By Troy E. Larson The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which governs the domain name system for the Internet, approved the September 7, 2011, launch of the controversial .XXX top-level domain. The new domain is... Read More
By Chris Chan , James Johnson , Josh Curry , and Ian Wasser Brand owners should be wary of the launch of the new .XXX top-level domain, scheduled for implementation in December 2011. While Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) intended... Read More
BY: AMY G. MARINO The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to accept new applications from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012 for hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, e.g., .com, .net, .org), in the wake... Read More
By Brian Gregg At its June 20, 2011 meeting in Singapore, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted nearly unanimously to approve the long awaited Applicant Guidebook. That decision starts the clock on the application... Read More
Over the last several years, ICANN 1 has been working on a process by which the domain name space can be expanded. Currently, ICANN has approximately twenty generic top level domain names (or gTLDs as they are called) under its umbrella. The most well... Read More
Paul D. McGrady Jr., a partner with Greenberg Traurig in Chicago and author of McGrady on Domain Names , told LexisNexis® about new top-level domains in the works at ICANN, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The ICANN board... Read More
By Andrew Baum and Jeffrey A. Kobulnick The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the launch of a new sponsored top-level domain (sTLD), .XXX, which will be available beginning September 7, 2011. As the name suggests... Read More
By AMY G. MARINO & ROBERT C. VAN ARNAM ICANN OPENS UP HUNDREDS OF INTERNET DOMAIN NAME ENDINGS WHICH WILL GREATLY EXPAND WEBSITE POSSIBILITIES FOR BOTH BRAND OWNERS AND POTENTIAL INFRINGERS. The Board of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and... Read More
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) delegated .XXX sponsored top-level domain names (sTLDs) on April 15, 2011. The .XXX sTLDs are managed by the ICM Registry and are reserved for members of the adult entertainment industry... Read More
By Brian P. Gregg As of September 7, 2011 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will begin offering .xxx domain registrations. The registry will be operated by Florida-based ICM Registry (ICM), the company that first... Read More
BY: AMY G. MARINO & ROBERT C. VAN ARNAM As we wrote in June, the historic use of domain names has changed. This update focuses on the new .XXX domain. Brand owners should be aware of the particular issues of this domain and take necessary steps... Read More
By Brian Gregg As of December 6, 2011 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will begin offering .xxx domain registrations to the general public. The registry will be operated by Florida-based ICM Registry (ICM), the... Read More
By Mark A. Steiner Background The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is set to launch the new .XXX (dot-triple X) top-level domain (TLD) extension this fall. The intended users are those in the adult entertainment... Read More
By Paul D. McGrady, Jr., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig / Author, McGrady on Domain Names One of the new topics that general counsel need especially to be aware of is ICANN's plan to launch new top-level domain names. ICANN (Internet Corporation... Read More
On this edition, John McKeown of Cassels Brock in Toronto and James Davis of Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. discuss ICANN's expansion of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and what it means to brand owners. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division... Read More