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No GAC veto power
- 29.04.2011 - 16:48 h
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In the recent Discussion Draft of the Applicant guidebook, ICANN has given governments more influence on the success of new gTLD applications. Although it will be ICANN who approves an application, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) may issue an early warning to the applicant. The applicant may then decide to withdraw his application, getting an 80% refund of the $185,000 application fee or alternatively go ahead with his application. ...click for more
New gTLD Applicant Guidebook: Good news for trademark owners
ICANN has decided to implement both the Trademark Claims Service and the Sunrise Period for all new gTLDs as mandatory Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs). In the last proposed final Version of Applicant Guidebook (12 November 2010), new gTLD applicants had the choice between offering Trademarks Claims Services or Sunrise Services. Both IRT and STI recommended a choice between these two rights protection mechanisms. After intensive GAC and community consultation, the ICANN board determined that the trademark owner should receive notice of potentially infringing domain name registration. ...click for more
Why trademark owners are aquiring their brand TLDs "defensively" - by Ben Crawford, CentralNIC
Although few have publicly announced their intentions at this stage, hundreds of forward-looking companies are planning to acquire .brand TLDs corresponding to their trademarks. It is usually the marketing and corporate budgets that will be footing the bill – as .brand TLDs will come into their own as online promotional tools and value-added assets. However, it is typically the fraud prevention and trademark protection executives who make the strongest case for .brands being a must-have investment.
Among the many “defensive” arguments for acquiring .brands, five common themes are:
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IT-delegate of the Bavarian State Chancellery oversees patronage of newdomains.org
IT-delegate of the Bavarian State Chancellery oversees the patronage of the expert conference focussing on the introduction of new Top Level Domains (new TLDs)
united-domains invites labelowners and trademark attorneys to join the first conference on new european TLDs in Munich on September 26 th and 27 th, 2011.
Starnberg, April 20th, 2011
With the addition of 400 – 500 generic domain extensions like www.holiday.bayern or www.hotels.berlin in 2012, the internet namespace expects an enormous growth in the near future.
In anticipation of this extension, renowend expert united-domains hosts the international conference „newdomains.org – The Munich Conference on new TLDs“ on September 26 and 27, 2011 at the Hotel Sofitel in Munich.
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