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Now that the gTLD list has been released, find out what steps you should take to help you protect your brand by reading Reed Smith’s most recent client alert. Learn what is to come and the key dates you should keep in mind.
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On June 13, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revealed the list of applications for new gTLDs, marking the beginning of a dramatic shift in the domain name landscape and raising concerns for brand owners everywhere. In Reed Smith’s recent client alert, find out what steps to take to help you…
Today, June 13, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the list of applicants and proposed new top-level domains (TLDs) tied to its program to radically expand the domain name system (DNS). Click here to access the list (in the form of an Excel spreadsheet).
A TLD is the string of letters…
Dear ICANN and Members of the ICANN Board:
In just five months, since the Association of National Advertisers formed the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (“CRIDO”) and organized the global constituencies that have partnered and irrefutably shown that serious problems with ICANN’s proposal to open the DNS to unlimited TLDs remain unresolved despite years of deliberation by ICANN. It is clear that should ICANN proceed without heeding the calls of these constituencies for improvements and reform, the result will be irreparable damage to countless stakeholders, including the global law enforcement community, NGO’s, IGO’s, consumers and brand owners in the commercial sector. Yet, despite the unprecedented groundswell of objections from these constituencies and others, ICANN remains unwavering in its decision to implement, in just a couple days, the resolution made in June 2011, over vociferous opposition from many within the ICANN community including ICANN’s own Government Advisory Committee.
Since CRIDO was formed, the following statements have been made and events have transpired:Continue Reading Open Letter To The Board Of Directors – Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers
Reed Smith partner and ANA General Counsel Doug Wood said in an interview with the National Journal that if ICANN fails to respond to the ANA’s concerns, it may be forced to sue to block the proposal. “If they choose to ignore us, which I hope they don’t, then we will have no choice but…
Directly impacting the operations of European companies, the prospect of new TLDs being authorized by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is being challenged. Today, in a letter to Mr. Rod Beckstrom, ICANN President, the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), the U.S. based trade association that represents over 400 international brands, detailed…
Today, in a letter to Mr. Rod Beckstrom, President, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) detailed major flaws in the proposed ICANN program that would permit applicants to claim virtually any word, generic or branded, as Internet top-level domains once the application window is opened in January…
We have written quite extensively over the last several months about the developments brewing within the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to change the current domain name system. In short, companies and organizations located anywhere in the world will soon be able to register and operate a gTLD that corresponds to just about…
You may want to read this Reed Smith Alert after the holidays are over, but if you can’t wait this alert will shed some important light on certain important evolving dynamics that we’ve written on previously within the universe of domain name registrations, and how they are likely to affect your trademark on the Web.
The domain name system is now poised to change dramatically based on a highly controversial proposal for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) approved initially in 2008 by the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the not-for-profit organization responsible for coordinating the Internet addressing system. Currently, the domain name system is limited to…
