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

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • 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

Brand owners must decide how to react to .xxx before October 28, 2011

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • August 2 2011

In the latest domain-name headache for brand owners, .xxx has been approved by ICANN as a new generic top-level domain, on the same plane as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, etc., but this one is for adult content

Historic change to domain name system has broad implications for brands

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • July 15 2011

ICANN, the organization that governs the Web’s Domain Name System, recently voted to enable the potential creation of an unlimited number of new top-level domains (i.e. ".com," ".mobi," ".direct"

Breaking news: historic change to domain name system--what you should know

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • June 23 2011

The organization that governs the Domain Name System, ICANN, voted this week to launch the new application process for an unlimited number of new top-level domains, despite lingering doubts and objections from trademark owners and others

Protecting your brand in the .xxx domain

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 20 2011

In the latest domain-name headache for brandowners, .xxx has been approved by ICANN as a new generic top-level domain, on the same plane as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, and etc., but this one is for adult content

Hot topics in domain names

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 30 2010

All businesses rely on the Internet and clients must prepare for a number of dramatic developments in the domain name space

Internationalized domain names to open up the Internet to users of Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Korean and many other non-roman alphabets

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • June 1 2010

One of the most significant changes to the Internet in years is the roll out of domain names in other alphabets, known as "internationalized domain names" or IDNs

ICANN announces Internationalized Domain Names

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • December 10 2009

On November 16, 2009, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the launch of the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) country-code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) Fast Track Process