The United States has conceded for the first time that it is willing to cede control of the internet’s Domain Naming System (DNS), drawing its 20 year period of control of the body to a close.
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is set to launch raunchy domains, .porn, .adult and .sucks in June in a bid to create more space on the ever-expanding web, with musician Taylor Swift snapping up TaylorSwift.porn and...
Incidences of so-called cyber-squatting, where scammers seek to abuse a domain name to profit from someone else’s trademark, have rocketed by 313 per cent since the introduction of an expanded list of web addresses eight months ago.
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Half of consumers in the US and the UK feel they have little to no opportunity to collaborate with their favourite brands online, according to a joint study between YouGov and the newly launched .wiki domain.
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The introduction of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) by ICANN could present serious copyright challenges for brands after research from the ICANN-approved Trademark Clearinghouse revealed domain names related to British brands are already being sought...
Brands hoping to capitalise on branded web domains following confirmation that .London will roll out next year will need to invest in significant marketing campaigns to pull users in, according to managing director of digital marketing at Jaywing,...
The domain .London will be introduced from the spring of 2014 following an agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Dot London Domains (Dot London).
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As explained in a previous Tech Law post the addressing system that the Internet relies on is undergoing a major expansion of what are known as generic top level domains (gTLDs). These are the .com, .net, and .orgs that come at the end of a...
ICANN, the organization tasked with implementing and controlling the Internet's domain name addressing system has formally approved ".nyc", New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday. This makes the metropolis one of the first...
Two US publishing industry groups, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, are fighting requests by giant online retailer Amazon for ownership of new top-level domain names .
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With ICANN revealing all the applications for domain names last week, Afilias has created an infographic showing which brands have put in a request, with names such as Boots, Amazon and Apple on the list.
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With less than a month left for companies and brands to apply for a dot brand suffix for their website, registry services provider Afilias has unveiled an infographic, looking at how many companies are planning to apply and their knowledge of the...
With the three month application window to gain a ‘.brand’ website address beginning today, it is expected that while some will apply for suffixes such as .shop or .bank, a majority will be looking to get their brand name as the suffix.
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An investigation conducted by The Times has found that the planned expansion of internet domains to incorporated any suffix are meeting stiff resistance from governments and corporations.From January the Internet Cosrporation for Assigned Names...