gTLD weekly update: .nyc is ready for salida del sol, are you?

The sun sets on several new gTLDs

The Sunrise period has ended, or will by Monday, for the new gTLDs listed below.

gTLD	Sunrise Opens	Sunrise Closes
.red	03/11/14	04/11/14
.kim	03/11/14	04/11/14
.shiksha	03/11/14	04/11/14
.pink	03/11/14	04/11/14
.farm	02/11/14	04/12/14
.viajes	02/11/14	04/14/14
.codes	02/11/14	04/14/14
.blue	03/14/14	04/13/14
.wed	03/17/14	04/18/14
.zone	02/18/14	04/19/14
.boutique	02/18/14	04/19/14
.bargains	02/18/14	04/19/14
.agency	02/18/14	04/19/14
.cheap	02/18/14	04/19/14
.immobilien	02/19/14	04/21/14
.ninja	02/19/14	04/21/14

After Sunrise, gTLDs enter a Landrush period — when individuals seeking second-level domains within a new gTLD can pay for pre-registration — before they become available to the general public. (Read more about Landrush in last week’s gTLD post.) If any of these gTLDs are of interest to your brands or business, now is the time to take action.

Nearly two dozen gTLDs get the green light

More than a dozen new gTLDs closed Sunrise periods in the past week, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is keeping up the momentum. Since our previous article, ICANN has delegated 20 additional gTLDs.

.网址 — Chinese for “network address”
.rocks
.college
.feedback
.desi
.capital
.eus
.gripe
.engineering
.services
.lease
.toys
.town
.career
.media
.reisen
.associates
.gal
.university
.pictures
.quebec

The most recent additions will join the growing list of gTLDs that can begin Sunrise periods, which are required to be at least 30 days, though many are allowing for longer timespans.

Recently launched gTLDs and their corresponding Sunrise periods include:

gTLD	Sunrise Opens	Sunrise Closes
.archi	04/08/14	05/08/14
.bar	04/09/14	06/08/14
.rest	04/09/14	06/08/14
.cooking	04/15/14	06/15/14
.voting	04/15/14	05/16/14
.vodka	04/15/14	06/15/14
.rodeo	04/15/14	06/16/14
.kaufen	04/16/14	06/16/14
.consulting	04/16/14	06/16/14
.best	04/17/14	05/17/14

If those don’t pique your interest, take a look at these soon-to-launch gTLDs:

gTLD	Sunrise Opens	Sunrise Closes
.london	04/29/14	07/31/14
.rocks	04/30/14	06/30/14
.actor	04/30/14	06/30/14
.nyc	05/05/14	06/20/14
.商城 (mall)	05/08/14	06/07/14
.moe (“geek”)	05/13/14	06/13/14
.haus	05/14/14	07/14/14
.cologne	06/12/14	07/13/14
.koeln	06/12/14	07/13/14

The .nyc domain is one of the most anticipated new gTLDs. It’s set to launch on Cinco de Mayo and is considered to be a flagship gTLD in the largest Internet expansion in history. With this expansion, many businesses, organizations and individuals are ready to adopt new online identities. Anyone managing New York-based trademarks should plan now for the launch of .nyc so they can protect and enhance their valuable ideas, services, organizations or businesses.

Read Porter Wright’s law alert about gTLDs — and remember that, as a registered agent of ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse, our attorneys can help develop and implement your gTLD strategy.