5000 Trademark Owners Register Under Trademark Clearinghouse - More than 5,000 trademark owners have registered under the Trademark Clearinghouse since its launch in March More than 5,000 trademark owners have registered under the Trademark Clearinghouse, a move that will help protect brands ahead of the launch of the new gTLDs. On Tuesday ICANN said that many businesses still have yet to act, which could leave them at risk to intellectual property infringement. Launched in March, the Trademark Clearinghouse is a centralized database of validated trademarks ... read more ...

BuyDomains Asks: “Is The Most Popular gTLD (.com) Here to Stay? - On its company blog this morning BuyDomains Asks, is the  most popular gTLD here to stay?     “No one could have predicted the success of the .com extension, but compared to other extensions such as .net, .org, and .info,.com domains are far more popular. However, with the introduction of the new gTLDs to market, there is certainly the possibility of a shift in popularity in the near future. Today, over 109 million .com domains account for 75% of all gTLDs. That’s then followed by .net ... read more ...

The Trademark Clearing House – do you need to sign up? - IntroductionBenefitsLimitationsIs it worth registering your trademarks? Introduction In January 2012 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began allowing organisations to apply for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that will operate alongside the 280 country code top-level domains (eg, '.com' and '.co.uk') and the 22 existing gTLDs (eg, '.biz' and '.info'). Around 1,400 applications for gTLDs have been received by ICANN – 800 of which are intended solely for use ... read more ...

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Over 100 gTLD Applications Committed in Aug. 13 Applicant Auction - In early June, the first Applicant Auction resolved contention for 6 contested gTLDs. The successful outcome of that auction has generated a great deal of interest from other applicants, and Innovative Auctions is expecting a big turnout in our next auction, to be held on August 13th. For more than half of the contested applications, at least one applicant is ready to resolve contention via our auction. Our auctions are voluntary and an auction for a contention set is held only when all applicants ... read more ...

ICM’s .Adult Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation - MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — ICM Registry's application for .adult has passed its initial evaluation and was given approval today to move forward in ICANN's gTLD screening process. So far, 1,100 applications for gTLDs have either passed, failed or qualified for extended evaluation in ICANN's filtering process, which began earlier this year. Today, 95 applications were given the green light. Applications that pass ICANN's Initial Evaluation stage and that do not face any objections or string contention ... read more ...

FairWinds Exceeds Revenue Expectations - FairWinds Logo Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 12, 2013 Domain name consultancy FairWinds Partners Thursday announced strong second-quarter growth built on increasing public interest and acceptance of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which are being developed under the auspices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Double-digit ... read more ...

New domain names bound for collisions: ‘Things are going to break’ - New domain names bound for collisions: 'Things are going to break' The Internet is on the brink of the largest expansion of generic Top Level Domains in its history, with as many as 1,000 new strings expected to be added over the next year, more than quadrupling the current gTLD space. Some observers, including the operator of two of the Internet’s root zone servers, worry that this expansion of public domains could result in naming collisions with private internal network domains, disrupting ... read more ...

Afilias New gTLD Pre-Registration is Here - After years of discussion and preparation, Afilias is excited to start the process of bringing our two dozen-plus New generic Top-Level Domains to the public. As a first step, Afilias has created a special pre-registration site. Here, you can tell us which New gTLDs you're interested in for yourself or your business. For example you might be drawn to the ".LGBT" gTLD for promoting your support for LGBT issues. Or you might want to create a specialized dating service using a .MEET domain. ... read more ...

FairWinds Exceeds Revenue Expectations - Related: Press Release, News Washington, DC Domain name consultancy FairWinds Partners Thursday announced strong second-quarter growth built on increasing public interest and acceptance of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which are being developed under the auspices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Double-digit percentage revenue gains were attributable to a 36 percent increase between the first and second quarters in the number of FairWinds clients ... read more ...

Generic TLDs Threaten Name Collisions, Information Leakage - As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) continues its march toward the eventual approval of hundreds, if not more than a thousand, generic top-level domains (gTLDs), security experts are warning that some of the proposed names could weaken network security at many companies. Two major issues could cause problems for companies: If domain names that are frequently used on a company's internal network--such as .corp, .mail and .exchange--become ... read more ...

Why the ICANN New gTLDs Will Present New Opportunities to Brands - Tweet Buffer The more than five years wait since ICANN, the governing body for the Internet's domain name system, approved policy enabling "New gTLD" domain name registries (non-ASCII top-level domains) is approaching its end. On July 2, the long-awaited ICANN Registrar Agreement text was approved and the last major hurdle for global TLDs was cleared. The new gTLDs are expected to go live before the end of this year. "New gTLDs" are the ... read more ...

Dan Warner Picks The Winners & Losers: New gTLD’s In The Sports Category - Dan Warner, who many in the domain industry know is a numbers/stats guy, has some interesting thoughts on winners and losers of the new gTLD’s in the “sports” category which he recently published. Mr. Warner has done guest posts for TheDomains.com and you can read more about his background and domain experience here. Its an interesting read but you would have to agree with Mr. Warner’s basic theory which is “The very best indicator on market size for new gTLDs is the number of contextually ... read more ...

4 tips for brand owners in a world of limitless gTLDs - Computerworld - The imminent launch of more than 1,400 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) poses a major challenge to brand owners seeking to enforce and maintain control over the way their ... read more ...

DOMA Decision Opens The Door For … New gTLD Business Opportunities? - The New York Times recently reported on the spike of same-sex marriage-themed travel deals since the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA.) The JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square hotel immediately began offering a ‘Love is Love is Love’ package, and “Orbitz began a photo contest in which participants could win flights to destinations that recognize same-sex marriage, including New York City, Seattle, Buenos Aires and Paris”.In its online brochure, Discover Los Angeles ... read more ...

The Technical Impact of New gTLDs: Are We Pushing on Regardless? - Have some security aspects been overlooked in the rush to conclude the new gTLD program and "give birth to the baby before it starts to get really sick" as ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé put it at a briefing jointly organised by ICANN and the European Commission a few days ago? Ever since 2008 when the ICANN Board approved the GNSO-evolved policy that became the new gTLD program, it has been reworked so much that it's difficult to imagine any stone has been left unturned. Yet a recent letter threatens ... read more ...

Big 5 Kosher Supervision Agencies try To Block New .Kosher Domains - A PARTIAL LIST: NY Times: A Muckraking Blogger Focuses On Jews Forward 50 Heeb Magazine 100 The Wall Street Journal: "Failed Messiah follows the controversy closely with links to related press articles and judicial records." The New York Times, Page 1: "Shmarya Rosenberg…traced the fraudulent comments on his site to a 5W address." The New York Times: "The legal conflict has revealed a deep tension within the Orthodox community that has been reported in the Jewish weekly press, and has been ... read more ...

ICANN sets security standards requirement for new ‘top-level’ domain registries … – Out - ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the body that oversees the identification of websites, will require new gTLD registry operators to implement the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) standard. DNSSEC is a security protocol that assigns a digital signature onto website addresses and validates that the correct website being sought access to by internet users is delivered to them. It helps prevent the manipulation of data that can drive traffic to alternative ... read more ...