Domain News: Weekly Digest, March 24, 2013

• King & Wood Mallesons | Protecting your trade marks in the new domain names … - Linex Legal (registration) (press release)

  King & Wood Mallesons | Protecting your trade marks in the new domain names … Linex Legal (registration) (press release) There is about to be an explosion in new generic top-level domain names ('gTLD') beyond .com, .org, .edu etc. Commencing in April 2013, ICANN will be considering over 1900 new gTLDs applications such as .shop, .wine, .hotel, .bank, .shopping, .buy, … and more »

• ICANN approves first new Top-Level Domains - iTWire

  ICANN approves first new Top-Level Domains iTWire “This achievement is the result of many years of policy development and implementation work to bring diversity, competition, and innovation to the Domain Name System. Applicants, along with the greater ICANN community have dedicated countless hours … and more »

• Simpson Grierson | To .kiwi or not to .kiwi? - Linex Legal (registration) (press release)

  Simpson Grierson | To .kiwi or not to .kiwi? Linex Legal (registration) (press release) ICANN, the international governing body for domain names, is in the process of introducing to the world hundreds, and potentially thousands, of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The term gTLD refers to the group of letters that appear after the dot at the … and more »

• First batch of gTLD's enter launch phase - Business Spectator

  First batch of gTLD's enter launch phase Business Spectator The next step involves the companies registering the names to sign onto US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) registry contract. From there, testing is conducted on the domain name before it goes live. All of the new … and more »

• www.snort.coke coming soon: registering your trade mark as a domain name - Lexology (registration)

  www.snort.coke coming soon: registering your trade mark as a domain name Lexology (registration) The world of domain names now allows companies to apply to register generic Top-Level Domain Names (in geek speak gTLDs – .com, .org, .biz etc). You can now register .nike or .apple but it'll cost you US$185,000. Companies that own gTLDs will be able … and more »

• ICANN approves .shabaka top-level domain name - gulfnews.com - Bayoubuzz (subscription)

  ICANN approves .shabaka top-level domain name - gulfnews.com Bayoubuzz (subscription) The approval makes it one of the first cross border new Top-Level Domains, beating around 1,900 other applicants globally. Moving away from non-Arabic internet namespaces such as .com, .net and .org, will provide the Arabic speaking world with a uniquely … and more »

• Trademark protection grows as net expands - Financial Times

  Trademark protection grows as net expands Financial Times Icann, the body that governs the domain name system for website URLs, is launching a new service, called the Trademark Clearinghouse to allow companies to register and defend their trademarks at the so-called second level, in other words everything to … and more »

• Will .music mean .control or .irrelevant? - National Business Review

  Will .music mean .control or .irrelevant? National Business Review At the centre of all of this is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This is the not-for-profit private body that oversees the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which controls and operates the domain name system's root …

• 10 Tips to Find Domain Name Coupons - Elliot's Blog (blog)

  10 Tips to Find Domain Name Coupons Elliot’s Blog (blog) For most people in the domain investment business, domain name registrations, domain renewals, and transfers make up a big part of our overhead. We all want to save money on domain registrations, and finding domain name coupons can help reduce the …

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