Will the New Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Really Influence Internet … - This was one of the topics of discussion during the gTLD program at the International Trademark Association annual meeting today and it is no small question for brand owners.  Companies who have applied for various generic gTLDs are betting that it will.  Donuts, for example, has applied for over 300 new gTLDs.   They believe that domain name space is the “fulcrum of commercial online navigation” and, I suspect, that internet users will tend to either look for or prefer websites at TLDs ... read more ...

New gTLDs: Money Maker – CircleID - There are fascinating ideas about how, when and more than everything: who is going to earn money from gTLDs? I think back-end registry providers will earn money, some applicants will earn money too but my experience launching Eurid, the registry for .EU, reminded me one thing: these days, just before launching, until the (first) Sunrise period is launched. These days are special because the entire team is prepared, has been trained, and knows what to do. So why were these days special and ... read more ...

Avoiding mistakes in the Trademark Clearinghouse - The TMCH is a central database that allows brand owners to register their marks. Once ownership of the mark is verified, the TMCH will alert the brand owner when someone is registering a matching domain name. The party applying for that domain name is also notified that its application corresponds with a verified mark in the TMCH database. The TMCH is just one layer of protection for brand owners. "The Clearinghouse is meant to support ... read more ...

Fun and Games in ICANN’s new gTLD Process - Jacqueline Lipton5/7/13 Most readers are probably aware that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently introduced a process to open up the domain system to a myriad of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). In this context “generic” may be somewhat of a misnomer, because a number of the domains applied for correspond with proprietary trademarks ... read more ...

The Big Domain Name Shake-Up. Are You Prepared? - 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 ...

Are you ready for the Big Bang? - The first of the new TLDs will soon start to be delegated, explained Stephane Van Gelder who has his own consulting firm, yesterday, and they are expected to go live within a year. Despite repeated delays to the launch, said Van Gelder: “We can expect new gTLDs to begin arriving Q3/Q4 this year.” Panelists in the session yesterday explained how the ICANN process works, highlighting issues of concern to brand-owner applicants, and discussing ... read more ...

Corsearch Launches Cost-Effective and Intuitive Trademark Clearinghouse … – SYS - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 05/06/13 -- Corsearch, a division of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services and the premier provider of clearance and protection solutions for trademark and brand professionals, has launched a filing service to help brand professionals submit trademark data into the Trademark Clearinghouse. Corsearch's filing service draws on its thorough understanding of trademark issues to help brand professionals submit their information properly ... read more ...

Interview: INTA Annual Meeting co-chairs Joseph Ferretti and Purvi Patel - Technology will be one of the key themes of this year’s Annual Meeting in response to a high demand for information about gTLDs, social media and trademark protection in the cloud. Fluid trademarks, such as the ever-changing GOOGLE logo on the search engine’s homepage, have also been identified as a topic that has attracted the interest of IP practitioners in recent years, following technological advances. While fluid trademarks can ... read more ...

30 More gTLD Pass: .xBox, .Merck, .Thai, .Fire; .Cloud; .News; .Gripe; .Virgin; .Cars - Hello MHB Often the simplest answers are the best ones, someting Rick Schwartz covered recently. When it comes to Online Marketing, that depends on Human response in the its simplest form ,many Tech and Ad people miss the human side of Online Marketing basic facts. Consumer Human response will render gTLDs useless because they will only transact on trusted .COM sites. They may happen onto a gTLD site and find it of interest but when it comes to pulling out ... read more ...

The Trademark Clearinghouse opens, offering brand owners some rights … - The Trademark Clearinghouse, a rights-protection component of ICANN's ambitious plan to expand the domain name system, recently began accepting submissions from trade-mark owners. The Clearinghouse, which is operated by Deloitte, is a centralized database of trade-mark information and will play an important role in helping to protect against online trade-mark abuse and domain name cybersquatting. In June 2011, ICANN approved a plan to allow the creation of new generic top-level domains or "gTLDs". ... read more ...

Amazon vs. the actual Amazon in domain name smackdown – NBC Latino - Everyone who has used the internet is familiar with the ubiquitous .com, .org and .net url extensions. But a little known planned expansion of generic top level domains (gTLDs), as they are called, is pitting online giant Amazon against Brazil and Peru who want to preserve a .amazon domain for informational sites because of the Amazon rainforest and Amazon river. First, let’s backtrack. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) – a U.S.-based non-profit organization ... read more ...

Brazil and Peru fight Amazon.com over .amazon top-level domain - AmazonLollyknit / CC BY 2.0 Online retailer Amazon is facing opposition from Brazil and Peru over its claim for the .amazon global top-level domain name (gTLD).The two countries have lodged objections with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which is managing the expansion ... read more ...

net.wars: Namesakes - The domain name wars are back: Brazil and Peru are objecting to Amazon.com's application to control .amazon. This sort of dispute has been going on for at least 20 years, and always, in my view, for the same reason: there is no consensus about what the domain name system is *for*. Various paradigms have been suggested over the last 30 years - directory, list of trademarks, geographic guide, free-for-all. There are cases to be made for all these ideas, by consumer advocates, lawyers, governments, ... read more ...

Who Should Own ‘.Patagonia?’ - Argentina's "territory" is under threat -- both physically and virtually -- according to its president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Not only did the residents of the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas) vote overwhelmingly to remain part of Great Britain, but Patagonia, Inc. (the outdoor apparel company) has laid claim to the .patagonia Internet domain. Resolving Argentina's cyberspace dispute with Patagonia falls to the little known but influential ... read more ...

Trademark Clearinghouse opens for business - The Trademark Clearinghouse will deal with online infringement and cybersquatting. The Trademark Clearinghouse, a mechanism to alert brand-holders when someone tries to register a domain that matches a registered trademark, has been set up as part of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) new generic top level domains (gTLDs) programme. Operators of new gTLDs will be responsible for implementing certain rights protection mechanisms, supported by the Trademark ... read more ...

Why Donuts Should Win All Wine New gTLD Applications – CircleID - There are 2 reasons why Donuts, applicant for more than 300 Top-Level Domains, should become the official Registry for wine applications. • It is not because of the content of its application: There are 3 applicants in total and all of them followed the rules provided by ICANN in its applicant guidebook. • It is not because they protect the wine industry: the Applicant Guidebook did not "force" applicants to do so. • It is not because they are American: there are also very good wines ... read more ...

The big domain name shake-up. Are you prepared? - The coming months are set to see the biggest ever shake-up of the internet domain name landscape.  ICANN, the international body responsible for managing the domain system, is currently examining over a thousand applications for new generic domain suffixes (so-called 'New gTLDs'), such as '.app', '.music', '.shop' and '.swiss', to name a few.  A large proportion of these New gTLDs, once approved, will be open to anyone wishing to register domain names ending in the suffixes in question.  This ... read more ...

Plural TLDs: Let’s Stop Throwing Spanners in the Works! – CircleID - I don't have strong religion on plural TLDs. For that matter, I don't have strong feelings for or against closed generics either, an other new gTLD issue that has recently been discussed even though it is not mentioned in the rules new gTLD applicants had to rely on. What I do care about is predictability of process. Yet, as Beijing showed, the ICANN community has an uncanny ability to throw last-minute wrenches at its own Great Matter, as Cardinal Wolsey called Henry VIII's plan to divorce ... read more ...

Avoid an identity crisis as domain names get personal - Continue reading this article – simply subscribe below It takes two minutes to do and you’ll immediately have full access to drapersonline.com, plus Drapers magazine delivered every week. Drapers Subscribers: If you are a Drapers subscriber please sign in with your email address and click submit: Not a Drapers subscriber?Choose one of these options: Subscribe today for immediate access to drapersonline.com and Drapers magazine at a special introductory rate of £199 – that’s just ... read more ...

New generic top-level domains — preparing for the next big .bang - With the biggest upheaval in the domain name system since the introduction of .com scheduled to go live in May 2013, this article examines what steps companies can take in preparation for the next big dot bang. In 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board approved the launch of a generic top–level domains (gTLD) expansion programme triggering potentially the biggest upheaval in the domain name system since the introduction of .com in 1985. With the first gTLDs ... read more ...

NCC will seek another secure Web address if current bid fails – Total Telecom -

IT confidence association NCC Group PLC will pursue a skeleton to set adult an internet residence finale that indicates websites are secure even if a focus for a .secure website finale fails, NCC arch financial officer pronounced Thursday.

NCC, that offers assistance to strengthen information record systems and websites opposite hackers,

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