New gTLDs for the Law

We listed 10 new gTLDs related to the law and only one of them is a dotBrand. Surprisingly, it is the only .BRAND new gTLD to be offering to submit new gTLD applications to the ICANN : shouldn't this be considered when thinking of a company to submit your new gTLD application in round two of the ICANN new gTLD program? We think so.

This month, one extension keeps diving into the red for the third month in a row but three others are gaining a significant number of registrations.

We recently added the .ESQ new gTLD which belongs to Google and the funny thing is that it's been launched a very long ago but...no one noticed it. Here is what the new gTLD application says about .ESQ: "The purpose of the proposed gTLD is to provide a forum for lawyers and law practices to offer content related to their profession. ʺEsq.ʺ is typically used to refer to an individual who has been sworn in or accepted into their stateʹs or countryʹs bar. The mission of the proposed gTLD is to provide a dedicated domain space in which verified legal professionals can enact unique second-level domains."

Congratulations to the .LEGAL new gTLD which passes the 10,000 domain name registrations.

Oh, and yes, we consider that the .BAR new gTLD should be added to the 2017 LAW new gTLD report :-)

The list of new gTLD concerned:

1. .LAWYER
2. .LEGAL
3. .ATTORNEY
4. .LAW
5. .PARTNERS
6. .BAR
7. .ASSOCIATES
8. .ABOGADO
9. .FAIRWINDS ®
10. .ESQ

The full report is available here and we welcome more .BRAND TLD suggestions to be added to this report.

Dot Exemption: Privacy, ICANN and the Need for Flexibility in “All Applicable Laws”

ICANN’s contractual framework, as reflected in the Registry Agreement and 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), generally requires that registries and registrars comply with “all applicable laws.” “All applicable laws” is a term left undefined in the Registry Agreement; the challenge in concisely capturing the temporal, geographic and subject matter scope of the chimeric phrase as it relates to Internet-based registries operating in different fields (e.g., health, finance, organic) worldwide is daunting. As a result, ICANN adopted a uniformity-by-necessity approach – and who doesn’t intend to comply with all applicable laws in any event?

Read the entire Article on gTLD.club:
http://gtld.club/2014/04/08/dot-exemption-privacy-icann-and-the-need-for-flexibility-in-all-applicable-laws/

Tony Onorato is Counsel / CIPP/US at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in New York (www.steptoe.com). He advised gTLD clients representing nearly 10 percent of all application filed worldwide as part of his technology and commercial litigation practice.

Lawsuit against Domain Venture Partners dismissed

Domain Venture Partners can report that a lawsuit brought against it by Mr David E Ways in 2012 was dismissed on 16th August 2013.

“Domain Venture Partners is pleased that this claim has been dismissed” said Iain Roache, chairman of Domain Venture Partners.

• Read the official announcement here;
• Download the official dismissal here;
• Article about the story published in Domain Name Wire : "Man claims he and friends were duped for $123,000 in new top level domain scheme".

Straat to apply for 13 Top-Level Domains

Spotted by Domain Name Wire, STRAAT, an investment company run by entrepreneurs and internet geeks has applied for 13 Top-Level Domains:

1. .APP (6 applicants);
2. .BOOK (2 applicants);
3. .CORP (3 applicants);
4. .DESIGN (5 applicants);
5. .GMBH (2 applicants);
6. .GROUP (2 applicants);
7. .INC (3 applicants);
8. .LAW (4 applicants);
9. .LLC (4 applicants);
10. .LTD;
11. .MOVIE (3 applicants);
12. .TECH (2 applicants);
13. .WEB (5 applicants).

More information about Straat here.

.LEI Top-Level Domain

Found on the Financial TLDs web site, the .LEI Top-Level Domain is a highly technical concept which means "Legal Identifiers".

It is explained here

It is possible .LEI could be changed to .LEGID, also possibly because the word "lei" in Portuguese means "Law" in English and there is a .law new gTLD project.

.LAW Top-Level Domain

A Top-Level Domain for legal professionals :

http://www.tldinvest.net/?s=projects#dotlaw