.Halal top level domain in the works

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Company applying for .halal with ICANN.

Halalan Tayyiban, Corp is planning to apply for the .halal top level domain name.

The company operates a web site HalalFinder.com. The site used to be a marketplace for halal food products, but now appears to be a general marketplace.

The corporation filed a trademark application for DotHalal with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain name registration services”. The application was filed February 12.

The company has a holding page up at dotHalal.com. The page includes minimal information:

DotHalal.com was registered back in 2009, so these plans are not new. It’s not clear how long the message has been up on the web site.

I called the phone number listed on the trademark application and the person who answered confirmed that the company is applying for .halal through ICANN.

The trademark application will, of course, be refused by the trademark office since you can’t trademark a top level domain.

This will be an interesting application to watch. Domains that have anything to do with religion will likely get added scrutiny in the objection process.

Further Reading:

  1. Trademark Application Filed for .Bank Top Level Domain Name
  2. Top Level Domain Holdings raises $14.2 million
  3. .Kyoto top level domain in the works

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  1. Kevin Murphy
    February 16th, 2012 | 12:46 pm

    Neeeeever gonna happen.

  2. Disrespectful
    February 16th, 2012 | 3:41 pm

    Kevin – that was very disrespectful.

  3. Kevin Murphy
    February 16th, 2012 | 3:54 pm

    To whom? The GAC?

  4. Disrespectful
    February 16th, 2012 | 4:20 pm

    The GAC is not mentioned in the article. You are referring to the idea of having a Islamic-oriented new gtld. You know better.

  5. Kevin Murphy
    February 16th, 2012 | 5:34 pm

    RTFM

    http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/guidebook-full-11jan12-en.pdf

    National governments get to veto new gTLD applications.

    Sure, if all the world’s Islamic nations decide to approve this Bronx-based applicant, it could happen.

    Otherwise? Neeeeever gonna happen.

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