Thursday, July 15th, 2010
With the launch of new gTLDs expected to occur early next year, many are closely examining the opportunities and risks associated with ICANN’s Program.
Although still in draft format and subject to change, keep these gotchas in mind as you think through your strategy.
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
A fourth draft of ICANN’s New gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook has been released.
In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published summaries and analysis of the public comment period.
The latest version includes:
Incorporation of trademark protections, including improvements to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS), the Trademark Clearinghouse (TM Clearinghouse), and ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
In a recent survey of MarkMonitor’s global corporate client base*, nearly 22% of respondents stated that their companies are intending to apply for a new gTLD.
Twenty-three percent stated that their companies did not intend to apply for a new gTLD, while more than 55% still did not know which route ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
For those closely following the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi this week, the EOI (Expression of Interest) model seemed like a foregone conclusion. In fact, ICANN had scheduled a webinar on March 18th to explain the process despite the complaints of the community and large-scale disagreement amongst proponents of the EOI.
As ...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
All indications from the ICANN meetings in Seoul are that significant delays for the release of new gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) are expected.
According to Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s CEO, new gTLDs will be made available when, “we've adequately addressed the important issues that are on the table.” These important issues ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Yesterday, ICANN’s Chief Operating Officer, Doug Brent was asked by ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee why they were continuing to move forward with the launch of new gTLDs when they had not yet been able to resolve complaints.
Brent stated that Internet users have long called ...
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
During the last ICANN meeting in Mexico City, ICANN identified four overarching issues with respect to the new introduction of new global top-level domains (gTLDs). One of the issues identified was the economic impact of new gTLDs.
The meeting also marked the release of two economic studies commissioned by ICANN. Neither ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Mexico City’s ICANN meeting represented an important shift in direction for brand rights holder issues. All the work that the IP Community -- including ICANN’s IP Constituency, our customers, concerned companies, organizations and individuals who commented on the draft applicant guidebook as well as MarkMonitor -- paid dividends.
The argument has ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Last week, brand rights holders and organizations that represent them met with ICANN officials in Washington DC to discuss a host of policy and compliance issues including the status of the rollout of IDNs and the introduction of new Global Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). In these meetings ICANN staff updated the ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
To date, ICANN has now received more than 175 comments on the Draft Applicant Guidebook for the introduction of new gTLDs. Large multi-national corporations, trade organizations, law firms, and governmental and regulatory agencies were among those responding, with many of the businesses and intellectual property owners voicing harsh criticism.
The bigger question ...
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