Back to school – time to get educated about the newest gTLDs

Ready for the first day of sunrise

ICANN continues to make big strides in widening the Internet playing field. To date, ICANN has invited 1,159 new gTLDs to contract, and of those 1,159 invited, 495 registry agreements have been signed. From the 495 applicants who have signed a registry agreement, ICANN has delegated 357 new gTLDs to the root zone including the newest 20 that have been delegated since our last post. The newly delegated gTLDs are:

.tatar
.wales
.gifts
.sarl
.cymru
.restaurant
.bnpparibas
.佛山 (Chinese city of Foshian)
.广东 (Chinese province of “Guangdong)
.sca
.caravan
.cern
.ltda
.property
.hosting
.help
.uol
.ooo
.how
.diet
.click

Once a gTLD has been delegated to the root zone, the registry operator can begin the sunrise phase mandated by ICANN. The following gTLDs are in sunrise or will begin sunrise in the near future.

gTLD	Sunrise opens	Sunrise closes
.surf	07/10/14	09/10/14
.scot	07/15/14	09/16/14
.place	07/15/14	09/13/14
.direct	07/15/14	09/13/14
.saarland	07/17/14	09/15/14
.deals	07/22/14	09/20/14
.soy	07/24/14	09/24/14
.lawyer	07/29/14	09/27/14
.city	07/29/14	09/27/14
.melbourne	07/29/14	09/27/14
.attorney	07/29/14	09/27/14
.versicherung	08/05/14	09/04/14
.capetown	07/01/14	10/01/14
.joburg	07/01/14	10/01/14
.durban	07/01/14	10/01/14
.navy	08/12/14	10/11/14
.healthcare	08/12/14	10/11/14
.airforce	08/12/14	10/11/14
.vet	08/12/14	10/11/14
.army	08/12/14	10/11/14
.وقع (Arabic for “site”)	08/18/14	10/18/14
.market	08/26/14	10/25/14
.بازار (Arabic for “market”)	08/26/14	10/25/14
.tartar	08/28/14	10/27/14
.brussels	09/01/14	10/01/14
.physio	09/01/14	10/31/14
.ovh	09/10/14	10/01/14
.vlaanderen	09/01/14	10/01/14
.bzh	09/04/14	11/03/14
.realtor	09/08/14	10/08/14
.engineer	09/09/14	11/08/14
.paris	09/09/14	11/11/14

gTLDs ready to graduate

The following gTLDs are about to get their sunrise diploma.

gTLD	Sunrise closes
.hamburg	08/23/14
.beer	08/23/14
.credit	08/23/14
.website	08/23/14
.creditcard	08/23/14
.host	08/23/14
.claims	08/23/14
.press	08/23/14
.gratis	08/23/14
.global	08/24/14
.insure	08/30/14
.accountants	08/30/14
.okinawa	08/30/14
.finance	08/30/14
.삼성 (Samsung)	08/30/14
.digital	08/30/14
.republication	09/01/14
.bayern	09/02/14
.organic	09/05/14
.church	09/06/14
.loans	09/06/14
.guide	09/06/14
.life	09/06/14

If any of these gTLDs could be of value to you or your brand, or are of concern — remember that, as a registered agent of ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse, we can help develop and implement your gTLD strategy. For more information, read Porter Wright’s law alert about gTLDs.