Debate In Beijing: ICANN As Online Content Regulator? - The publication by governments of additional safeguards for new top-level domains at this week‘s 46th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sparked warnings that the private net management body should avoid becoming a content regulator. With ICANN getting close to the start of new TLDs (like .web, .hiv, .berlin) last minute additions to the application procedure made by the ICANN management recently to answer complaints by stakeholders – for example, ... read more ...

About 252 million domain names added in 2012: report – Computer Business … - CBR Staff Writer Published 11 April 2013 Global registered domain names rose 11.8% year-over-year to 26.6 millionThe total number of domain names added to the internet across all top-level domains (TLDs) have reached more than 252 million during 2012, according to a new report.VeriSign's Domain Name Industry Brief report revealed that about six million domain names had been added to the Internet during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), reporting a 2.5% rise over the 3Q12 and eighth straight quarter ... read more ...

New TLDs: Time For a Do-Over on Plural Similarity – CircleID - Mandarin is a tricky language, but ICANN may want to learn the expression chóngfù before leaving the Beijing meeting. Chóngfù means "do-over" and that's what ICANN needs to forestall an entirely preventable disaster in the delegation of new top-level domains (TLDs). The issue of "string similarity" seems straightforward. Nobody inside ICANN or out there in the real world wants Internet users to be confused by new TLDs that are confusingly similar. Imagine hearing an ad offering low rates ... read more ...

Google outlines its plans to use .search as a "dotless" top level domain - Google wants to control the .search top-level domain and turn it into a 'dotless' domain, according to a report by TechCrunch. Google had applied for the right to manage around a 100 top level domains including .blog, .search, .app and .cloud when ICANN(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) started the process of registering new generic top-level domain names, last year. Google had also applied for top level domains related to its brands and products like .google, .chrome, .android ... read more ...

What brand owners need to do to cope with the new domain names - Since our last report much has happened – the Trademark Clearinghouse is just opening and a service provider has been found for the URS, among other things.  One of the most interesting developments has been the positive impact of ICANN’s new CEO. He started by admitting that the organization was facing a difficult situation getting ready to launch the new TLDS and that its people were at the edge. However, at the same time it was made clear that ICANN did not want to delay the program. His ... read more ...

More than six million domain names added to Internet in the Fourth Quarter of … - More than six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 252 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Dec. 31, 2012, according to VeriSign. The report says that the increase of 6.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 2.5 percent over the third quarter of 2012, and marks the eighth straight quarter with greater than 2 percent growth. Worldwide registrations ... read more ...

Internet grows to over 252 million domain names in 2012 - Internet grows to over 252 million domain names in 2012 Tweet 6.1 million new domain names added in Q4 of CY12. About six million domain names were added to the internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to a little more than 252 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs). According to the latest issue of VeriSign's Domain Name Industry Brief, the increase of 6.1 million ... read more ...

Over 6 million domain names added to Internet in Oct-Dec 2012 – IBN Live - New Delhi: Over six million new domain names were registered in the October-December period of 2012, taking the total number of registered domain names to 252 million worldwide, says a report."...more than six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 252 million worldwide across all top-level domains as of December 31, 2012," VeriSign, the global registry operator for .com and.net said in a report. The ... read more ...

Over 6 million domain names added to Internet in Oct-Dec 2012 - New Delhi: Over six million new domain names were registered in the October-December period of 2012, taking the total number of registered domain names to 252 million worldwide, says a report."...more than six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 252 million worldwide across all top-level domains as of December 31, 2012," VeriSign, the global registry operator for .com and.net said in a report. The ... read more ...

At ICANN: More Contractual Obligations For New TLD Operators? - At ICANN: More Contractual Obligations For New TLD Operators? Published on 6 April 2013 @ 9:34 pm  Print This Post By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Members of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are pushing for additional contractual clauses for applicants of new generic top-level domains (TLDs). GAC members who began ... read more ...

TM.Biz selected to Manage Sunrise Period for Radio Global Domains - TM.Biz announces it has been selected by BRS Media to manage their up-coming trademark Sunrise Period for the Radio.am and Radio.fm Global Domains. The May 28 Sunrise Period for the Radio.am and Radio.fm Global Domains represents the first time that ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse is expected to be used to protect trademarks in new top-level domain names. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / PRURGENT April 7, 2013 – Boston - TM.Biz announces it has been selected by BRS Media to manage their up-coming ... read more ...

New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse launches in anticipation of new era of top … -   ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has taken another step in expanding the number of sanctioned top-level web domains (TLD). Domain extensions such as .nike, .canon and .bank may now join the already existing TLDs, including .com, .org, .net, .biz and .info, and are expected to be activated within the coming weeks. ICANN has launched the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), a central repository designed to help brand owners protect their marks from the many forms ... read more ...

DOMAINScanada.ca Inc. to Offer More Top-Level Domains and SSL Certificate … - April 3, 2013 Download PDF CALGARY, AB (RPRN) 04/03/13 — — DOMAINScanada.ca Inc., leading Canadian domain registrar, announces today that it will be adding new services and competitive rates with a launch of a completely new website and ordering platform in 2013. The company will be adding other Top-Level Domains (TLDs) to the services they provide, allowing clients to register and manage all their domains (.com, ... read more ...

NameJet and Afternic Selected to Launch New Top Level Domain .BUILD – Virtual - Plan Bee LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .BUILD, has selected NameJet, the leading domain name auction platform, and Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, to operate its sunrise and landrush auctions, and to offer premium name distribution for the .BUILD top level domain (TLD). Working together, NameJet and Afternic will provide .BUILD with a complete solution for the technical and ... read more ...

dot Brand or dot What? Consumers unaware of new Top-Level Domains … - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afilias Limited, a global provider of domain registry services, today announced the results of research on consumer attitudes towards the hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) that will launch beginning in 2013. The results? At this moment, the major online initiative where companies like Google, Microsoft, Nike and Amazon will create and use their own “dot Brand” domains to promote their websites has fallen ... read more ...