Dorsey eUpdate: Protecting Your Brand in DotChaos and Updates from ICANN's Meeting in Cairo

November 11, 2008

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Name Application Process and Updates from ICANN's November 2008 Meeting in Cairo

Update – Public Comment Period Open on New Draft Applicant Guidebook.

Are you concerned about how the upcoming expansion of the world’s domain name system will impact your brand and your budget? Do you have questions about how to apply for your own generic top-level domain name (“gTLD”) or how to object if someone applies to register your trademark as a gTLD? If so, now is the time to ask your questions and voice your concerns. The draft implementation plan for the new gTLD regime is available online for public comment at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) website until December 8. If you are a trademark owner, you should act quickly to decide whether to register your own gTLD, to develop strategies for protecting your brands in the new digital frontier, and to submit your comments on the draft implementation plan.

New Timeline.

The public comment period for the Draft RFP opened on October 24, 2008 and will last for 45 days, closing on December 8, 2008. Application filing dates have not been set (but are currently predicted to begin in June or July 2009), and a number of portions of the application process remain under development. ICANN claims it will release additional information for public comment in the near future. The final RFP is expected to be released in the middle of the first quarter of 2009.

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