YourBrand.sucks: trademark protection and the new gTLD designations - “Little more than a predatory shakedown scheme” to “enrich the domain name industry rather than benefit the broader community of Internet users.” That was how West Virginia Senator John Rockefeller described the potential registration of the .sucks generic top level domain (gTLD) by ICANN. Yet this is somewhat familiar territory for brand owners. Even before the new .sucks gTLD was proposed, there was nothing to stop someone from registering a domain using a trademarked ... read more ...

New domains carry risk of ‘name collision’ attacks: OpenDNS - Some of the new web addresses recently made available by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be creating a new security risk that could compromise private networks around the world, according to analysis conducted by OpenDNS. OpenDNS offers a free domain name service for anyone accessing the Internet – taking the letters and words we type into our browser’s address bars ... read more ...

ICANN Seeks Provider To Conduct A Review of The Generic Names Supporting … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is seeking a provider to conduct an independent review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), as mandated by ICANN’s Bylaws. The GNSO is the policy-making body responsible for generic top-level domains, such as .COM, .NET, and .ORG. Its members include representatives from generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) registries, gTLD registrars, intellectual property interest, Internet service providers, businesses and non-commercial ... read more ...

Google and Samsung Among First to Sign New ICANN Registry Agreements for … - Tweet Buffer The first group of brands has signed contracts with ICANN so that they can start using their new branded top-level domains. What new forms of advertising and marketing can we expect to see? A handful of brands have entered into their contracts with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to begin operating their own registry, a historic event celebrated with little fanfare by the digital marketing community. ... read more ...

Here’s why the web’s new domains will change everything… and nothing - From next month you’re going to start seeing a whole range of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) popping up online. Alongside longstanding ones like .com and .net, you’ll see geographic, special interest and brand name ones like .africa and .joburg, .sport and .radio, and potentially, .cocacola or .microsoft. Should you rush out and secure every possible permutation that vaguely relates to your existing site or business? Probably not.In the last few weeks I’ve gotten a number of emails telling ... read more ...

Online enforcement strategies largely unchanged as gTLDs roll-out continues - While new gTLD domain registrations have surpassed the half a million mark, less than a quarter of corporate trademark counsel have made changes to their online enforcement strategies in reaction to the gTLD expansion, according to World Trademark Review’s annual Global Benchmarking Survey. According to the latest (at time of writing) statistics from nTLDstats, 553,963 domains have been registered, with ‘.guru’ leading the field with a 9.18% share (51,560 domains). Hot on its heels ... read more ...

.Guru(s) Galore: New Top-Level Domain Passes 50K Registrations - Nevermind that the label/title “guru” has been getting mocked for years. That’s not stopping anyone from registering domains using the new .guru top-level domain (gTLD). In fact, according to nTLDStats.com, .guru recently became the first of the new gTLDs to pass 50,000 registrations. That puts it ahead of the far less annoying .berlin, .photography, .email and .link, all of which round out the top five most popular new domains. Domain Incite reports that .guru just passed the 50,000 ... read more ...

Top-Level Domain Registry Punto 2012 Retains The Pollack PR Marketing … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   April 16, 2014 -- LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --The Pollack PR Marketing Group (PPMG) announced today, that it has been retained by Punto 2012 to lead the public relations efforts for the launch of their new generic top level domains (gTLDs) .rest and .bar for restaurant and bar owners, respectively. PPMG ... read more ...

Verisign’s Preliminary Comments on ICANN’s Name Collisions Phase One Report - Verisign posted preliminary public comments on the "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions" Phase One Report released by ICANN earlier this month. JAS Global Advisors, authors of the report contracted by ICANN, have done solid work putting together a set of recommendations to address the name collisions problem, which is not an easy one, given the uncertainty for how installed systems actually interact with the global DNS. However, there is still much work to be done. Below, I have ... read more ...

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Ask the Expert: Avoiding digital brand hijackers - Hackers are targeting big name brands - make sure your site is and domain name are secure to protect your brand's reputation. (Getty) As more jewellery brands launch dedicated e-commerce sites, online reputation management is becoming even more turbulent. Charlie Abrahams of global brand protection company MarkMonitor outlines how changes to the digital landscape mean brands should pay even more attention to their ... read more ...

The First Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014 to be Launched in … – ag-IP - Special to ag-IP-news Agency LONDON - Leading Domain Name System (DNS) professionals will be gathering in London to inaugurate the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014. The Forum is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Nominet and the Public Interest Registry who will jointly host the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014 in London on 19 – 20 June at the Hilton Metropole. This ... read more ...

Can New gTLDs Save Demand Media ? - Scott Hopkins wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha today stating that the new gtlds were the last chance for Demand Media. Demand Media has been languishing in the stock market for awhile now. The stock is down 25 % this year and is down 46 % over a one year time period. Demand Media owns Name.com and Enom and that is where Hopkins believes the magic has to happen. He is not a believer in the Demand Media web properties such as eHow and LiveStrong.com.  He refers to these sites as digital sharecropping, ... read more ...

The ICA Comments on ICANN Preliminary Issue Report on IGOs and INGOs - Phil Corwin of the ICA has sent a comment to ICANN regarding the Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs and INGOs to the Curative Rights Protections of the UDRP and URS. In that report, the staff recommended the GNSO Council initiate a PDP (Policy Development Process) to see if they should modify the UDRP and URS process so that IGOs and INGOs could access these as to basically go after their acronyms at the sld level. This could subject legitimate domain owners to having to engage in a legal ... read more ...

The New .CLUB Domain Extension Now Available At Webnames.ca - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired) - Webnames.ca, Canada's original domain registrar and a leading provider of web solutions, is pleased to announce that registration of the new .CLUB generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) extension is now open. The .CLUB gTLDs Sunrise Phase, a priority registration period for trademark owners, has just ended and .CLUB is already showing signs that it will be one of the most popular domain extensions being launched. Prior to its launch, .CLUB has consistently been ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Heading Off To Private Auction To Settle At Least 3 More New … - The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced today that they will be participating in a minimum of three top-level domain (“TLD”) private auctions will be held on April 22md, 2014 and be conducted by Applicant Auction, Inc. The new gTLDs the Company will definitely be bidding for in this round are .garden, .property, and .yoga. The Company expects the format and rules for each of these TLD auctions to broadly follow earlier private auctions administered by Applicant ... read more ...

Wrap-up: ICANN 49 Singapore - Given the "going live" of New gTLDs as well as the NTIA's announcement of its intent to transition Internet domain name functions to a multi-stakeholder environment, the 49th ICANN meeting in Singapore was sure to be a busy one. Here's a breakdown of some of the key happenings during the week. * * * Specification 13 The most recent draft of Specification 13 was approved. The specification provides limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as "dot Brand" TLDs rather ... read more ...

Uniregistry Statement On Pre-Registrations Of Its New gTLD’s - Uniregistry placed a statement on its site last night about Pre-Registrations clarifying that Uniregistry doesn’t offer them: “”"Over the next year, Uniregistry will be rolling out new top-level domains at a steady pace. We are truly excited by the interest in our domain names, and we know that many of our current and future customers share this excitement. Many times, however, the excitement over new domains leads to disappointment, as registrants who have “pre-registered” their favorite ... read more ...

As Apps Rise, Are Domain Names The Next AM Radio? - Despite a deluge of seminars, conferences, newsletters, blogs and email reminders over the past year or so, many companies and public figures are just waking up to the reality of the massive expansion of the Internet domain space taking place today. The familiar .com, .org and .net extensions are being joined by a veritable army of new "gTLDs" (generic top level domains), likely over 900, spanning every industry (e.g., .technology, .plumbing, .photography), profession (e.g., .actor, .lawyer, .florist), ... read more ...

Donuts Rolls Out 34 More Domain Names in April - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> Following its successful public launch of new gTLDs, Donuts has 17 more available this month for trademark holder access, and an additional 17 for general availability, including .COFFEE, .DATING, .EV... April 08, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new generic ... read more ...

Another sunrise, another new beginning. New gTLDs delegated and set to … - New to the delegation pool ICANN delegates new gTLDs daily, which keeps trademark owners on their toes. Since our last blog article, new gTLD delegations include: .gop .ryukya .yokohama .rest .saarland .consulting .vodka .haus .cooking .moe .rodeo .country .商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall” .horse .fishing .vegas .miami .archi .black .ren .meet .sohu The most recent additions will join the growing list of gTLDs that can begin their Sunrise periods. ... read more ...

Who Are the Major New gTLD Applicants and… (Part Six: Starting Dot) - ...what is their approach to bringing new domain names to the market? Starting Dot ("SD") is a French new gTLD applicant which applied for five strings: .ARCHI, .BIO, .DESIGN, (which has been withdrawn) .IMMO and .SKI. It is the only French applicant to have applied for several open new gTLDs. Some French brands have applied too but as closed Top-Level Domains. The "Who's who" of Starting Dot "The Grand Architect": the mind behind Starting Dot is Godefroy Jordan. Not only is he the person ... read more ...