Trademark holders, unhappy with UDRP's, a system under which they already have over a 85% win rate, formed a group, The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), which was given committee status by ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency "to give additional protection to trademark holders in the implementation of new gTLDs". If you want to see a list of members of the IRT click here. The … [Read more...]
Pool.com Starts Accepting Pre-orders For Domain Extensions That Don’t Exist
Talk about jumping this gun. Pool.com just sent out an e-mail inviting people to place preorders on proposed gTLD's. Problem is none of these extension exist or even have been applied for. As ICANN is still setting up the rules for applications for the new gTLD's, Pool.com is accepting pre-orders on such g'TLD's … [Read more...]
Like To Play Poker?: Did Demand Media Give A “Tell” In Their Comments To ICANN
If you play poker or watch it on TV, your probably family with the term of a "Tell". If your not, this is basically something you do, a motion, a habit, something you say or do, that gives away what kind of hand you have. Its called a "tell". Demand Media had some very interesting comments to ICANN regarding the new gTLD extensions. "We cannot see the benefits of limiting cross ownership … [Read more...]
Even The Pope Doesn’t Like The New gTLD’s: Tells ICANN To Say NO To Religious Extensions
The new domain extensions problem have reached a new "high" as The Pope has called on ICANN to keep religion out of the domain name system. The Vatican warned ICANN of the “perils” of allowing new internet domains such as “.catholic, .anglican, .orthodox, .hindu, .islam, .muslim, and .buddhist”. ICANN, could find itself having to decide who gets to represent an entire religion on the … [Read more...]
Thinking About Applying For Your Own gTLD? It Could Cost You A Lot More Than $185K
Having reviewed the Second Draft of the New gTLD Guidebook released the other day by ICANN, it looks like if you are planning on applying for one of these new extensions, you better have a lot of cash on hand. We all know that the "Evaluation Fee" for a new gTLD has been set at $185,000. However that just where the money flow starts. Next there is a "Registry Services Review Fee", if … [Read more...]
ICA: Trademark Holders Attempting To Greatly Expand Their Rights Through The New gTLD Process
Trademark interests, like CADNA, are actively trying to use the new gTLD process, to obtain substantial changes in current trademark protection to greatly expand their existing rights. Of greatest concern is the fact that they are seeking: 1. A global brand registry, that has the potential to expand trademark rights well beyond the bounds of current law, by giving special protection to … [Read more...]
ICANN: Roll Out Of New gTLD’s Running Behind
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) admitted today that its plans to launch new generic top-level domains (g'TD's) is running behind schedule.According to ICANN, it is currently investigating a number of technical and economic issues surrounding the introduction of gTLDs. These include determining whether there's enough space on the Domain Name Servers to handle the … [Read more...]