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The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) what you need to know

  • Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
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  • Global
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  • March 13 2013

Applications for new gTLDs were filed in 2012 in the following categories: Over 80 applications were community-based (.doctor, .gay); Over 100

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Online brand protection strategies: new gTLDs and the Trademark Clearinghouse

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 30 2013

ICANN received over 1,900 applications for new Generic Top-Level Domains (“gTLDs”) and it is estimated that at least 500 will launch, with the first

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ICANN opens Trademark Clearinghouse as part of imminent domain name expansion

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 25 2013

With the launch of possibly hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the horizon, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Trademark Clearinghouse and the new gTLDs

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 28 2013

The new Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) expansion program developed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) includes a

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The Trademark Clearinghouse: what you need to know

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 16 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") will be expanding the number of generic top-level domains ("gTLDs") as a result of

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Dot-"what-to-do-now?": the coming wave of new generic top level domains

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • Global
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  • March 22 2013

The recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to add at least 1,000 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to

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Trademark Clearinghouse brand protection service to launch on March 26, 2013 for new gTLDs

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 14 2013

In 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") received nearly 2,000 applications for new generic top level domains

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Protecting your brands in the new gTLD universe Trademark Clearinghouse registration is open

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 3 2013

In the next few months, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will significantly expand the number of generic top-level

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Trademark Clearinghouse for new gTLDs opens March 26

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 22 2013

Brand owners are about to get a tool to protect their brands in the expanding domain name space. After multiple delays, the Trademark Clearinghouse

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Cybersquatters not welcome in the Clearinghouse

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Global
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  • May 1 2013

With the upcoming delegation of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), trade mark owners should consider taking pre-emptive steps to prevent domain

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Under construction and open for business: new gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse set to open March 26

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 28 2013

Over the last few years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") has continued to press forward with its efforts to

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ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse protects trademark owners from new gTLD cybersquatters

  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 27 2013

Trademark owners have a new weapon in the battle against cybersquatters, just in time for the expected approval this year of over 1000 new generic

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How to maximise protection of brands in the forthcoming new gTLD domain name extensions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Global
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  • February 22 2013

What you need to know ICANN, the body that administers the domain name system, is managing a process that may see the creation of nearly 1400 new

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Trademark Clearinghouse opens for business

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Global
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  • March 25 2013

In June 2011 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to open the floor to a host of new domain suffixes (as reported by

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The Trademark Clearinghouse: expansion of generic top-level domains and how to protect your trademark rights

  • Torys LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 7 2013

In 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the governing body of the domain name system, formally approved a plan to

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Trademark Clearinghouse opens for business

  • Marks & Clerk LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 10 2013

For the last 6 years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been developing a program with the view to expanding the

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Launch date for Trademark Clearinghouse revealed by ICANN

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 1 2013

On February 25, 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will open for

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ICANN launches Trademark Clearinghouse protection for trade mark holders during domain name system expansion

  • D Young & Co
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  • Global
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  • May 2 2013

On 26 March 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). It is envisaged that

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ICANN approves expansion of generic top-level domains

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • July 12 2011

Like the land rush of the 1800’s that sent prospectors racing westward to stake their claim, the internet age has afforded businesses and individuals opportunities to carve out a piece of the world wide web for themselves.

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Domain name update: the Trademark Clearinghouse is now accepting registrations

  • Gray Plant Mooty
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  • Global
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  • April 11 2013

As Gray Plant Mooty previously reported, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is poised to allow companies to operate new

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Launch of new gTLDs and the Trade Mark Clearinghouse (TMCH)

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
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  • April 3 2013

This note sets out to provide you with the key facts about the TMCH, the background to the TMCH, how Hogan Lovells can assist and, at this stage

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Insane in the do-main: the new gTLDs and the Trademark Clearinghouse

  • Field Law LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 5 2013

ICANN (the entity that essentially controls the worldwide domain name system) is in the final stages of processing approximately 1,900 applications

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New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse launches in anticipation of new era of top-level web domains

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 3 2013

ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has taken another step in expanding the number of sanctioned top-level web

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Getting ready for the launch of new gTLDs - the Trademark Clearinghouse is open

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
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  • Global
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  • April 30 2013

ICANN's new Generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") program has been forging ahead, and it is expected that about 500 new gTLD applications will launch

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The Trade Mark Clearinghouse now open for business

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Global
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  • April 2 2013

The Trade Mark Clearing House opened for registrations on 26 March 2013. The IPT Alert team look at what this means for business and the services

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What trademark owners need to know about the new internet generic top-level domains (gTLDs)

  • Gray Plant Mooty
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  • Global
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  • June 27 2012

The Internet is undergoing a dramatic change that has significant implications for the use and protection of trademarks.

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What do we do now that the world didn’t end in 2012?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global
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  • February 7 2013

The countdown to the launch of the new generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, and the surrounding uncertainty about whether the potential commercial

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Enforcement issues in the new gTLD program post-Toronto update

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Global
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  • November 2 2012

As a result of the highly active application period for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), a thousand or more new domain spaces may be available on the Internet beginning as early as mid-2013.

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ICANN launches Trademark Clearinghouse

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • Global
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  • March 27 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") has launched its Trademark Clearinghouse ("TMCH") effective March 26, 2013. ICANN

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The new domains are coming! Time to round up the trademarks

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • Global
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  • February 28 2013

ICANN, the body that regulates the Internet’s domain name system, began accepting applications for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in January

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Update on the new gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse “strawman solution”

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 21 2013

With the first delegations of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) potentially just weeks away, organizations should be continuing to consider how

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Historic internet domain name expansion creates opportunities and challenges for brand owners

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • Global
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  • September 14 2011

The organization charged with managing the Internet’s domain name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), recently approved a long-pending and highly controversial plan to allow for the dramatic expansion of generic top level domains (gTLDs), the most common of which currently are dot-COM, dot-NET, and dot-ORG.

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Protect your trademark online: global Trademark Clearinghouse to begin accepting submissions

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • March 11 2013

On March 26, 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will begin to allow trademark owners to submit their marks for

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Trademark owners should record with ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse

  • Vedder Price PC
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  • Global
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  • May 8 2013

On March 26, 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization overseeing the Internet's domain name

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New gTLDs ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse goes live

  • Lewis and Roca LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 27 2013

Complaints regarding inadequate protection for trademark owners will apparently not stop the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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New gTLDs - application period opens on January 12, 2012

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 9 2011

Companies should make an affirmative decision no later than year end as to whether they will file an application to register a generic top-level domain ("gTLD") under the expanded gTLD registration program of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN").

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ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse set to launch on March 26, 2013

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 22 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit corporation responsible for managing the domain name system, is

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New domains present opportunities and new risks for trade-mark owners

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 22 2011

On the electronic frontier, the domain name space is opening up again.

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Q & A: ICANN's Global Trademark Clearinghouse

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • Global
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  • April 4 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body tasked with coordinating and preserving global Internet stability, is

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It’s a BRAND new world: update on ICANN's expanded gTLD program

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Global
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  • February 1 2013

You have likely heard by now that the Internet is about to get substantially bigger and more complex, with potentially treacherous consequences for

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March 26: it’s time to protect your brands against the onslaught of new top-level domain names!

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global
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  • March 13 2013

The number of top-level domains, which are currently a handful such as .com, .net, .org, .gov, .mil, .edu, .mobi, .jobs, .xxx will be expanded to

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Has someone applied to register your .brand? Top five things you need to know

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • June 13 2012

You’ve heard about the planned expansion of the domain name system, but what does it really mean for trademark owners?

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