Domain and Trademark Blog

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to decide this week whether the creation of a .xxx top level domain name for adult content is a justifiable move.
ICANN is under increasing pressure from national governments to take into account their demands when making key structure decisions about Internet infrastructure — including …

President Obama’s administration has reiterated calls for increased accountability at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Government officials claim that changes are needed to ensure that the process of overseeing Internet use and the distribution of Web addresses and top level domain names is more transparent.
Larry Strickling, a U.S. Commerce Department assistant secretary, …

Businesses should do everything they can to avoid falling victim to cybersquatting scams and, according to Internet security expert Paul Rubens, setting up a simple domain name renewal process is a step in the right direction for many.
Mr. Rubens claims that the easiest way to lose a domain name to a rival is by simply …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has all but quashed Bulgaria’s hopes of having a custom domain name in Cyrillic.
Bulgaria’s deputy minister for transport, information technologies and communication, Parvan Rusinov, has confirmed that ICANN has refused the country’s top level domain request because the suffix would be too similar to Brazil’s existing …

Long-winded, sector-specific domain names could soon be a thing of the past as Google looks beyond simple keyword density.
According to IT expert and Reel SEO contributor Jeremy Scott, Google is constantly updating its algorithms and the importance of specific websites to the Internet-using public is in constant flux.
The rule changes are often not just cosmetic, …

Security analysts have widely condemned the use of misleading Japanese earthquake domain names to scam unsuspecting supporters of the Japanese people out of money.
According to Forbes, there has been a predictable deluge of websites created in the aftermath of the Japanese quake with the sole aim of siphoning off aid money.
Internet users have already registered …

The introduction of a profusion of new top level domain names will change the face of online trademark disputes, it has been claimed.
According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) chief executive officer Rob Beckstrom, the days of companies and individuals fighting over a limited number of domain names will soon be …

Search engine giant Google has introduced a new feature that will allow Web users to block domain names that they expect lead to sites containing spam and malware.
Google hopes the new feature will allow Web users to tailor their searches and reduce their risk of falling victim to cybercrime.
The ‘Block all domain name search results’ …

A protest campaign aimed at derailing ICM Registry’s .xxx top level domain name application has been ratcheted up as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) prepares to introduce a range of new Web address suffixes.
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), which is made up of representatives from the adult entertainment industry, claims that …

The impending introduction of a plethora of new top level domain names will change the face of Web address reselling, it has been claimed.
According to Alexa Raad, the former chief executive officer of the .org registry, the walls between wholesale domain name sellers and companies that re-issue domain names to consumers are already beginning to …