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What do trademark owners need to know about the Trademark Clearinghouse … - The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that oversees the use of Internet domains, has recently implemented a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program for the purpose of increasing competition in the domain name space.  Given that this program may also increase incidents of cybersquatting, or the temptation to misappropriate a legitimate trademark owner’s mark, ICANN has built into its new gTLD program several enhanced trademark rights mechanisms, ... read more ...

Donuts Commits 63 Strings to First gTLD Applicant Auction - Private Auction Among Applicants for New Generic Top-Level Domains Will Resolve Contention Between Competing Applications Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), has committed to participate in the first online applicant auction for 63 of the 307 total gTLDs for which it has applied. The announcement is made in advance of next week’s commitment date for participation in the auction, which will be held on June ... read more ...

ANA: “ICANN Fails to Address Key Concerns About New gTLD’s” - On a post on its blog, The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) rips ICANN for failing to “address Key COncerns About New gTLD’s “”ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in late April announced that it would push back the date of the rollout of as many as 1,400 new Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes. It did so to address the numerous concerns raised by many organizations, including law enforcement agencies and its own Governmental Advisory Committee ... read more ...

The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide.  It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) on the Internet. The most popular gTLDs until now have included .com, .info, .org, and .net. With the approval of applications for new gTLDs will come an unlimited number of new opportunities on the Internet for entrepreneurs of all types, including trademark ... read more ...

Donuts Agrees To Private Auctions For 63 New gTLD’s: Will Anyone Come To … - Great post from Mike with insights beyond mere reporting and great comment from Domo. Personally though, I expect quite a lot of the new gTLDs to be quite successful, if you agree half a million registrations is successful (compared to dot com’s more than 100 million). Successful for endusers. What always seems to be missing from these discussions is the impact of the dot brands. Hundreds of the world’s greatest corporations are impatiently standing by ready ... read more ...

ICANN Still Having Problems with Top-Level Domain Website Suffixes - Spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, and unfortunately almost like clockwork that means the ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is back in the news because of its continuing attempts to rollout as many as 1,400 new Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes. It seems like no good deed goes unpunished, and that this is turning out to be a lot harder than expected. Last year around this time ICANN put a stop on ... read more ...

ICANN still having Problems with Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes - Spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, and unfortunately almost like clockwork that means the ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is back in the news because of its continuing attempts to rollout as many as 1,400 new Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes. It seems like no good deed goes unpunished, and that this is turning out to be a lot harder than expected.   Last year around this time ICANN put a stop ... read more ...

New Top-Level Domains Coming Later This Year - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) - As a small business owner with a website, you may have been reading news lately about new “TLDs” being released later this year, which will alter the landscape of the internet. TLD stands for “top-level domain.” A domain name is the name that a user types into their internet browser to access your website, such as www.1and1.com. The top-level domain refers specifically to the end of that name, such as .com, .net, or .org. Your ... read more ...

Fly9 Launches Customizable Software Platform for New Top-level Domains - Getting the attention of consumers in the crowded domain registrar channel is difficult when there are thousands of top level domain names. Fly9 empowers new TLD (top-level domain) owners to control the distribution, customization and expansion of their product offering to a targeted community. Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Portland-based Fly9, LLC is launching a customizable software platform for owners of new top-level domains (TLDs). This platform enables new TLD owners to expand ... read more ...

Lack of businesses preparing for internet address overhaul - 16/05/2013 By Daniel HunterNetNames has released new research demonstrating that the majority of UK businesses are failing to prepare for the changing nature of the internet and the introduction of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). The survey polled 100 business directors in UK enterprises (minimum turnover of £5 million) and explored their views on the value of online assets.In its research, NetNames found 99 per cent of respondents feel domain names are important to ... read more ...

ICANN at the Inflection Point: Implications and Effects Of the GAC Beijing … - Author's Foreword Although this article was first published just a few days ago, on May 8th, there have been several important intervening developments. First, on May 10th ICANN released a News Alert on "NGPC Progress on GAC Advice" that provides a timetable for how the New gTLD program Committee will deal with the GAC Communique.iii Of particular note is that, as the last action in an initial phase consisting of "actions for soliciting input from Applicants and from the Community', the ... read more ...

ICANN announces .paris & .bzh among 6 French gTLDs coming this year - Last week the ICANN announced a suite of new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) which will usher in a new era of domain extensions – I’m still holding out for .rude, but it looks like that will be awhile. The domain extensions that have passed ICANN’s rigorous examination include .PARIS, whose application was submitted by the City of Paris, as well as .BZH, which was submitted in 2004 by the www.bzh association. The new gTLDs will likely change the way the web works, further fragmenting ... read more ...

ICANN unsure if gTLDs will make the internet more confusing - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has released its responses to questions (PDF) raised at its recent April public hearing forum held in Beijing, China, including an admission that it does not know if generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) will make the internet easier to use or just more confusing. A member from the public had asked whether the new gTLD program would have the effect of making users completely reliant on search engines as a result of ... read more ...

ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse has launched. Have you protected your … - 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 ...

Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016? - I would estimate between 300 to 400 million. Although new registrations may maintain the current growth levels, there will be lot of drops as well and no takers on the drop, as the SEO and parking sectors crumble further. Also, keep in view the machinations of certain big brothers to dismantle (or make irrelevant) the domain name system itself. Just yesterday, I was talking to a decently-enough published writer and asked him for his domain name. He didn’t ... read more ...

Internet Governance and ICANN: Reflections from Beijing - The original version of this post appeared on the Association for Progressive Communications’ website. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) self-described role is: To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer — a name or a number. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination, we wouldn't have one global Internet. ... read more ...