Archive for February, 2009

To paint the launch of a host of new gTLDs with a tar brush of trademark criticism is to ignore the chance to create new global markets based on communities of interest.

A video update on the Applicant Guidebook and the overall new gTLD process has been posted.

The update features CEO Paul Twomey, COO Doug Brent and Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz talking through where the process for introducing new generic top-level domains currently rests, and what the path forward will be.

Trademark holders have no reason to register a domain name in a newTLD if the domain name is not going to get any traffic. Spammers and phishers have adequate options for registering similar sounding domain names in existing TLDs without having to bother with new TLDs.