Tag Archives: New gTLDs

Sun 21st March 2010
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Adrenaline TLD Announces Plans To Spend $1M+ To Get 5 New gTLD’s: .Ski, .Bike, .Surf, .Board and .Skate - You probably have never heard of Adrenaline TLD LLC, however the company is very public about their plans to go after 5 new gTLD’s. At the announced ICANN fee of $185K per, that almost $1M not counting all other fees and costs of becoming a registry for 5 gTLD’s. The company announced that they are going to apply for .Ski, .Bike, .Surf, .Board and .Skate. The company plans on having “250,000 domain names registered in the first year of operation across the five proposed extensions.” “As ... read more ...
Tue 16th March 2010
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Quick Poll: Is Canon Going For Its Own gTLD Going To Be The Exception or The Rule? - Now that Canon announced it will seek its own extension,  the question becomes is Canon just the first of many Fortune 500 companies that will apply for its own gTLD or just one of the few that will apply? You can vote on the poll on the right and of course leave any comments below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Canon Announces Plans for .Canon Top Level Domain Name - USA.canon instead of USA.canon.com? Electronics company Canon has announced plans to apply for the .canon top level domain name, when such domain names become available. In a press release, Canon states: With the adoption of the new gTLD system, which enables the direct utilization of the Canon brand, Canon hopes to globally integrate open communication policies that are intuitive and easier to remember compared with existing domain names such as “canon.com.” ... read more ...
Sat 13th March 2010
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Our Prediction: Who Will Make The Most Money Off The New Extensions? Hands Down, Godaddy.com - After the developments this week we are ready to make an early prediction on which company is going to make the most off the new extensions. By a mile its going to be Godaddy. Godaddy announced this week that the have a market share of 50% of every new domain registration. That’s  huge. Think about Google and search. What is your perception? Google owns the market, right? Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com are just also ran’s. What is Google’s actual market search share? Around 67%. Google has three ... read more ...
Wed 3rd March 2010
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Can The Former President Of Monster.com Save The .Jobs Extension (Yes It Already Exists) - Bill Warren the former President of  Monster.com, has big plans for the .jobs extension. No this is not one the new proposed gTLD’s. The extension already exists. Employ Media LLC was granted the right to manage the .job registry all the way back in April of 2005. You can currently register a .jobs domain for $120 at Godaddy. Warren hopes to launch the DirectEmployers Association, a group formed by more than 500 large companies. Warren is executive director. The association’s plan calls for ... read more ...
Wed 24th February 2010
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Why The ICA Objected To The Contract To Run The .XXX Extension In 2007 & Still Does - Back In February 2007 the Internet Commerce Association (the”ICA”) wrote to ICANN objecting to the contract ICANN was considering entering into the ICM Registry to run the .xxx extension. With the ICM Registry taking the position yesterday, that the Independent Panel’s decision mandates that ICANN enters into a contract with them to operate the .xxx registry and that they start offering .xxx domain sometime this year, I though it would be interesting to see what ICA objections to the extension ... read more ...
Mon 22nd February 2010
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Will ICANN On Now Approve .XXX? ICM Says Yes; ICANN Seems To Say No - As we wrote about over the weekend the independent panel that reviewed ICANN’s handling of the application of ICM Registry to run the .xxx registry, ruled that since ICANN voted to approve the application it should have allowed it to move forward without the additional review it understook. So the question now becomes whether ICANN will follow the report of the panel and approve the ICM Registry’s application for the .xxx extension in its next meeting. The ICM Registry believes it will be allowed ... read more ...
 
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How Tiered Pricing Could Lower a Cost of Domain Name Registration - …for some domains, anyway. A lot of the talk around new top level domain names is the lack of pricing controls on providers. A company that launches a new TLD can set prices however they wish, and owners of existing TLDs worry that this idea would then be applied to their domains. Have a successful domain? You could get hit with a $1,000 renewal bill. But let’s look at the other side for a moment. My guess is VeriSign would like to offer variable pricing — ... read more ...
Sat 20th February 2010
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Report Finds Against ICANN In Denying The .XXX Extension & Charges Them The $475K Cost - Yesterday an independent panel, the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (pdf) found in a 80 page decision, in favor of the ICM Registry against ICANN for its decision to eventually reject the .xxx extension and ruled that ICANN had to pick up all the costs of the independent panel to the tune of $475K and reimburse ICM the fees it paid for the application to the tune of another $241K. (ICM is stuck for its own attorney fees). However the ruling by its nature is advisory only and has no biding ... read more ...
Fri 19th February 2010
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Minds + Machines: New gTLD’s Will Cause Only 316 New Cases Of CyberSquatting - A report released tonight by Minds+Machines, (pdf) predicts that the proposed gTLD’s will only cause 316 new cases of CyberSquatting and that the cost to trademark holders worldwide will be “less than $.10″. How does the authors of the report come to that conclusion? They look at the percentage of UDRP cases coming from .com’s, .net and .org against those in the “new” extensions, .info, .biz, .mobi, .asia and .tel. The report does not account for the number of UDRP’s involving ccTLD’s ... read more ...
Sun 14th February 2010
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2 Hours On The Panel Its Clear That The New gTLD’s Are Just About The Money - I sat on a panel Friday at the Domainer Mardi Gras with Jeffrey Eckhaus from Demand Media, whose company is expected to apply for at least several new gTLD’s, Ken Hansen from Neustar whose company is trying to provide the back end for many of the new gTLD’s registries, Mike Rodenbaugh who is an attorney hoping to represent some of the applicants for new gTLD’s and who also sits on the ICANN committee working on the new gTLD’s and Mr. John Berryhill, who represents domain owners against trademark ... read more ...
Tue 12th January 2010
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Trademark Group Hijacks New TLD Comments - INTA asks members to submit comments in opposition to Expressions of Interest for new TLDs. Last month ICANN opened up a comment period on its Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model (EOI), which I’ve written about before. I checked in today hoping to see some constructive comments on the EOI draft, such as costs and procedures. Instead, I was greeted with short, terse comments such as: “I do not support ICANN’s acceptance of pre-registrations ... read more ...
Mon 21st December 2009
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Expressions of Interest for New TLDs Still a Long Wait - Idea to get data on new TLDs will probably take longer than expected. If the current draft plan (pdf) for accepting “Expressions of Interest” for new top level domain names is adopted in similar form, ICANN won’t start accepting applications until June 2010 at the earliest. The delay is because ICANN will shift its planned communications efforts for new TLD applications to promote Expressions of Interest instead. The current proposal for Expressions of Interest ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2009
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ICANN May Green Light EOIs for New Top Level Domains in February - Expressions of Interest for new TLDs move forward. The idea for “Expressions of Interest” for new top level domain names cleared a hurdle last week, as ICANN’s board asked staff to push forward on the idea. The unofficial minutes from the ICANN board meeting on December 9 explain what will happen next: Whereas ICANN staff has presented an analysis of the potential benefits of an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process, and has developed a preliminary EOI process ... read more ...
Tue 17th November 2009
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Canadian Input About .Bank Shows Complications of International Internet - Canadian regulator questions .bank top level domain name. There are many challenges to introducing new top level domain names. International norms certainly play a part, such as issues over morality. But who would have thought .bank would create controversy, especially from from a bank regulator? For background, a group of financial organizations has suggested that a .bank top level domain name might help reduce phishing and instill confidence. Only real banks that ... read more ...
Mon 9th November 2009
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ICANN Board to Consider “Expressions of Interest” for New TLDs during Dec Meeting - “Pre-application” topic to be on agenda at December meeting. The ICANN Board has instructed ICANN staff to prepare a report about accepting pre-applications or “expressions of interest” for new top level domain names. The board requested the staff to …study the potential impact of a call for formal “expressions of interest,” and provide a plan for Board consideration at ICANN’s next Board meeting, in December 2009. The plan should include possible ... read more ...
Wed 28th October 2009
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Minds and Machines Settles Food Fight with Wolfgang Puck - Consulting company settles fight with Wolfgang and Gelila Puck. New top level domain name consultancy Minds + Machines has settled its lawsuit brought against restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his wife Gelila. Minds + Machines, along with its parent company Top Level Domain Holdings and Frederick Krueger, sued the Pucks last month, alleging that Gelila Puck inserted herself into all of the plaintiff’s business dealings and that Wolfgang Puck had not upheld his end ... read more ...
Mon 26th October 2009
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New gTLD Timeline Slips, Frustration Boils Over in Seoul - Frustration, anger greets session on new top level domain names. In the opening session on new gTLDs at ICANN’s meeting in Seoul, frustrations boiled over after it became apparent the timeline for introduction of new top level domain names has slipped. Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President at ICANN, led the session. The transcript tells an ugly tale. Pritz didn’t talk about specific dates, but basically said things would be slowed down to get it right. One example: The ... read more ...
Thu 15th October 2009
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VeriSign Supports New TLDs? Of Course it Does. - VeriSign says it supports new top level domains, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. Chuck Gomes, VP of Policy and Compliance, Naming and Directory Services at VeriSign, wrote a post at CircleID about his company’s support of new top level domain names. This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone in the industry for many reasons: 1. New top level domains won’t erode demand for .com, which VeriSign manages. .Com will remain king. 2. VeriSign will make ... read more ...
Tue 13th October 2009
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Law Firm Fear Mongering Over New TLDs - An example of how a law firm is cashing in on new top level domains. As I’ve said before, I understand why trademark holders are apprehensive about the introduction of new top level domain names. It’s indisputable that the release of hundreds of new top level domain names will be costly and time consuming from a brand protection perspective. But, as I noted, they are also overstating the problem. To peer into the fear mongering undertaken by legal experts, ... read more ...
Fri 4th September 2009
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Puck Responds To Minds+Machines Lawsuit - According to the New York Times,  Mr. Puck’s lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, responded to the lawsuit filed by Minds+Machines against Mr. Puck and his wife by stating: “””The Pucks remain strongly committed to the .food domain name and are excited about I.C.A.A.N.’s work.  When the Pucks asserted their rights in the business they helped create, Minds + Machines and Top Level Domain Holdings filed a frivolous lawsuit thousands of miles from where the parties did their business.  The ... read more ...
Wed 2nd September 2009
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Minds+Machines Sues Wolfgang Puck over .Food TLD - Consulting firm sues Wolfgang Puck and his wife over failed .food deal. As if the new top level domain craze couldn’t get any weirder, new TLD consulting firm Minds+Machines is suing Wolfgang Puck and his wife. The lawsuit was filed by Minds+Machines, Top Level Domain Holdings, LTD., a British Virgin Islands registered company, and Federick R. Krueger. The lawsuit claims that Wolfgang Puck and his wife tried to interject themselves into all new TLDs Minds+Machines ... read more ...
Tue 11th August 2009
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The Battle For .Eco & Just One Example Of The Nightmare ICANN Is Creating - I bet few domainers have an interest in the proposed .Eco domain, which is one of those new gTLD’s, that has more than one interested party wanting to own the extension. (.nyc is another propose new extension with expected multiple applicants ) .Eco its looking like its going to be a battle between two political heavyweights, former United States, VP Al Gore and former Russian ex-president Mikhail Gorbachev. Al Gore is supporting the Dot Eco LLC application, while Mr Gorbachev is linked to Big ... read more ...
Thu 30th July 2009
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Front Running On Proposed g’TLD’s: Companies Are Getting Trademarks On g’TLD’s - You need to check out a very interest article just published by Michael Palage, who is an adjunct Fellow with The Progress Freedom Foundation, entitled “New gTLDs: Let the Gaming Begin, Part I: TLD Front Running” The article talks about how certain companies, which are prospective g’TLD applicants,  have already  filed trademark applications associated with generic TLD strings such as .MUSIC, .MOVIE, and .BLOG. “This type of “front running” by prospective applicants trying to game ... read more ...
Sat 25th July 2009
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Does The Internet Need A Non-Profit Extension? .NGO Is Proposed - There is a movement afoot to roll out a new gTLD that would be exclusively for charities and non-profit entities. I know your asking isn’t that what .Org’s are suppose to be for. The answer to that question is of course, but since the registry never required anyone to prove its non-profit status before obtaining or registering a .Org, its a opened extension. What is being proposed is a .NGO: NGO is short for “Non-Governmental Organizations, so the new extension would be for all non-profits ... read more ...