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The Trademark ClearingHouse Worked So Well One Company Got 24 new gTLD using The Famous Trademark “The”

February 1, 2017 by Michael Berkens

The Trademark ClearingHouse (TMCH) which was set up/ contracted by ICANN to protect those famous worldwide brand names from abuse by those nasty domain name squatters resulted in a whole new industry. Those playing the TMCH for their own benefit to get first jump at new gTLD domain names to get registered in Sunrise ahead of all other under common words like "the" Actually there maybe no … [Read more...]

Google Registers Alphabet.Sex in Sunrise: How Did They Do That? + More Generic’s Reg As TM

September 5, 2015 by Michael Berkens

Google has added another domain name to its growing Alphabet brand, this time Alphabet.sex which got registered yesterday. But Google registering another Alphabet domain name is not the story. The issue is how did Google get that domain name registered in Sunrise when to register a domain name in any new gTLD Sunrise period the registrant has to have a registered trademark for the term and … [Read more...]

Trademark Game Playing Results In Great Generic Domains Being Registered In .Casino Sunrise

May 28, 2015 by Michael Berkens

Wynn,the Bellagio,the Borgata, the MGM, the Mirage and the Aira are just a few of the famous Casino's which registered their name in the new gTLD .Casino extension during the Sunrise period. Each domain extension has to give first shot to trademark holders who have registered their global marks in the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) but with each never gTLD launch I'm seeing more and more … [Read more...]

.Sucks Releases Pricing With “Premiums” For Trademark Holders Up To $2,499 A Year

March 9, 2015 by Michael Berkens

        Vox Populi Registry Ltd. the owner of the new gTLD .Sucks, made headlines last year when as one of several applicants for .Sucks announced pricing of up to $25,000 per domain, per year. Now that Vox won the private auction to operate .Sucks their site went live on Friday with suggested pricing with 5 price and qualification classes ranging from $9.95 to … [Read more...]

Survey Of Brand Strategies in the New gTLD Era Published By Largest Law Firm In France

December 24, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

Fidal, the largest lawfirm in France,  put out the results of a very detailed survey on new gtlds and how brands are using them. They conducted a survey that delved into a lot of topics that brands face when dealing with the new namespace. I read the whole report and I think it is well worth your time to take a look at and bookmark to refer back to. From the report: A large majority of … [Read more...]

More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice

March 31, 2014 by Michael Berkens

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 "warnings" to go out to people trying to register a new gTLD domain name. Today we bring you the world famous trademarks for the term "Texas" and "Venture" ""1. TEXAS Jurisdiction: United States of … [Read more...]

.Berlin Dirk Krischenowski Blasts ICANN Over TMCH Which Has “Largely Failed”

March 31, 2014 by Michael Berkens

Internetworld.de, interviewed Dirk Krischenowski of .Berlin who blasted ICANN and the performance of the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) The article was published in German and we used Google translate. Dirk chatted with the German publication about the recently completed Sunrise period for .Berlin, which is now in available to be registered. In the Sunrise Period trademark owner could … [Read more...]

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