A donut for everyone, just in time for swimsuit season

The new gTLD giant, Donuts, Inc., is the world’s largest registry for new generic top level domains, applying for more than 300 new gTLDs during ICANN’s application phase. (Read the full list of Donuts, Inc.’s applications.) According to the company’s schedule, more than 100 new gTLDs will have launched by the end of May. Registrations in all new gTLDs total 600,000 so far, and Donuts makes up nearly 80% of that total with approximately 500,000 registrations. Here’s a full list of Donuts gTLDs set to launch this month:

gTLD	Sunrise opens	Sunrise closes	Early access
.capital	05/06/14	07/05/14	07/09/14
.engineering	05/06/14	07/05/14	07/09/14
.exchange	05/06/14	07/05/14	07/09/14
.gripe	05/06/14	07/05/14	07/09/14
.associates	05/13/14	07/12/14	07/16/14
.lease	05/13/14	07/12/14	07/16/14
.media	05/13/14	07/12/14	07/16/14
.pictures	05/13/14	07/12/14	07/16/14
.reisen (German for “travel”)	05/20/14	07/19/14	07/23/14
.toys	05/20/14	07/19/14	07/23/14
.university	05/20/14	07/19/14	07/23/14
.town	05/20/14	07/19/14	07/23/14
.wtf	05/27/14	07/26/14	07/30/14
.fail	05/27/14	07/26/14	07/30/14
.financial	05/27/14	07/26/14	07/30/14
.limited	05/27/14	07/26/14	07/30/14

And these are just some of the gTLDs launching this month. The non-Donuts gTLDs with May launch dates are:

gTLD	Sunrise opens	Sunrise closes
.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	06/14/14

Meanwhile, these are the gTLDs in the midst of Sunrise:

gTLD	Sunrise opens	Sunrise closes
.qpon	04/02/14	05/02/14
.works	03/04/14	05/03/14
.expert	03/04/14	05/03/14
.wiki	03/03/14	05/05/14
.archi	04/08/14	05/08/14
.foundation	03/11/14	05/10/14
.exposed	03/11/14	05/10/14
.voting	04/15/14	05/16/14
.best	03/17/14	05/17/14
.cruises	03/18/14	05/17/14
.rentals	03/18/14	05/17/14
.vacations	03/18/14	05/17/14
.flights	03/18/14	05/17/14
.xyz	03/19/14	05/20/14
.wang	04/21/14	05/21/14
.condos	03/25/14	05/24/14
.maison	03/25/14	05/24/14
.tienda	03/25/14	05/24/14
.properties	03/25/14	05/24/14
.webcam	03/31/14	05/30/14
.bid	03/31/14	05/30/14
.trade	03/31/14	05/30/14
.villas	03/18/14	05/31/14
.dating	04/01/14	05/31/14
.events	04/01/14	05/31/14
.partners	04/01/14	05/31/14
.productions	04/01/14	05/31/14
.jetzt	04/02/14	06/01/14
.pub	04/02/14	06/02/14
.ink	03/31/14	06/02/14
.世界 (world)	04/02/14	06/02/14
.ДЕТИ (children)	04/07/14	06/06/14
.tokyo	04/07/14	06/06/14
.cleaning	04/08/14	06/07/14
.cards	04/08/14	06/07/14
.community	04/08/14	06/07/14
.catering	04/08/14	06/07/14
.bar	04/09/14	06/08/14
.rest	04/09/14	06/08/14
.moda	04/09/14	06/09/14
.supplies	04/30/14	06/14/14
.supply	04/15/14	06/14/14
.parts	04/15/14	06/14/14
.fishing	04/15/14	06/15/14
.horse	04/15/14	06/15/14
.cooking	04/15/14	06/15/14
.tools	04/15/14	06/15/14
.industries	04/15/14	06/15/14
.country	04/15/14	06/15/14
.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
.report	04/22/14	06/21/14
.vision	04/22/14	06/21/14
.services	04/22/14	06/21/14
.fish	04/22/14	06/21/14
.gop	04/28/14	06/30/14
.actor	04/30/14	06/30/14
.rocks	04/30/14	06/30/14
.blackfriday	05/01/14	06/30/14
.christmas	05/01/14	06/30/14
.london	04/29/14	07/31/14

Since last week’s post, the gTLDs below have completed the review period and are now delegated. As a reminder, delegation means that the gTLD registry can begin the Sunrise period, one of the first protection mechanisms implemented by ICANN.

.citic
.wtc
.finance
.insure
.creditcard
.airforce

This rapid ramp-up of the new gTLD program in recent weeks underscores how important it is for trademark owners to take proactive measures to protect their valuable marks in this new Internet era. For more information 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.