By Porter Wright on There’s exciting news in the world of cryptocurrency, the exchange medium that uses cryptography to secure the transactions and control the creation of new units. Bitcoin, created in 2009, was the first cryptocurrency and remains the most popular, though numerous other cryptocurrencies, such as Coinye, have emerged in the interim. Where can you find cryptocurrency? … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on 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 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on ICANN ended the month of July with a bang, clearing and delegating the following new gTLDs: .lgbt .lacaixa .spiegel .nra .ngo .krd .whoswho .auction .yandex .praxi .ong .williamhill .healthcare .realtor .top… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Three new gTLDs have been delegated to the root zone since our last post. The newest group of gTLDs to be delegated include: .gent .nrw .scb gTLDs in Sunrise period — update The following gTLDs are now added to the long list of gTLDs available for sunrise registrations so far this month:… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on As of July 4, 2014 ICANN announced that out of the 1,930 applicants received in 2012, 1,146 have been invited to contracting. Contracting is the process through which ICANN will contact eligible applicants and engage with them through execution of the registry agreement. Contracting is part of the transition to delegation phase of the New … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Since our last blog post, the total number of domain name registrations among all new gTLDs has reached 1,414,766. There has been little movement this week on the leader board. The leaders are: Number New domain Total registrations 1 .xyz 250,731 2 .berlin 136,703 3 .club 78,767 4 .guru 64,123 5 .photography 39,868 6 .email … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on To date more than 1.3 million new second-level domain registrations have been registered within new gTLDs that have launched. The top 10 on the leader board are: Number New domain Total registrations 1 .xyz 214,789 2 .berlin 136,371 3 .club 76,035 4 .guru 63,234 5 .photography 39,066 6 .email 34,172 7 .在线 (online) 33,605 8 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The June 18, 2014, decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cancelling six federal trademark registrations for trademarks used by the Washington Redskins professional football team has received substantial media coverage and generated great interest among the public. The impact of the decision has been widely misstated in … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on New gTLD total registrations surpassed 1 million this week with 1,068,354 domain name registrations. In the wake of the .xyz promotional domain name registration scandal, .xyz overcomes .club and .guru on the leaderboard, with 113,242 registrations. The top 10 new gTLDs now are: Number New domain Total registrations 1 .xyz 113,242 2 .club 69,285 3 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Top 10 gTLDs The total number of generic top level domain registrations is nearing 1 million as new gTLDs launch daily. The new gTLD leaders, .club and .guru, are still holding tight to their positions. The top 10 on the leader board are: Number New domain Total registrations 1 .club 64,579 2 .guru 60,216 3 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Everyone is talking about the new gTLD .club, which surpassed .guru this week as the most popular new gTLD in the world. It now has the most domain name registrations of all new gTLDs with more than 60,000 registrations. Marketing of the new gTLD has been impeccable; .club hosted a launch party in New York … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on No one is safe In light of Memorial Day weekend, the new gTLD .democrat entered general availability earlier this week. Registrants have been acquiring second-level .democrat domain names since the gTLD’s landrush period began April 17. Rightside, the registry offering the gTLD, does not have any protection mechanisms designed to protect the names of politicians … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Will the launch of new gTLDs really transform the Internet as ICANN has envisioned? Without a doubt, the increase of gTLDs at the root level will create competition and diversity, and foster innovation — simply because the option is there. Innovation takes time and often does not happen until the tools to foster it are … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on For the past several weeks, we’ve been working hard to keep our readers apprised of developments related to The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program. This program, which is essentially redefining the face of the Internet, is likely to impact any business — or, indeed, any entity — … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on 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 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The sun sets on several new gTLDs The Sunrise period has ended, or will by the end of April, for the new gTLDs listed below. gTLD Sunrise Opens Sunrise Closes .watch 02/25/14 04/26/14 .cool 02/25014 04/26/14 .social 02/25/14 04/28/14 .futbol 02/26/14 04/28/14 .reviews 02/26/14 04/28/14 .wien 02/11/14 04/30/14 After Sunrise, gTLDs enter a Landrush period … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on 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 … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on New to the delegation pool ICANN delegates new gTLDs daily, which keeps trademark owners on their toes. Since our last blog article, new gTLD delegations include: .gop .ryukya .yokohama .rest .saarland .consulting .vodka .haus .cooking .moe .rodeo .country .商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall” .horse .fishing .vegas .miami .archi .black .ren .meet .sohu The most recent … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced this week at ICANN 49 Singapore that the number of new generic top levels domains (gTLDs) that have been “delegated” — i.e., designated as ready for launch — now tops 175. Recently delegated gTLDs include: .london .nyc .cologne .trade . 世界 (Chinese for “world/shijie”) .bid … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Its time for our ink jet printers to move aside and begin to collect dust because there is a new kid in town: 3D printers. 3D printers are not technically “new” technology; they have been used by engineers since the 1980s. However, they are new to everyday consumers, and they threaten to become mainstream in … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Many people have not yet heard or may not understand, but the Internet will expand vastly and quickly beyond the familiar .com, .org, and .edu top level domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched an initiative in 2008 to enable the introduction of new generic topic level domains (gTLDs). The … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on China has passed a new trademark law that becomes effective May 1, 2014. The new law includes: A requirement that trademarks shall be registered and used “by the principle of honesty and credibility;” Some important changes to the trademark application and appeal processes; and As discussed here, several notable provisions designed to improve trademark enforcement … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The ability to register a trademark in the member countries of the European Union (currently 30) in a single application has been available under the Community Trademark system (CTM) since the mid-1990’s. The basic fee (900€, currently about $1,215US) for filing a CTM covers the cost of filing in up to three classes.1 The European … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an arbitrator did not exceed his powers when he expanded an eight-year license to use a video game’s trademarks into a perpetual license to use all the intellectual property rights associated with the game. See Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive, L.L.C., ___ F.3d ___, 2013 … Continue Reading
