched new services following its recent purchase of the domain, .trust. The Manchester-based company is hoping to create an online secure gated community with .trust, which was recently acquired from German postal group Deutsche Post. Bosses at NCC, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, say the domain will "provide a safer and more trustworthy Internet for both businesses and consumers". Chief executive Rob Cotton said NCC - which employ almost 900 staff ... read more ...

New Infographic: Perspectives from Small Businesses on New Generic Top-level … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   June 19, 2014 -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next couple of years, domain standards like .com, .net and .org will be joined by potentially thousands of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .photography and .restaurant. To gain perspective from those already doing business online, ... read more ...

NCC Group Expects GBP5 Million Revenue from .trust Internet Addresses Next … - By Rory Gallivan LONDON--Internet security company NCC Group PLC (NCC.LN) expects revenue of a million pounds ($1.7 million) this year and GBP5 million next year from a new Internet address ending that it will offer to banks and other institutions seeking to guarantee the authenticity of their websites. The company Friday announced the launch of .trust, a generic top level domain that it hopes will appeal to companies seeking to reassure ... read more ...

Giving Away Domain Names; Does it Help? - Publisher’s Note: After learning about the .Berlin free domain name offer (now discontinued), I reached out to 101Domain’s Joe Alagna to discuss the strategy of giving gTLD domain names for free. Some people speculate that it is a bad sign for the gTLD program, and I asked Joe to share his insight. The .berlin registry rocketed to near the top in new gTLDs this week by offering their domain names for free for a limited time. .Berlin was already off to a good start. They went into General ... read more ...

Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com … -                                                                   The results of a survey of small- and medium-sized (SMB) business owners which already conduct business online, was released today by SCORE and Verisign, the registry of the .Com and .Net registries. An inforgraphic was also published which appears above. Unlike almost study I have read, I cannot find in any of the material how many SMB participated in the study,  how the study was conducted and what ... read more ...

New Infographic: Perspectives from Small Businesses on New Generic Top-level … – Virtual - WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next couple of years, domain standards like .com, .net and .org will be joined by potentially thousands of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .photography and .restaurant. To gain perspective from those already doing business online, SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses, teamed up with Verisign, the global leader in domain names, to better understand entrepreneurs' views on new gTLDs, and what small business owners ... read more ...

Brand Sponsored Content via New gTLDs as Channels – the Soap Opera of the … - Tweet Buffer With half of the world's top brands launching their own gTLD or channel of the Internet, the concept of building out content in these new spaces will shift how we consume our entertainment and how consumer goods companies reach their target audiences. Week after week, articles about how Big Tech companies are investing in content and consumers are cutting the cable cord are covered not just in digital media, but in mainstream publications ... read more ...

Radix Announces .website Launch Timeline – Virtual - The first true alternative to .com hits the market this summer. Dubai, United Kingdom, June 18, 2014 --(PR.com)-- .Website will become the first all-purpose domain extension available for registration when it launches into Sunrise on June 24, 2014. Radix, .website’s registry and the largest new gTLD registry based in Asia, releaseda complete launch timeline for .website today, outlininga Landrush start date of Aug. 26, 2014 and a General Availabilitystart date of Sept. 17, 2014. .website ... read more ...

Researchers detect spike in "snowshoe" spam attacks using .club gTLD - June 17, 2014 A rise in hit-and-run spam attacks, also known as “snowshoe” spam attacks, has been detected by researchers at Symantec. Using the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, experts noticed the increase on Thursday, coming specifically from .club domains. In snowshoe spamming, miscreants use multiple IP addresses and generic top-level domains (gTLD) – in this case .club – to perform the attacks and thwart detection by spam filters. The Internet Corporation ... read more ...

Two minute guide to generic top level domains - The liberalisation of the Internet domain name system is well under way, so now might be a good time to revisit what it is all about and how companies can make money from the whole process. For many years the number of generic top level domains (or gTLDs) – the bit in the web address that comes after the final dot – was limited, which was fine, except the names were a bit … well … generic. Let me demonstrate how this can be a problem. I am a Spurs fan (that's not the problem, by the way). If ... read more ...

New gTLD Retrospective at ICANN 50 - On Wednesday June 25th from 10-12am in the Sovereign Room applicants and key community members will debate what worked, what didn't and what's next for new gTLDs. The event has been organized by the RySG NTAG as the first community led dialogue on the 2012 new gTLD round since 'reveal day' two years ago. Rather than have panelists deliver presentations, the session will be an open dialogue both between panel members and the audience. It is split into two fifty minute discussion sessions. The ... read more ...

Domain name developments – time to create or review your domain name policy - Developments Developments in relation to domain names are happening rapidly. There are new top-level domains (otherwise known as gTLDs) becoming available all the time and so it is important for businesses to be aware of these developments and take appropriate steps to take advantage of new opportunities while guarding against potential threats to their brands. New gTLDs Most will be familiar with the standard gTLDs: such as .com, .org and .net.  But there are now over 250 new ... read more ...