Tag Archives: red cross

Wed 28th November 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN extends protections to Red Cross, Olympics, and IGOs - New gTLD Program Committee approves two measures designed to protect big non-profit brands. ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee has approved two resolutions granting added domain name protections at the second level to special interests the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and the International Olympic Committee, and lays the framework for protecting IGO names and acronyms. The resolutions come after the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council gave a ... read more ...
Fri 13th May 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Olympics and Red Cross Push for Special Rights with New TLDs - GAC backs move by groups to get names added to reserved names lists for new TLDs. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues to pester ICANN about giving it special privileges for new top level domain names, and now the American Red Cross is adding its name to the hat as well. IOC’s outside counsel for intellectual property met with ICANN representatives during the ICANN meeting in San Francisco earlier this year, a letter just published on ICANN’s web ... read more ...