Much has been made of the lack of Sunrise applications and Brands seeking their matching trademark or brand domains in the new gTLD rollout.
I just reviewed the Zone file for the new Donuts gTLD .Company and it seems like this is a gTLD Brands are ding some registrations on.
Although still not a huge number there does seem to be about 3x the activity in Sunrise than the average TLD.
I actually see a lot of companies that grabbed a Sunrise application for their .Company domain that I have not seen play in the new gTLD space in prior releases.
I couldn’t help but notice carinsurance.company, the only way that domain could have been grabbed in Sunrise is by having a trademark filed with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH)
“Car Insurance” trademarked?
Also Patagonia a company whose own gTLD application for .Patagonia was rejected by ICANN over GAC objection finally got what I believe is its first new gTLD domain name Patagonia.Company
Here is a partial list of companies and brands that got their .Company domain (not that any company’s name list in the ICANN collision list for .company was not available for registration)
| abbott.company |
| acclarent.company |
| adacor.company |
| aia.company |
| alberteinstein.company |
| alexandermcqueen.company |
| alexmarie.company |
| allfundsbank.company |
| alten.company |
| alza.company |
| amada.company |
| amerivest.company |
| amil.company |
| angrybirds.company |
| anthropologie.company |
| apc.company |
| asp.company |
| athena.company |
| baskin-robbins.company |
| baskinrobbins.company |
| bce.company |
| bet.company |
| bidvestbank.company |
| bobcat.company |
| chevron.company |
| ciscosystems.company |
| citi.company |
| citibank.company |
| citigroup.company |
| citrix.company |
| citroen.company |
| cointreau.company |
| columbia.company |
| columbiasportswear.company |
| conex.company |
| cordis.company |
| cscglobal.company |
| datapipe.company |
| davinci.company |
| deluxe.company |
| depuy.company |
| dialogic.company |
| dillards.company |
| dixie.company |
| dkny.company |
| doc-martens.company |
| docmartens.company |
| dolcela.company |
| dollarshaveclub.company |
| donnakaran.company |
| donuts.company |
| dr-martens.company |
| drmartens.company |
| dsc.company |
| dunkinbrands.company |
| dunkindonuts.company |
| dupont.company |
| ea-sports.company |
| easports.company |
| easynic.company |
| easyspace.company |
| einstein.company |
| emusic.company |
| escada.company |
| etro.company |
| eurotunnel.company |
| fae.company |
| fibe.company |
| foto.company |
| freepeople.company |
| gaytravel.company |
| georgia-pacific.company |
| gettyimages.company |
| grainger.company |
| grohe.company |
| guitarcenter.company |
| harley.company |
| harley-davidson.company |
| harmon.company |
| hostpoint.company |
| icap.company |
| ifm.company |
| immo.company |
| ipad.company |
| istock.company |
| istockphoto.company |
| jandj.company |
| jnj.company |
| johnson-johnson.company |
| johnsonandjohnson.company |
| kindle.company |
| legalzoom.company |
| lego.company |
| level3.company |
| lockheed.company |
| lockheedmartin.company |
| longchamp.company |
| louis-xiii.company |
| louisxiii.company |
| lush.company |
| m4m.company |
| marshall.company |
| maserati.company |
| medium.company |
| mesh.company |
| metropole.company |
| mitsubishi.company |
| monsanto.company |
| moodys.company |
| moodysanalytics.company |
| moodysinvestorsservice.company |
| motonovo.company |
| mountgay.company |
| msd.company |
| netnames.company |
| neutrogena.company |
| nvidia.company |
| pair.company |
| patagonia.company |
| peugeot.company |
| pizza-hut.company |
| pizzahut.company |
| rackspace.company |
| raw.company |
| remy-martin.company |
| retailmenot.company |
| rolls-roycemotorcars.company |
| royalty.company |
| sedo.company |
| seed.company |
| sennheiser.company |
| simon.company |
| stevemcqueen.company |
| striva.company |
| t-mobile.company |
| t-systems.company |
| tds.company |
| telekom.company |
| thescore.company |
| theworld.company |
| thinkorswim.company |
| toro.company |
| triangle.company |
| trixie.company |
| truffaut.company |
| turkcell.company |
| tyco.company |
| unibet.company |
| unitedhealth.company |
| unitedhealthcare.company |
| unitedhealthgroup.company |
| vegeta.company |
| vinci.company |
| visa.company |
| voipfone.company |
| weather.company |
| webnames.company |
| zoosk.company |
Can you say:
Defensive registrations!
Forced choices.
Masked extortion.?
you’re just jealous.
If you try to register CarInsurance.[any new gtld] it will bring up the trademark info:
Mark: CarInsurance
Jurisdiction: Switzerland
Goods and Services: Armes à feu
Trademark Registrant: owner
2 Victoria Apartments, James Road, St Helier Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4QY GB
Trademark Contact: agent
Francisco Fuentealba
Marcaria.com
# 1000177, 222 Grace Church St. Suite 302,, Port Chester NY 10573 US newtlds@marcaria.com
Trademark Classes: 13
Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
So make sure there are no firearms links on your car insurance parking pages!
@Domo Sapiens,
Yes, I can say (and will say):
“Defensive registrations!
Forced choices.
Masked extortion.?”