Survey is well-intentioned but is unlikely to provide good data. ICANN is requesting feedback from domain name registrants about trademark claims notices from the Trademark Clearinghouse. Domain name investors that registered new top level domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Crypto and Blockchain are registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse
· Policy & LawWant to register a new TLD with one of these suddenly hot terms? You're going to deal with the TMCH. Remember the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domain names? By getting a mark filed with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), a company can ... Continue Reading4 Comments
27 of top 50 websites protecting their brands on new Donuts domain names
· Policy & LawHow are brands protecting themselves with new top level domain names? Many are, but there are some surprises. I just checked how the top 50 websites are protecting their brands on Donuts top level domain names. I took the top 50 (public) sites ... Continue Reading4 Comments
TMCH brags about numbers, but what do they mean?
· Policy & LawTrademark Clearinghouse has issued 500,000 claims notices. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) announced today that it has issued 500,000 claims notices to prospective registrants of domains under new top level domain names. The notices are shown when ... Continue Reading8 Comments
New TLD trademark notifications top 20,000
· Policy & LawThe Trademark Clearinghouse has sent over 20,000 notices to trademark holders based on domain registrations matching trademarks. The Trademark Clearinghouse has now issued 20,076 trademark notifications based on second level registrations in new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How common words like Pizza, Money, and Shopping ended up in the Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs
· Policy & LawThe Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs is giving some people first dibs on domains like realestate.guru and pizza.restaurant. The .info domain name got seriously gamed when it had its trademark sunrise period in 2001. There was no ... Continue Reading27 Comments
Want to see the new Trademark Claims Notice in action? Here’s an example.
· Policy & LawSee what it looks like if you try to register a second level domain in a new TLD that matches a record at the Trademark Clearinghouse. One of the rights protections mechanisms for new top level domain names is the Trademark Claims Notice. For the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
A little bit more about the Trademark Clearinghouse’s extended alert service
· Policy & LawAnswers to two questions about the TMCH extending alerts beyond 90 days. Yesterday I wrote about how the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is extending the amount of time it will alert trademark holders if someone registers domains that contain their ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Trademark Clearinghouse extends alert service beyond 90 days
· ServicesExtension will mostly benefit companies that pay more for longer TMCH registrations. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) for new top level domain names has extended the amount of time it will notify rights holders that domain names matching their ... Continue Reading2 Comments
About that dotShabaka new TLD sunrise…
· ServicesThe first new TLD sunrise doesn't look like much of a sunrise yet. Last week I wrote about how the sunrise for شبكة. (.shabaka) had begun. The only catch was I couldn't find any place to actually place a sunrise order. I reached out to Yasmin Omer, ... Continue Reading2 Comments