Tag Archives: new top level domain names

Mon 22nd June 2015
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This week: .Irish and .Bank - Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week. Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week, although one won’t be generally available to the public. .Bank domain names become available on Wednesday, June 24. Most readers won’t be able to register them, though. It’s a restricted domain name for banks and savings associations. DomainNameWire.bank isn’t an option. Most big market domain name registrars aren’t carrying the domain for this reason. .Irish ... read more ...
Fri 28th February 2014
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ICANN to Registrars: We’re operative on authorised issues with 2013 RAA - But not fast enough for some registrars that fear losing their accreditation. ICANN Vice President of Domain Name Services Cyrus Namazi has sent a letter (pdf) to domain name registrars regarding their concerns over legal implications of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). In a nutshell, the letter says ICANN is still exploring resolution to conflicts with local laws. In the meantime, some accredited registrars’ ability to sell new top level domain ... read more ...
Mon 24th February 2014
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Which registrars have a lowest prices on new TLDs? Here’s a cost comparison. - NameCheap appears to have the cheapest overall pricing on new TLDs among the largest domain name registrars. If you’re actively investing in new top level domain names, price is certainly a key factor for selecting a domain name registrar. So far, these new TLDs aren’t cheap. You can register 2-4 .com domains for the same price as one new TLD in most cases. That adds up in a hurry. I did a quick price comparison this morning on three of Donuts’ available domain ... read more ...
Tue 11th February 2014
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Reminder: a tip turn domain name matters in a UDRP - Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain name should be ignored in such disputes. Many people believe that the top level domain name is ignored by panels when it comes to confusing similarity. In other words, if the domain at issue is trademark.com, the panel will say ... read more ...
Thu 6th February 2014
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Google’s .search tip turn domain name focus survives objections - Two objections against .search domain name fail. Google’s bid to run the .search top level domain name has survived community objections brought by competition groups. The objections were brought by FairSearch and Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace, both organizations made up of Google competitors. This is FairSearch’s third failed objection against Google. It also objected to .fly and .map. The panelist in both .search objections granted that both ... read more ...
Wed 29th June 2011
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Short Application Period Spurs Artificial Demand for .Brand TLDs - Three month window means lots of companies will apply for .brand under pressure. It may have been Google that made in mainstream. It’s the idea of a closed beta. Remember clamoring for a Gmail invite? Or perhaps begging for an invite to Google Wave, which you had no idea what the heck it was? Now Google+? A similar thing is going on with new top level domain names, especially for .brand domain names. But this time it’s time based, like saying if you don’t ... read more ...
Tue 28th June 2011
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ICANN Video Explains New TLDs to a Masses - New top level domain names in just six minutes. Last week ICANN published a video explaining what new top level domain names are and what they mean to companies and businesses that might want to apply for one. I think it does a good job of describing what new top level domains are and explains some of the challenges applicants face — including steep fees and a long wait. Of course there are many more challenges than what you can explain in a short video, but I ... read more ...
Mon 27th June 2011
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.Gay Trademark Application Filed - Trademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.gay” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just after ICANN approved a plan to open up the top level domain name system. Petersen doesn’t seem to be connected to either of the two groups that have publicly announced plans to apply for the .gay top level domain name thus ... read more ...
Tue 14th June 2011
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U.S. Shuns .Music Trademark Ahead of New TLD Launch - Trademark office questions use in commerce of .music logo. Constantine Roussos has made it clear that he plans to use international trademarks to help him win the .music top level domain name during the application process. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office isn’t playing a long. On December 31 Roussos filed a trademark application for a .music logo. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wrote back saying there were two problems: 1. The mark hasn’t been ... read more ...
Tue 31st May 2011
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New TLD Guidebook Won’t Be Approved in Singapore - The guidebook itself won’t be done — but ICANN will approve something in June. I’ve gone through the latest version of the new top level domain name applicant guidebook and read ICANN’s explanation of what it is. I’d call it version 0.7 (beta). And I’d argue that there will be no approval of the guidebook at June’s ICANN meeting in Singapore. Instead, ICANN hopes to loosely “approve the new gTLD program”. It’s right there in ICANN’s introduction ... read more ...
Tue 7th December 2010
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.Med and .Give May Become New Top Level Domain Names - Company files trademark applications related to new top level domain names. With the possibility of new top level domain name applications opening up early next year, a New Jersey company appears to be expanding its plans to introduce new TLDs. Dot One, Inc., has filed three trademark applications over the past month for top level domain names. The company has filed applications for “Dot One”, “Dot Med”, and “Dot Give”. I’ve found very little information ... read more ...
Tue 1st June 2010
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Warning: This NPR Story About Domain Names Might Enrage You - Story labels domainers cybersquatters, and then some. Don’t click through to this NPR Marketplace story if you’re agitated today. It will only flip you off the edge. In a story today titled “Biz model for domain names to change”, things don’t start off well: Ever wonder why the address for the photo-sharing website Flickr doesn’t have an E in it? It’s because — and this is a true story — the founder liked the name “flicker” — E, R — but ... read more ...
Mon 5th October 2009
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New Top Level Domains Still Two Years Away from Reality - Latest ICANN guidance and remaining challenges means new TLDs are a long way away. The introduction of new top level domain names, such as .green and .food, looks to be at least a couple years away from reality. ICANN’s latest draft guidebook for entities wishing to apply for a new top level domain name states that the application process is likely to start in the “first half of 2010″. Previously, the goal was the first quarter of 2010, but even that was the ... read more ...