Trademark Clearinghouse, Trademarks

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

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

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

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

Advertising News & Analysis - March 28, 2013

by Edward Boyle, Emilio W. Cividanes, Michael Hartmere, Stuart P. Ingis, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Jacqueline Levasseur Patt, Michael A. Sartori, Ph.D., Janet F. Satterthwaite | Venable LLP on 4/1/2013

In this issue: - FTC Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Changes to EnergyGuide Labels - Venable’s Advertising Practice Named to Chambers USA Shortlist - Protect Your Brand Against New Top-Level Domain...more

IP Buzz - March 2013

by Venable LLP on 4/1/2013

In this issue: - The Time Is Here: Protecting Your Brands Against New Top-Level Domain Names - Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Supreme Court Holds that the First Sale Doctrine Applies Regardless of Where a...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

Protecting Trade-marks in the New gTLDs

by Mark Edward Davis, Cynthia Mason, Andy Radhakant | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 3/28/2013

Trade-mark owners should act now to protect their trade-mark rights online. As early as April 2013, new top level domain names ("gTLDs") will be available. New domain names will no longer be limited to names ending in...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

Trademark Alert: Are You Ready For The New gTLDs? The Trademark Clearinghouse Opens March 26

by Sally Abel, Stephen Garcia, Mark Jansen | Fenwick & West LLP on 3/25/2013

The universe of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), currently limited to about a dozen gTLDs such as .com, .net, and .org, will likely explode later this year, as some of the more than 1000 potential new gTLDs are rolled 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

New Trademark Clearinghouse an Important Tool for Trademark Owners as New Generic Top-Level Domains Prepare to Launch

by Beth Goldman, Scott Lonardo | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/19/2013

Starting on March 26, 2013, there will be an important new tool available to help trademark owners combat unauthorized uses of their trademarks in domain names as more than 1,000 new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”)...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?

Update on ICANN’s New gTLD Program

The Trademark Clearinghouse: What You Need to Know

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections

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

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

Protect Your Trademark

Advertising News & Analysis - March 28, 2013

IP Buzz - March 2013

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

Protecting Trade-marks in the New gTLDs

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

Trademark Alert: Are You Ready For The New gTLDs? The Trademark Clearinghouse Opens March 26

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

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

New Trademark Clearinghouse an Important Tool for Trademark Owners as New Generic Top-Level Domains Prepare to Launch

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

gTLD Update for February 2013 [Video]

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