Company that filed .secure trademark application appeals USPTO ruling. The Wisconsin company that wants to trademark .secure hasn't given up yet. I first wrote about Asif LLC in 2010 when it filed a trademark application for .secure. It also filed ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Final new TLD objection tally: Donuts 55, Amazon 24, Google 22
· UncategorizedThree of the largest applicants for new TLDs are facing a mountain of objections. Donuts, Amazon, and Google have the dubious honor of having the most objected-to applications for new top level domains. There were 263 formal objections to new top ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.WTF: .Lotto, .Weather, .Game, .Retirement hit with objections
· UncategorizedSeriously, WTF? International Chamber of Commerce has posted more community and limited public interest objections on its web site. On the surface, these look to be quite misdirected. Afilias' application for .lotto has been hit with a community ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
· UncategorizedGoogle and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Another upside to closed generic TLDs: fewer defensive registrations
· UncategorizedThe more domains that are "closed", the less brand protection is required. Last week I wrote about why I'm not concerned with companies registering generic terms as TLDs (e.g. .blog, .book) and keeping them "closed" to other parties for second level ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its .swiss application
· Policy & LawFaced with government approval, airline gives up fight for .swiss. While it should come as no surprise, here's an official response to Domain Name Wire's inquiry to why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its top level domain application ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Predictions for next week’s new TLD lottery
· Policy & LawWe're pretty much guaranteed that something won't go as planned. Tickets for next week's new top level domain "prioritization draw" went on sale this morning. The draw will take place on Monday on Los Angeles. Despite the big money at stake for ... Continue Reading3 Comments
4 new TLD applications withdrawn
· UncategorizedGoogle and one .brand applicant withdraw applications. Kudos to Michele Neylon for spotting an option on ICANN's web site to see which new top level domain name applications have been withdrawn. Thus far four applications have been withdrawn, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
One person submits 467 comments on new top level domain applications
· UncategorizedThat's a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you're going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That's because one person -- a trademark manager at Sunkist Growers, Inc. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Just how much do new top level domains cost, anyway?
· UncategorizedConfusing ICANN fee structure for new top level domains. The headline number for new top level domains is $185,000, the price of submitting an application. But domain registries also pay ongoing fees to ICANN each quarter. Amazingly, what exactly ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment