LogicBoxes Launches Reseller Program for Hosting Companies to Access New … - by Nicole Henderson on November 27, 2013Add Your Comments As new gTLDs have become a reality, many web hosts are looking for ways to market and offer the new domain extensions to their hosting customers. LogicBoxes announced on Wednesday that it has launched its invite-only Elite Reseller Program designed to help large domain and hosting companies navigate the new gTLD landscape, as well as receive partner-exclusive ... read more ...

New generic top-level domain names (“gTLDs”) opening for business - The first set of new generic top-level domain names (“gTLDs”) are opening for business this month. A gTLD is the part of a domain name that comes after the “dot” (“.”). Currently, there are 22 gTLDs including .com, .org and .net. Very soon there could be up to 1,400 new names or “strings,” such as .clothing, .ventures, .bike, and brand names such as .hitachi. On October 23, 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) delegated ... read more ...

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Seven new gTLDs open to brand owners - 26 November 2013   |   James Nurton, London The 60-day sunrise periods for seven new gTLDs operated by Donuts launched today ... read more ...

9 New gTLDs Including .bike Hit the Web - November 26th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – New domain suffixes approved through ICANN’s groundbreaking gTLD expansion are beginning to hit the web. According to a BBC report on Tuesday, nine new TLDs including the likes of .guru, .bike, .singles are all online. The initial availability is ... read more ...

The new gTLDs are here. Are you ready? - While you are reading this, the Internet is changing. Over the past several years, you may (or may not) have heard that the number of Top Level Domains (such as .com, .net, .eu, etc.) was going to grow exponentially at some point in the future. Well, the future is here. The first of the “new gTLDs” opened for registrations October 31 for a trademark “Sunrise” – dotShabaka, an Arabic domain (technically, ????.) – which is the generic name in Arabic for the Internet. ... read more ...

The use of trademark protection mechanisms under new gtld system - Generic Top-Level Domain and the New Gtld gTLD (generic Top-Level Domain, "gTLD") is one of the top-level domains (TLD) managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Under the current gTLD system, there are only 22 gTLDs available (not including the TLDs representing 200+ countries and territories, such as the .cn). These TLDs are generic terms representing the nature of the industry, such as, .com means commercial organizations (but unrestricted), ... read more ...

New gTLDs – an overview and update - The Internet is changing.  Hundreds of new domain name extensions, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs), will soon start appearing online and it is important that brand owners are ready for these changes.  The existing gTLDs (.com, .org, .info etc.) will remain but the organisation that is responsible for managing and overseeing the domain name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has authorised a programme to dramatically increase the number ... read more ...

GAC stands firm in standoff over gTLD protections for IGOs - The debate over additional rights protection mechanisms for inter-governmental organisations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in the expanded gTLD space has been hotly contended. While ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has voiced opposition to protection for IGO acronyms, the GAC has issued a communiqué reiterating its position that such mechanisms are necessary. INGOs may wish to take the lead themselves rather than wait for the ICANN process to play ... read more ...

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TLDH Launches Registrar Business and Priority Reservations Platform - Minds + Machines makes Official Priority Reservations available for .best, .casa, .ceo, .cooking and .horse. (Visit Website)Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) announces a major expansion of the Group's activities with the launch of a Priority Reservation service available to consumers through its wholly-owned registrar business, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. It is the first consumer-focused initiative undertaken by the Group and lets Internet users for the first time make a nominal ... read more ...

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Top Level Domain Holdings to roll-out priority registration platform - Email To: From Email address: Name: Please send me a copy Message: Verification code Top Level Domain Holdings to roll-out priority registration platform Wednesday, ... read more ...

Beyond .Com: The Startup Bringing You .XYZ and .College - Businesses have a new home online. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) generic top-level domains (gTLDs) program is opening a whole new world of domain extensions for businesses. Now, companies will have an even wider range of extensions they can use beyond ".com." Although the ".com" extension is the most popular, ".org," ".biz," ".co," ".me," ".ly" and other extensions have recently risen in popularity. With the new gTLD program, new extensions like ".inc," ... read more ...

The use of trademark protection mechanisms under new gTLD system - 19 November 2013 By Ding XianjieGeneric top-level domain (gTLD) is one of the top-level domains (TLD) managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Under the current gTLD system, there are only 22 gTLDs available (not including the TLDs representing 200-plus countries and territories, such as the .cn). These TLDs are generic terms representing ... read more ...

ICANN@15: Born in the USA – But Will It Stay? - This article was originally intended to be a short one focused on indications that ICANN was exploring the establishment of a legal nexus outside the United States and discussing what that might mean — and whether it was consistent with the Affirmation of Commitments (AOC) entered into with the United States in 2009. Then, as completion neared, came the sudden and nearly simultaneous release of the October 7th Montevideo Statement and the announcement two days later of a proposed 2014 Brazil ... read more ...

Will the ICANN Auctions Kill off New gTLD Innovation? - As the launch of the first of the new gTLDs draws ever closer, more and more applicants are beginning to publicise their business models and ideas for putting the Domain Name System (DNS) to good use. By doing so, they are also shedding light on what promises to be a far less uniform Top Level for the Internet than might have previously been feared. A schism is appearing in the type of applicant/TLD model being enacted. Up until now, Donuts, Google et al have tended to hold the spotlight, ... read more ...

This Small Company Is Battling Amazon For The Next .COM - XYZ.com is bringing the new domain extensions .xyz and .College to the Internet as part of the new gTLD program. It’s also in a battle with Amazon and others to bring .Now to market. Do you expect to get any domains with new gTLDs? Anything in particular you’re leaning toward? Let us know in the comments. The company consists of a small team of about five people battling against giants like Amazon, Google and Donuts. Co-founder Daniel Negari is the youngest gTLD applicant ... read more ...

MarkMonitor Signs the .UNO Registry-Registrar Agreement With Dot Latin LLC - .UNO 'The Internet namespace will change dramatically with the introduction of the new gTLDs and .UNO is poised to be one of the early movers in this evolving ecosystem,' says Matt Serlin, Vice President, Domain Operations for MarkMonitor. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) November 14, 2013 Dot Latin LLC announced today ... read more ...

Verisign Publishes 3rd Part of Four Part Series On Name Collisions - Verisign publishes the 3rd part of a new 4 part series on name collisions last night. “Blocking a second level domain (SLD) simply on the basis that it was queried for in a past sample set runs a significant risk of false positives.  SLDs that could have been delegated safely may be excluded on quantitative evidence alone, limiting the value of the new gTLD until the status of the SLD can be proven otherwise. Similarly, not blocking an SLD on the basis that it was not queried for in a past ... read more ...