Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Sunrise Period for .ECO & more.

Today is day one of the .ECO Sunrise Period. It means that owners of a Trademark - who have submitted an application to the Trademark Clearinghouse to protect their Trademark online - are allowed to register their domain name ending in ".eco" (instead of ".com").

There were four applicants for a .ECO new gTLD:
  1. Big Room Inc
  2. Planet Dot Eco, LLC
  3. Little Birch, LLC
  4. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Fortunately for .ECO, the application for the .ECOM new gTLD was withdrawn. The SUNRISE PERIOD:
  • STARTS: Wednesday, 1 February, 2017 - 16:00;
  • ENDS: Sunday, 2 April, 2017 - 16:00.
For full details about the Sunrise Period, check the Trademark Clearinghouse's calendar.

Good to know
The purpose of .ECO is to:
  1. Allow members of the Community to more easily identify themselves and other Community members online and to prevent misuse of .ECO domain names that could lead to confusion.
  2. Utilize the power of the Internet to foster transparency, information sharing, communication and exchange of ideas to promote environmental goals, interests and values, amongst Community members and those who are exploring that opportunity.
  3. Provide a platform for accurate and non-deceptive information and reliable resources to encourage environmental awareness and action on sustainability.
What you missed in our previous Newsletters:
  1. HOT - Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 3: the Geos);
  2. China Domain Name Development Conference:
    1. Trends of new gTLDs in the China Market;
    2. TLD entry license and review;
    3. Domain industry development trends in China;
  3. Dispute: the domain names at issue are <kelloggs.store> and <kelloggs.link>;
  4. .BRAND new domain names in use:
    1. SAP: https://analytics-extensions.enter.sap
    2. JCB:
      1. Indonesia: http://www.id.jcb/id
      2. Viêt Nam: http://www.vn.jcb/vi
      3. Hong-Kong: http://www.hk.jcb/zh
    3. Sohu: http://m.sohu
  5. DomainWire Global TLD Report 2016/4;
  6. French - DNS News (edito Janvier 2017):
    1. Coup de blues pour les titulaires chinois:
    2. Etat statistique des nTLDs au samedi 28/01/17;
    3. Des « terminated » nTLDs aux prémices du 2e round ;
    4. Gouvernance : espoirs et craintes autour du nouveau président américain.
  7. HOT - Brand TLDs 2016 Year-End Status;
  8. URS for IGOs' second level domains?
  9. RPMs for New Top-Level Domains (TLDs);
  10. Donuts & .WEB: request dismissed;
  11. HOT - Backend talks: "There is more than just the price" in a new gTLD offer (podcast);
  12. Patent (concerns new gTLD): company proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes;
  13. .BRAND new gTLDs:
    1. SCB: https://bike.scb;
    2. SCHWARZ: https://www.bereit.schwarz/.
    3. Redstone:
      1. Career: http://career.redstone;
      2. Curiel: http://curiel.redstone/Job offers (new gTLDs).
  14. Jobs (new gTLDs):
    1. Sr. Program Manager, Registry/Registrar Operations and Partnerships;
    2. Sr. Product Manager, Amazon Registry Services;
    3. Technical Program Manager - Top Level Domains.
  15. Domain Name Industry Forecast;
  16. HOT - 110 Active Brand TLDs - Europe & Asia Lead (infrographic);
  17. How the Fight to Own .ART Illustrates the Art World’s Inherent Contradictions;
  18. Some new gTLDs just turned 3;
  19. More ".BRANDs":
    1. NEC: https://nisf2017sg.nec
    2. NICO: http://www.nnn.ed.nico
    3. OTSUKA: http://www.lilium.otsuka
    4. The NRA: http://grant.nra
  20. Latest ICANN Newsletters: A source for new gTLD information;
  21. Sunrise Periods:
    1. The .ECO Sunrise Period starts tomorrow: Wednesday, 1 February, 2017;
    2. The .ART Sunrise Period ends next week: Tuesday, 7 February, 2017.
      (check the calendar).

.BRAND new gTLD Reports are updated once a month: CLICK HERE !