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What Do Trademark Owners Need to Know About the Trademark Clearinghouse for New gTLDs?

by Bonnie Headley | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/20/2013

The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that oversees the use of Internet domains, has recently implemented a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program for the purpose of...more

The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands

by Susan Neuberger Weller | Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 5/17/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide. It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains...more

Update on ICANN’s New gTLD Program

by Ron Dreben, Dana Gross | Morgan Lewis on 4/25/2013

Brand owners should prepare for Internet expansion in 2013. Despite numerous concerns voiced by governments, law enforcement, brand owners, and businesses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...more

The Trademark Clearinghouse: What You Need to Know

by Claudia Smith | White & Case LLP on 4/16/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") will be expanding the number of generic top-level domains ("gTLDs") as a result of the application process that commenced in January 2012. It is expected that...more

New gTLDs Raise Data Security Concerns

by David Einhorn, Alan Pate | BakerHostetler on 4/16/2013

ICANN is well on its way to the launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) with the first ones being approved as early as April 23rd. The handful of TLDs currently in use, such as “.com”, “.org”, and “.edu”, may soon be...more

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections

by Christopher Adams, George Borababy, Deborah Lodge | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/12/2013

Brand owners can now increase protection for their federally-registered trademarks and service marks by registering them with the ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse was set up by the Internet Corporation for...more

The New gTLDs from ICANN Are Coming: Plan, Don't Panic

by Troy Larson, Amy Mushahwar, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/11/2013

By now, brand owners are probably aware of the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). They may have received literature from various sources about recording...more

Q & A: ICANN's Global Trademark Clearinghouse

by Wendy Robertson, Maia Woodhouse | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/5/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body tasked with coordinating and preserving global Internet stability, is embarking on its largest expansion ever of the domain name system. Last week, on...more

New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse Launches in Anticipation of New Era of Top-Level Web Domains

by Laurie Löben Sels | Duane Morris LLP on 4/3/2013

ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has taken another step in expanding the number of sanctioned top-level web domains (TLD). Domain extensions such as .nike, .canon and .bank may now join the...more

Protect Your Trademark

by Philip Nulud | Buchalter Nemer on 4/2/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently launched the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). ICANN has billed the TMCH as the “most important rights protection mechanism built into ICANN’s new...more

Legal Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse and the New gTLDs

by James Johnson, Ian Wasser, Ph.D. | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 3/29/2013

The new Generic Top - Level Domain (gTLD) expansion program developed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) includes a Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), which was set to go into effect beginning...more

New gTLDs – ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse Goes Live

by Anne Aikman-Scalese | Lewis and Roca LLP on 3/29/2013

Complaints regarding inadequate protection for trademark owners will apparently not stop the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") from launching its new unlimited gTLD (generic Top Level Domain)...more

Under Construction and Open for Business: New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse Set to Open March 26

by Judith Harris, Brad Newberg, Gregory Shatan | Reed Smith on 3/28/2013

ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is rushing headlong in its efforts to bring the world a massive expansion in the number of new gTLDs (the part of an Internet address that follows the dot, such...more

Clearinghouse Opens for Protecting Brands on New Top-Level Domains

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 3/28/2013

Within a few months, Internet domain names will explode with the creation of hundreds of new top-level domains worldwide. Brand owners therefore need to prevent their trademarks from getting burned in that explosion. A new...more

ICANN Opens Trademark Clearinghouse as Part of Imminent Domain Name Expansion

by Dayna Frenkel, Richard McKenna | Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/27/2013

With the launch of possibly hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the horizon, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open on March 26, 2013 the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), in...more

ICANN To Provide Trademark Clearinghouse to Assist Brand Owners With Protecting Their Rights at the New gTLDS

by Tiffani Otey | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 3/25/2013

ICANN, the international agency responsible for oversight of the domain name system, is scheduled to make an unknown number of new generic Top-Level Domain Names (“New gTLDs”) available in mid-2013. The process to roll out...more

ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse Set to Launch on March 26, 2013

by Thomas Brooke, Tricia Wozniak | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/22/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit corporation responsible for managing the domain name system, is evaluating more than 1,900 applied-for generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such as...more

Trademark Owners Alert: An Anything but ‘Free’ Free for All

by Lane Powell PC - Intellectual Property Law &... on 3/20/2013

The new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) are coming, and it is time for trademark owners to review their online strategies. Over the last several months, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has...more

The Time Is Here: Protecting Your Brands against New Top-Level Domain Names

by Venable LLP on 3/19/2013

The number of top-level domains, which are currently a handful such as .com, .net, .org, .gov, .mil, .edu, .mobi, .jobs, and .xxx will be expanded later this year to well over 1,000, such as .sport, .eco, .berlin, .web, .art,...more

gTLD Update for February 2013 [Video]

by Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/15/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has established a central repository of authenticated trademark information associated with the new generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) called the Trademark...more

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What Do Trademark Owners Need to Know About the Trademark Clearinghouse for New gTLDs?

The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands

Update on ICANN’s New gTLD Program

The Trademark Clearinghouse: What You Need to Know

New gTLDs Raise Data Security Concerns

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections

The New gTLDs from ICANN Are Coming: Plan, Don't Panic

Q & A: ICANN's Global Trademark Clearinghouse

New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse Launches in Anticipation of New Era of Top-Level Web Domains

Protect Your Trademark

Legal Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse and the New gTLDs

New gTLDs – ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse Goes Live

Under Construction and Open for Business: New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse Set to Open March 26

Clearinghouse Opens for Protecting Brands on New Top-Level Domains

ICANN Opens Trademark Clearinghouse as Part of Imminent Domain Name Expansion

ICANN To Provide Trademark Clearinghouse to Assist Brand Owners With Protecting Their Rights at the New gTLDS

ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse Set to Launch on March 26, 2013

Trademark Owners Alert: An Anything but ‘Free’ Free for All

The Time Is Here: Protecting Your Brands against New Top-Level Domain Names

gTLD Update for February 2013 [Video]

New Clearinghouse to Protect Brand Owners against Domain Name Abuse Opens March 26

ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse to Launch March 26

Trademark Management and the New Generic Top Level Domains

Protect Your Trademark Online: Global Trademark Clearinghouse to Begin Accepting Submissions

Know Your Remedy: ICANN’s New gTLD Objection Procedure and String Contention Auctions

gTLD Update for February 2013 [Video]

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