Taking a look at what gTLDs and patents brands have filed for can give marketers a look at what may be coming up in the digital ecosystem. You might not think that a gTLD (generic top-level domain) and patents have much in common. But, if you look at which new top-level domains big companies …
The New gTLD domain name registrations have passed the 3 million mark. According to ntldstats.com, the total number of new gTLD domain name registrations sits at 3,026,376. According to TheDomains, the good news is that in less than 8 months new gTLD registrations went from zero to over 3 Million and are growing daily. The bad …
The recent release of a number of new generic top level domain (gTLDs) names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) including .vin and .wine has been met with strong opposition from wine industry producers, associations and various member states around the world. The major concern with the release of .vin and …
DomainNameWire: Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top level domain names closed for prices ranging from $2.2 million to $5.6 million: Amazon.com won …
American winemakers were joined by their counterparts from Champagne at a conference on deregulating internet domain names in an effort to boost awareness of how weaker controls would negatively impact the wine business. Read more from harpers.co.uk
By Jeff John Roberts: The latest New York City “land rush” is already turning into a party for cyber-squatters, who have snapped up some familiar names. The episode shows, again, how the system is geared in favor of the domain name industry, rather than brands or the public. Well, that was fast. New York City’s …
Dot-com? How quaint. A smorgasbord of new Net domains has arrived, with hundreds more on the way. There’s opportunity aplenty, but lots of trademark hassles, too. Heather Parker is a technically savvy businesswoman. She has her own Heather Parker Photography Web site, she knows about social media and search-engine optimization, she publishes examples of her …
ICANN 51–Tuesday, 14 October, Schedule Highlights: 07:00 to 08:00 PDT At-Large Accessibility Working Group Olympic 08:30 to 09:30 PDT Board with the At-Large Los Angeles 08:30 to 09:45 PDT ICANN’s Public Responsibility Olympic 08:30 to 18:00 PDT ccNSO Members Meeting Day 1 Westside 09:00 to 12:30 PDT Non For-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) Directors 09:00 …
Adage: Beginning today, New Yorkers can be masters of their own domain. This is the first day that the .nyc domain is available to the public, and to get the five boroughs fired up about applying, PR events and campaigns are taking place around the city to generate buzz. Neustar, the registry services company supporting …
By Jean Guillon CENTR issued a guide for ICANN51 in which a date is given where interested parties in the .WINE question can learn more about how this wonderful story will probably end. “This is not a large part on the GAC’s agenda at ICANN Los Angeles, but it is a very sensitive topic and likely …