Tag Archives: new Top Level Domains

Wed 5th September 2012
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4 new TLD applications withdrawn - Google and one .brand applicant withdraw applications. Kudos to Michele Neylon for spotting an option on ICANN’s web site to see which new top level domain name applications have been withdrawn. Thus far four applications have been withdrawn, including three by Google. The three by Google should not come as a huge surprise. ICANN Senior VP Kurt Pritz previously announced that three application had been withdrawn, and you can thank Kevin Murphy for that. Murphy earlier ... read more ...
Wed 1st August 2012
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One chairman submits 467 comments on new tip turn domain applications - That’s a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you’re going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That’s because one person — a trademark manager at Sunkist Growers, Inc. — has submitted a whopping 467 comments on individual applications. They’re all the same comment. But this must have taken some serious time given how cumbersome it apparently is to submit comments. The comments ... read more ...
Tue 24th July 2012
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Just how most do new tip turn domains cost, anyway? - Confusing ICANN fee structure for new top level domains. The headline number for new top level domains is $185,000, the price of submitting an application. But domain registries also pay ongoing fees to ICANN each quarter. Amazingly, what exactly those fees are is up for debate. Here’s the full text of section 6.1 on the registry contract new TLD operators will have to enter into: Registry Fixed Fee of US$6,250 per calendar quarter and (ii) the Registry-Level Transaction ... read more ...
Tue 10th July 2012
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Plans for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry go approach back - Uniregistry.com registered back in 2006, original trademark application in 2010. Last month Uniregistry Corp., Frank Schilling’s new top level domain venture, filed trademark applications for the mark “Uniregistry” as well as its stylized “U” logo. But this isn’t the first time the company has applied for a trademark. Back in 2010 the corporation filed an intent to use application on “Uniregistry” using its Cayman address. So Schilling has been working ... read more ...
Fri 6th July 2012
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NCC skeleton to deposit $9.4 million in .secure (if it can get a domain) - Company hopeful it can prevail over Amazon.com. The CEO of United Kingdom security company NCC Group (NCC.LN) told Dow Jones Newswires that it plans to invest 6 million pounds ($9.4 million) in the top level domain name .secure, with over half of that in the next twelve months. CEO Rob Cotton also told Dow Jones Newswires that he thinks his company will prevail in getting the domain name despite it being contested by Amazon.com. Like all of Amazon.com’s domains, ... read more ...
Thu 21st June 2012
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Sorry, though this turn of new TLDs isn’t revolutionary - Rules of engagement make this round of new TLDs less than satisfactory. Last week ICANN released the names of the 1,400 some odd top level domains that might be headed to the web in the next year or two. Despite every cliche ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom made about how the web will be changed forever, this is the biggest thing in the history of the internet, etc., I’m afraid to say it’s just not the case. This isn’t to say that applicants didn’t come up with interesting ... read more ...
 
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Verisign operative to repair Hebrew IDN error - Company wants to fix error in one of its new top level domain applications. Verisign has responded to Domain Name Wire’s inquiry regarding an error in its application for a Hebrew internationalized domain name (IDN) for a transliteration of .com: Verisign is aware of the administrative error that resulted in the inclusion of a variant character in the Verisign Sàrl application for the Hebrew transliteration of .com and is working with ICANN to address the error. ICANN ... read more ...
Mon 18th June 2012
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Domain equine trade eventuality in Prague subsequent week - You can have .app if I can have .cloud. I talked to Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush about 15 minutes after ICANN’s “big reveal” news conference ended last week. He told me he had already received an email from another applicant for a TLD that TLDH had applied for, saying basically “let’s talk”. And that’s a lot of the talking that will be going on at next week’s ICANN meeting in Prague. Competitors who applied for identical ... read more ...
Thu 14th June 2012
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New TLDs embody during slightest 4 contested .brand applications - Companies battle each other for rights to top level domains. I’ve identified at least four cases of contested .brand top level domain applications, defined here as a case where two different brand holders are going after the same top level domain. .Monster – Monster, Inc. vs. Monster Worldwide, Inc. The former sells really expensive cables and other audiophile products, the later runs job boards. .SAS – Research IP LLC vs. SAS AB. This is a battle I expected ... read more ...
 
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Amazon.com won’t offer domain names to a public - Amazon.com intends to only offer domain registrations to itself. Amazon.com has applied for 76 top level domain names. But don’t expect to be able to register any second level domains underneath them. I just reviewed eight of the company’s applications, and each one has similar language explaining who can register a second level domain under them: only Amazon.com and its subsidiaries. …Amazon and its subsidiaries will be the only eligible registrants… Now ... read more ...
Wed 13th June 2012
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Demand Media’s 26 TLDs strike a armed forces, democrats, and republicans - Demand Media applies for 26 domain names — and some of them are very interesting. Publicly traded Demand Media, parent company of domain registrar eNom, has applied for 26 top level domain names through (what appears to be) a subsidiary called United TLD Holdco Ltd. The company also has a deal to share in up to 107 top level domains applied for by Donuts, Inc. Demand Media’s list is interesting. Of course, it didn’t want to conflict with Donuts, Inc. on any ... read more ...
 
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Google and Amazon contest on 21 new tip turn domain applications - Google and Amazon had a lot of the same ideas for new top level domains. One of the biggest battles over new top level domains will pit internet heavyweights Google and Amazon against each other. Amazon applied for 76 top level domains and Google applied for 101 top level domains. But I count 20 — and perhaps 21 — domain names that the two will have to duke it out for. Here’s the list of domains that both companies applied for: .App .Book .Cloud .Dev .Drive .Free .Game .Kid/.Kids .Mail .Map .Movie .Music .Play .Search .Shop .Show .Spot .Store .Talk .Wow .You And ... read more ...
Thu 31st May 2012
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Directi relates for 31 tip turn domains - Radix, a Directi company, makes big investment in top level domains. Directi Group (see disclosure) announced today that is has applied for 31 top level domain names through its new company Radix. I believe this makes it one of the biggest “portfolio” applicants for new TLDs. The company has committed over $30 million to the new top level domain business. In a press release, Directi co-founder Bhavin Turakhia said: Today’s internet addresses are uncategorized ... read more ...
 
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Google announces tip turn domain applications including .lol, .docs - Vint Cerf releases some details about company’s new TLD strategy. Google today announced limited details about some of its top level domain applications. The announcement fittingly came from former ICANN Chairman and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf. Cerf said the TLDs the company applied for fall into four categories: 1. Trademarks, e.g. .google 2. Domains related to core businesses, e.g. .docs 3. Domains “that will improve user experience, ... read more ...
Tue 8th May 2012
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.Nxt discussion heads to London subsequent month - .Nxt moves across the pond. The third .Nxt conference covering issues related to new top level domains takes place June 20-22 at Victoria Park Plaza in London. I caught up with show founder Kieren McCarthy yesterday to discuss his latest show. After holding two conferences in San Francisco, McCarthy said a number of interested attendees asked him to hold a show in Europe. With ICANN holding a meeting in Prague starting June 24, McCarthy felt that a stop of in London ... read more ...
Sat 5th May 2012
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ICANN’s $350 million windfall - ICANN has already collected $350 million in new TLD application fees. And that number will grow. One of the mysteries of ICANN’s new top level domain process is why it’s been so shy about releasing the total number of applications received so far. It released the number of application system registered users, but not the number of applications. That just changed: ICANN announced it had 2,091 applications completed or in progress when it took the application system ... read more ...
Wed 2nd May 2012
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Why is ICANN still usually budgeting for 500 new TLD applications? - Main ICANN budget still assumes 500 applications. In January ICANN released its framework for the FY 2013 budget (which begins in July). Its framework for new TLD revenue was based on 500 applications for new top level domains. ICANN just published its draft budget and now it’s budgeting for… only 500 applications. I realize these things have a long lead time, but this is ludicrous. It’s quite clear there will be over 1,000 applications for new top level domains. Releasing ... read more ...
Tue 1st May 2012
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3 .com typos that might be practical for as new TLDs - They may have meaning but are very similar to .com. A number of country codes, such as .cm and .co, can result in misguided visitors looking for a .com web address. Will we see some other domains that could be considered typos push their way through the new top level domain process? I first thought of this when I wrote about .cpm. An online ad company is trying to trademark the term, which stands for “cost per thousand”. As readers pointed out to me, .cpm is just ... read more ...
Sat 8th October 2011
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What Box? Adds 3 More TLDs to Trademark List - Mystery company files trademarks for .wedding, .club, and .discount. California’s What Box? Holdings, LLC has applied for three more top level domain name trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The three applications are: .Wedding – filed September 27 .Club – filed October 3 .Discount – filed October 3 Little is know about the company other than its lawyer being Thomas A. Brackey, II. The company was formed September 1. My guess is this is not ... read more ...
Tue 5th July 2011
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More TLD Trademarks: .Law, .Kom, .Tom, .Construction, .Hub - The “ticking time bomb” in new TLDs continues with no work from ICANN. New top level domain name trademark “frontrunning” continues as 9 more trademarks have been filed related to new TLDs. USM CHINA/HONG KONG LTD filed applications for .Hub, .Tom, Kom, and .Kom. The Kom trademark applications are troubling given VeriSign’s plans to apply for transliterations of .com. And .Tom? Sounds a lot like .com. Thomas A Brackey of Beverly Hills filed three separate ... read more ...
Sun 19th June 2011
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If ICANN Approves New TLDs, Applications Will Begin in January - New TLD application window slated to begin in January 2012. ICANN’s Board of Directors is about to vote on approving the new top level domain name program. One thing that’s clear is that, even if the program is approved, there’s still a lot of work to be done. The resolution being considered includes more discussions on registry-registrar separation, assistance to applicants that don’t have enough money, etc. If it approves the resolution, the timeline ... read more ...
Sun 22nd May 2011
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ICANN: We Might Still Be Able To Approve New TLDs in June - Organization says it still might be able to move ahead with program next month. ICANN’s Board thinks it might still be able to approve the new top level domain name program at the beginning of next month’s meeting in Singapore. The approval was put into doubt after comments from government officials. But ICANN and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) just released a joint statement about another “productive meeting” between the two of them. The statement ... read more ...
Thu 9th December 2010
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$2 Million Wasted on Economic Studies for New TLDs - Economic studies about new top level domain names are futile. Depending on which transcripts I read from the ICANN meeting in Colombia this week, ICANN has spent $1 million to $2 million on economic studies about new top level domain names to date. This is money wasted. Not just because the reports — particularly the first two — were extremely weak. But because getting an answer will require too many baseless assumptions. In other words, the exercise is futile. The ... read more ...
Fri 3rd December 2010
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ICANN Releases Another Economic Study on New TLDs - New study finds little chance for competition to .com, but some benefits from new TLDs. Just a day after the U.S. Department of Commerce chastised ICANN for not undertaking a full economic study of the costs and benefits of new top level domains, ICANN has released phase two of its latest study (pdf). A summary of the findings: “…we find that additional generic, unrestricted TLDs using the Latin alphabet would be unlikely to provide significant additional competition ... read more ...
Wed 10th November 2010
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This is Big. ICANN To End Registry-Registrar Separation - Andrew, There is a practical dynamic which is often overlooked in theories of the impact of relaxing VI restrictions. The underlying assumption is based in the .com situation circa 1999 in which, without an agreement with the registry, a registrar would have nothing to sell. What we have now is a situation in which a single registrar has rolled up roughly 40% of the market. GoDaddy’s success is admirable, but it has also had effects similar to the effects that, say, Wal-Mart has had ... read more ...