Luxury Business Model to Monetize Mobile Advertising - MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Developing Market Web addresses can tell a complete story; for example, the National Football League recently introduced TogetherWeMakeFootball.com. Addressing the proliferation of gTLDs soon to join .co and .biz, branded 'dot-com' marketing messages provide a launchpad that can be redirected to any of the 1,000-plus forthcoming extensions. Growing Demand for Luxury Products and Services Increasing by 10% annually, global demand for luxury ... read more ...

Over Half of The Most Innovative Companies Also Invested in New gTLDS - The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released the results of this year’s Most Innovative Companies survey last week. The survey is conducted by BCG as follows:As in past surveys, the 2013 results reveal the 50 companies that executives rank as the most innovative, weighted to incorporate relative three-year shareholder returns, revenue growth, and margin growth. The list has its share, as always, of well-known technology innovators (especially among the top ten), but automakers also show a strong ... read more ...

New gTLDs: first registry agreements signed - <![CDATA[ ]]> Please complete the form below to receive a free trial of WTR magazine and daily email updates. The personal details provided by you will be held on a database and may be shared with Globe Business Publishing Ltd's associated companies. The details provided will not be passed to any other company. Please view our Terms Conditions. ... read more ...

gTLD – To register or not to register, that is the question for the trade mark owners - To the average internet user the few little letters at the end of the domain name they have just searched must seem rather trivial. Little do they know of the struggle of numerous corporations to obtain those little letters in an effort to try to stamp their individuality on the internet. Companies such as "donut.com" (who focus on registering as many as these generic top level domains or gTLDs as possible) insist that "the current Internet namespace, like .COM, is worn out and needs new and specific ... read more ...

New Domain Names: What To Expect - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) long-running plan to dramatically expand the number of available generic top-level domain names, or gTLDs, should soon finally bear fruit. Then again, the real work for ICANN, domain registrars, businesses and other stakeholders is just getting started. Today, there are 22 gTLDs -- the short string of characters to the right of the "dot" in Web addresses, like .com or .org -- available to the general public. ICANN, the governing ... read more ...

Further issues and developments for the new gTLD programme - ICANN’s new Generic Top-level Domain Name (gTLD) programme is due to launch before the end of the year. However, there have been several recent issues surrounding the programme, the accumulation of which may affect this start date, and the programme as a whole. The new gTLDs will offer a wide variety of generic top-level domain names which will be used by businesses to establish and maintain a more targeted online presence (see our previous article here). To date, ICANN reports that over 1,900 ... read more ...

Google’s gTLD strategy a gamble – analysis - 14 June 2012   |   Karen Bolipata and Eileen McDermott, New York When people think of Google, they think of Google itself, and perhaps YouTube, Android and Gmail ... read more ...

Will The Launch Of gTLDs This Year Influence Your Search Strategy? - Awareness for the launch of generic top-level domain names may have puttered out, but the first new extensions will soon become available for public use, including .Nike and .AOL, as well as .Boston, .music, .home and .inc. Research from Sedo analyzes the depth of awareness by execs in the advertising and marketing industry. The findings provide results from a small sampling of respondents. About 54% of the 361 people participating in the August survey -- all working in advertising or marketing -- ... read more ...

ICANN Publishes The Final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements … - Today ICANN published the final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements for new gTLD registries,  that enables trademark holders to protect their rights during the Domain Name System expansion. A set of trademark protections were developed by the ICANN community for incorporation into the New gTLD Program and include both trademark claims and sunrise services, which are required for all new gTLDs. These final RPM Requirements are part of all Registry Agreements and include practical ... read more ...

Internet domain names: the new gTLDs and the Trademark Clearinghouse - 1 October 2013 The upcoming launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will mark one of the biggest shake-ups of the internet since its introduction. The new gTLD programme is set to transform the domain-name space worldwide by introducing new generic domain extensions to rival the traditional ‘.com’ with almost endless new possibilities.The initiative has been ... read more ...

UPDATE – Top Level Domain Holdings picked to click - ---ADDS BROKER COMMENTS--- Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is going head-to-head with web giants Google and Amazon in an unprecedented internet land grab. “We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources,” executive Fred Krueger noted in the firm’s interim results covering the first half of 2013. gTLDs are generic top level domains, recognisable as the final part of web site addresses, such as dot.com, ... read more ...

Top Level Domain Holdings - ---ADDS BROKER COMMENTS--- Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is going head-to-head with web giants Google and Amazon in an unprecedented internet land grab. “We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources,” executive Fred Krueger noted in the firm’s interim results covering the first half of 2013. gTLDs are generic top level domains, recognisable as the final part of web site addresses, such as dot.com, ... read more ...

Verisign Research Says Small Businesses Still Prefer Websites to Social Media … - A couple of new studies are out with findings that should be of interest to all domain investors. In one, released today, Verisign engaged Merrill Research to canvas more than 1,000 businesses scattered ... read more ...

ICANN set to launch new generic top-level domains: understanding the nuts and … - The universe of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), currently limited to about a dozen such as .com, .net, and .org, will expand this year, as some of the more than 1,000 potential new gTLDs are rolled out. Businesses may want to use some of these gTLDs—such as .store, .cloud, .software, .app, .home, and many more—as part of their brand strategies. The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been reviewing new gTLD applications on a rolling basis. On July 15, 2013, ICANN ... read more ...

TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : Unaudited Interim Results for the period … – 4 - Agreement entered into with Tucows to partner in the auction process on three contested applications. Executive Chairman, Fred Krueger, commented: We are now in the final stages of the most significant development in the history of the Internet Domain Name System. We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources. Our cost base is lower than many ... read more ...

CPA Global Takes a Lead in Helping Clients Protect and Develop Their Brands … – PR - CPA Global, the world's leading intellectual property (IP) management and software specialist, announced today that it will be providing a range of support services to help clients protect and develop their brands online as the Internet domain space expands significantly through the new Generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) programme. Services include support for new gTLD launches, monitoring gTLD applications by other parties that might impact on a client's brand or trademark, and managing Trademark ... read more ...

Is the Risk Real With the New gTLD Program? (An Interview with Verisign) - It's late in the new gTLD day and the program looks to be inching ever closer to the finish line. Yet last minute hiccups seem to be a recurring theme for this ambitious project to expand the Internet namespace far beyond the 300 odd active TLDs in existence today (counting generics and country codes). A drive for growth which is already underway, with 63 gTLD contracts now signed as of mid September. The list includes incumbents like .COM, of course, but also a spate of the first of the new ... read more ...

Call to Action: Prepare for New gTLDs - You know how your mother doesn’t understand this business about new top-level domains? Now is the time to explain it to her carefully because the web is about to get a major upgrade.After months of delay, applicants for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) – the text to the right of the dot in a web address – are now signing contracts in rapid succession. To date, applicants have signed registry agreements for 45 gTLDs with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which ... read more ...

Is the Risk Real With the New gTLD Program? - It's late in the new gTLD day and the program looks to be inching ever closer to the finish line. Yet last minute hiccups seem to be a recurring theme for this ambitious project to expand the Internet namespace far beyond the 300 odd active TLDs in existence today (counting generics and country codes). A drive for growth which is already underway, with 63 gTLD contracts now signed as of mid September. The list includes incumbents like .COM, of course, but also a spate of the first of the new ... read more ...

LogicBoxes to Host Webinar for New gTLD Applicants on Vertical Integration - LogicBoxes, the leader in providing Business Automation Solution for companies in the Domain and Hosting Industry, will be conducting a webinar on the 3rd of October, 2013, for all New gTLD Applicants. The Webinar would give valuable insights to New gTLD Applicants on the various TLD Distribution models, including a Vertically Integrated model which ICANN has only recently lifted a restriction on. In 2014, we will see 1000+ new gTLDs hitting the market and with only 500+ active Registrars ... read more ...

Demand Media Welcomes Claire Carroll as Head of Marketing for United TLD - Related:Press Release, News Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a leading media and domain services company, today is pleased to announce its recent hire of Claire Carroll, who joins the team in Dublin, Ireland as Head of Marketing for United TLD, a Demand Media subsidiary. United TLD is investing to become a world-class registry and leader in new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Carroll will be responsible for United TLD's marketing plans and strategy execution as the company prepares for the ... read more ...

Calculators at the ready? Donuts’ gTLDs DPML launches, likely costs emerge - Last week WTR reported on Donuts’ plans to operate a Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) in the new gTLD strings it runs. The largest investor applicant in new gTLDs, having initially bid for 307 strings, the company has now officially launched its offering, which is designed to enable mark owners to block trademarks across multiple strings for one fee. While all gTLDs are required to comply with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and Uniform Rapid Suspension protections, given the sheer ... read more ...

ICANN Set To Launch New Generic Top-Level Domains: Understanding The … - 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 ...