What Are New gTLD Governance Councils? - A domain name extension is unique Many generic, community and other geographic new domain name extensions (also called "gTLDs" or "generic Top Level Domains") will soon become a focal point for the industry or sector they represent. These simple denominators which define a vertical sector, profession, geographic, ethnic or other delineated group on the Internet have not existed on the Internet until now. These new domain name extensions are moving from the realm of science fiction to science ... read more ...

New Top Level Domains Present Brand-Protection Challenges - 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 ...

New gTLD Queries at the Root & Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle - Since Verisign published its second SSR report a few weeks back, recently updated with revision 1.1 [PDF], we've been taking a deeper look at queries to the root servers that elicit "Name Error," or NXDomain responses and figured we'd share some preliminary results. Not surprisingly, promptly after publication of the Interisle Consulting Group's Name Collision in the DNS [PDF] report, a small number of the many who are impacted are aiming to discredit the report. While we believe it is not ... read more ...

Neustar’s Proposal for New gTLD Collision Risk Mitigation - Neustar has a vested interest in ensuring that the domain name system is as secure and stable as possible. We have been operating top level domains (TLDs) for more than a decade, and we intend to provide the same level of service as the back-end registry provider for more than 350 applicants for the new generic TLDs that we hope will become available in the coming months. As such, we took the opportunity to respond to a recent proposal by ICANN's staff to mitigate the risk of "collision," ... read more ...

ANA: ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has just weighted in on the Name Collision issue in a in a letter sent to ICANN. The title of the letter is “ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability” It should be noted that the ANA has not been the greatest fan of the new gTLD program in general. “The Interisle Consulting Group clearly stated in the “Name Collision in the DNS Report” (the “Study”) that nearly all proposed new gTLDs carry some ... read more ...

Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) Supports NTAG Letter on Name Collision … - Verisign does not support the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) letter on Name Collisions. We agree with some statements made in the letter, but do not agree with the analysis, conclusions and recommendations made. Verisign’s own analysis and recommendations can be found in the Verisign Labs Security, Security and Resiliency Report #2 at http://techreports.verisignlabs.com/docs/tr-1130008-1.pdf and explained further in this blog post: http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/new_gtld_ssr_2_exploratory We ... read more ...

ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without … - According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board,  ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: “”There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the inclusion of a requirement for the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to be included in the renewed agreement, ... read more ...

What About Baidu? - Google’s been up to a lot lately: It recently signed on to an intellectual property best practices document aimed at cutting off ad revenue to cybersquatters. Its investment in new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will (or won’t) come to bear soon. It announced the launch of Chromecast. And it continues to generate privacy issue buzz with Google Glass.So what’s Baidu, China’s answer to Google, up to these days?As Bloomberg reported at the end of July, Baidu is doing very well financially. ... read more ...

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Publishes Draft Trademark … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently considering applications to add up to 1,400 new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to the Internet landscape, with some gTLDs opening for domain-name registrations beginning as early as late 2013. In response, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared an update to the policy and procedures related to the USPTO’s handling of trademark applications for marks comprised of gTLDs, and has set ... read more ...

Carr & Ferrell LLP Trademark Attorney to Present Seminar in Turkey – Virtual - The information and experience Demirci will share in the seminar will be helpful to IP attorneys and their clients. Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2013 Aylin Demirci, an attorney with Carr Ferrell, LLP, specializing in trademark law, will be presenting a seminar tailored for trademark lawyers and agents in Turkey who have international clients with commercial activity or interest in the U.S. The seminar, titled U.S. Trademark Law, New gTLDs, Cases and what Turkish Firms Need to Know is ... read more ...

USPTO publishes draft trademark examination guide update regarding … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently considering applications to add up to 1,400 new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to the Internet landscape, with some gTLDs opening for domain-name registrations beginning as early as late 2013. In response, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared an updateto the policy and procedures related to the USPTO’s handling of trademark applications for marks comprised of gTLDs, and has set forth ... read more ...

Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain – SYS - Council Members sought to help guide .BID gTLD on the InternetWednesday, 21st August, Gibraltar: Dot Bid Limited, the sole applicant for the .BID new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), today announced that it is seeking representatives interested in participating in a Governance Council for the gTLD .BID."The rise in popularity of market place sites such as ebay, Alibaba, and Mercado Libre has meant that bidding online for goods and services around the world is nearly ... read more ...

Blue Cross Loses Legal Rights Objection To Block the New gTLD .Blue - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association just lost a Legal Rights Objection to Afilias Limited new gTLD application for .Blue Here are the relevant findings by the three member WIPO panel: “”The Applicant has not denied that it was aware of the Objector when it lodged the Application. However, on the evidence which has been produced, the Panel has no reason to doubt the Applicant’s assertion that it applied for the .blue gTLD for the purpose of establishing a new registry which would provide ... read more ...

ICANN Shoots Down Google’s ‘Dotless Domains’ Proposal - A bid to save you even more time when you're trying to hit up your favorite sites on the Web has officially been quashed by the Internet overlords. We're speaking, of course, about the recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to officially put the "no" to Google's proposal for "dotless domain names." The phrase is pretty self-explanatory even if the news itself doesn't ring a bell. Here's the quick, bigger backstory: Google representatives ... read more ...

Challenging a gTLD legal rights objection decision via declaratory judgment … - On August 13, 2013, in what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging an Expert Determination on a Legal Rights Objection under ICANN’s new gTLD Program, gTLD applicant Del Monte International GmBH (“DM International”) filed a complaint for declaratory relief against objector Del Monte Corporation (“DM Corp.”) in U.S. District Court, seeking to overturn the WIPO decision granting DM Corp.’s Legal Rights Objection to applicant’s registration of the gTLD .delmonte. The case is Del ... read more ...

The+Cloud+Industry+Forum+voices+strong+opposition+to+Google%E2%80 … - Posted on: 19 August 2013 Written by: Claire Middleton Earlier this year ICANN started the process of reviewing thousands of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) applications across varied industries. One of those was .cloud. Three global brands – Google, Symantec and Amazon – applied for that domain as a closed registry, meaning that the applicant would be the sole registrar and registrant with exclusive control over the use of that gTLD.   The ... read more ...