The new gTLD info for Thursday, May 26th

It seems that more and more Registrants have Faith: as seen in the new gTLD report - updated today - related to religions almost 3,000 more domain names were just registered recently. Some French .BRANDs must be doing tests with their domain names: some zone files are losing registrations.

1. Article - Le réveil des “.marque” français;
2. Article - Why Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo did not apply for the .email new gTLD;
3. INTA - The new gTLD string ‘.tube’ is currently in sunrise;
4. Article - dot Citic, dot 中信 - an ambitious domain name project;
5. New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
6. New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD application;
7. Launching - Results of the .GAME new gTLD launching;
8. The chinese .TRADEMARK new gTLD organized a dinner at INTA;
9. Количество регистраций new gTLD доменов уже за пределами 18 млн;
10. Multiple Registry profit triples with a revenue up to 70%;
11. URS - audi.auto and audi.cars: "Complainant has demonstrated all three elements of the URS by a standard of clear and convincing evidence";
12. CentralNic charging its larger registry customers well under $1 per name?
13. Article - "How the gTLD project made it worse";
14. Article - Verisign says new gTLDs put millions at risk;
15. More coming during the day: subscribe.

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Le .Club, un registre victime de son succès

Si le registre .Club excelle dans l’art d’installer ses noms de domaine partout dans le monde, il est aussi aujourd’hui la nouvelle extension Internet la plus contestée.

Il existe un Top 10 des nouvelles extensions Internet les plus enregistrés. Dans l’ordre; l’extension “.club” est en troisième place avec plus de 700 000 noms enregistrés:

1. .XYZ : 2 336 651
2. .TOP : 1 130 198
3. .CLUB (par exemple: www.gtld.club) : 709 794
4. .WANG : 633 489
5. .WIN : 618 035
6. .网址 : 346 286 (“adresse Internet” en Chinois)
7. .SCIENCE : 341 795
8. .LINK : 267 681
9. .REN : 238 491 (veut dire “être humain” en Chinois)
10. .PARTY : 225 530

Source: ntldstats.com

Pourtant en troisième place du classement et alors que le volume des enregistrements ne représente que le tiers de celui du .XYZ, c’est bien l’extension .CLUB qui est la plus utilisée à des fins parfois questionnables.

Des noms de domaine squattés
Comme l’indique le Registre lui même, les noms de domaine “.club” sont les nouvelles adresses Internet les plus contestées lors de procédures juridiques de type UDRP et URS.

Pour rappel, une procédure UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) est la procédure qui permet de contester l’enregistrement d’un nom de domaine et d’ordonner son transfert à son propriétaire. La procédure URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System), quant à elle, est une procédure plus rapide, moins coûteuse mais qui ne permet pas d’ordonner le transfert du nom de domaine. On se demande d’ailleurs l’intérêt d’une telle procédure quand on sait que le nom de domaine, pour être récupérable, doit retomber dans le domaine public; laissant ainsi la possibilité à un tiers de l’enregistrer à ce moment là.

Cinquante trois cas de procédures étaient enregistrés pas le NAF, le forum d’arbitrage et de médiation pour les noms de domaine, au 11 février 2016.

Afin de remédier à cette montée en puissance des litiges liés aux noms de domaine “.club”, le Registre a décidé de s’adresser aux Directions Juridiques et Conseils en Propriété Industrielle lors du prochain rendez-vous de l’INTA à Toronto.

C’est paradoxal, mais qu’on le veuille ou non, le nombre de cas de squatting de noms de domaine est aussi un indicateur du succès d’une nouvelle extension Internet.

(article was also published on the JDN)

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The new gTLD info for Wednesday the 17th

A warm "happy birthday" to the .SYDNEY new gTLD and a short word on Registry-Specific Policies. You probably heard about the URD and the UDRP procedures but did you know that some Registries have their own procedures?

1. Registry-Specific Policies:
1. .NYC new gTLD
2. .MUSIC
3. .NGO - .ONG
4. .FROGANS
5. .XXX
6. .ADULT
7. .PORN
8. .SEX
9. .PRO - .NAME - .BIZ (old TLDs)
10. .SITE
11. .TECH
12. .VOTE - .VOTO
13. .COLLEGE
14. Check the complete list is available in our Newsletter (tonight);
2. Another "Multiple Registry" passes 2 million domain registrations;
3. The .SYDNEY Registry is one year old;
4. .SHOP will be around earlier than expected!
5. Association launches initiative within the domain name ecosystem;
6. 3 articles on "Multiple registry": proud of the performance of its team;
7. HOT: update on registration figures for .CLOUD new gTLD;
8. More articles on .CLOUD (two more);
9. More coming during the day.

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The new gTLD info for Monday the 8th

This is the recap of this week-end's information with the one from Monday. Note that more information is added during the day and the complete details are published in our Newsletter in the evening (sent at 8:00 PM CET). We are happy to add that we do not copy-paste articles but we provide a brief explanation for each article of them with a link to the official information.

This week-end was about the Super Bowl 50 and the new gTLD industry's question was: "which Brand will use a new domain name for its advertisement during the Super Bowl?" Answer in our Newsletter tonight.

I collected interesting info about resolutions approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on new gTLDs, found a good article to promote new gTLDs and a presentation with an "Etat des Lieux" on RPMs.

Starting 3 Feb, https://t.co/l2qABY1q2l has been removed from the zone and no longer resolves. #ICANN #newgtlds

— TLDWatch (@TLDwatch) February 7, 2016

1. HOT: Super Bowl 50: were there any new domain names advertised?
2. Tips from a Registry in regards to buying a domain name;
3. The ICANN has a new CEO (welcome and...good luck :-)
4. Approved Resolutions by the ICANN Board concerning specific new gTLDs;
5. Q&A: what happens to my domain name if the extension fails?
6. Guess who paid for this article about new gTLDs? :-)
7. Very good use of a .FILM domain name and explanation.
8. Presentation on ICANN Right Protection Mechanims: where are we?
9. Whois recent accomplishments;
10. Adoption of new gTLDs;
11. New gTLD Statistics:
1. Cities new gTLDs;
2. New gTLDs related to Catering;
3. New gTLDs related to Photopgraphy;
4. The French new gTLD report by Nameshield.
12. Article on the .HOSPITAL new gTLD;
13. More coming during the day....

Subscribers to the Newsletter have received the recap of last week's complete information. Note that this email was sent today at 11 AM CET but it shall then be sent on coming Sundays at 9PM CET (so it is in your emails already when hard workers like you turn their computers on in the morning).

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The new gTLD info of the day (Wednesday)

Conference
Impact of the new gTLDs
The fifth Domain Forum will be organized on December 4th, 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Instead of just presentations, the agenda is focused on interaction with the community, and will be composed of discussion panels involving local and international experts. This year Domain Forum will become a regional event with focus on the domain industry in the SEE region.
http://www.domainforum.global/agenda

Adjustment of new gTLD RPMs
The principal question raised by the Report was whether the review and possible adjustment of new gTLD RPMs and the review and potential reform of the UDRP should be combined or separated. On that key decision, our comment letter said that the RPMs should be addressed prior to the UDRP review for these reasons:

http://www.internetcommerce.org/rpm-udrp-review/

Giving Away A Premium Domain Everyday
The daily contest started yesterday and the first domain name won was housing.global and Damon Barnard was the lucky winner In all there are $50,000 worth of .GLOBAL premium names to be won!
http://www.thedomains.com/2015/12/02/global-is-giving-away-a-premium-domain-everyday-until-christmas-housing-global-was-the-1st/

It’s official: new gTLDs didn’t kill anyone
The introduction of new gTLDs posed no risk to human life.
http://domainincite.com/19662-its-official-new-gtlds-didnt-kill-anyone

New gTLD Program Statistics
As of (as of 27 November 2015)

• Total Applications Submitted: 1930
• Delegated: 803
• Withdrawn: 557
• Will Not Proceed/Not Approved: 36
• Currently Proceeding through New gTLD Program: 534

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/statistics

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Nouvelles extensions Internet : URS ou UDRP ?

J’ai hésité à plusieurs reprises avant de choisir le titre de cet article. J’hésitais entre celui indiqué ci-dessus (plus Corporate) et les deux ci-après: “Nouveaux gTLDs: si j’étais un cybersquatteur...” et, “Nouveaux gTLDs: l’URS, le nouvel outil des cybersquatteurs”.

Dans la “vraie vie”, j’aurais opté pour le troisième titre car les marques ont vraiment du souci à se faire dans les prochaines années. Entre sa marque qu’il faudra défendre à chaque fois qu’une personne mal intentionnée enregistrera la dite marque en .sucks ou en .wtf (qui veut aussi dire en anglais “what the fuck”) et le budget explosif associé à l’enregistrement défensif de nouveaux noms de domaine, le temps perdu à tenter de trouver “qui” intente à votre marque et quelles sont les démarches à entreprendre pour faire face, il est une méthode - jusqu’à aujourd’hui déjà très bien utilisée par les cybersquatteurs - qui devrait causer beaucoup plus de tort aux marques. Quel responsable des noms de domaine pour le compte de son Entreprise n’a pas déjà reçu d’e-mails pour racheter un nom de domaine curieusement proche de sa marque ?
Lire la suite sur le Journal Du Net:
http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/expert/56824/nouvelles-extensions-internet---urs-ou-udrp.shtml

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Will Uniform Rapid Suspension Be a Substitute for Defensive Domain Name Registrations?

Many law firms and Intellectual Property departments in charge of managing brands and domain names for their customers or businesses must have had that same question: "how do I protect a brand online under the ICANN new gTLD program?" The first potential answer that is usually offered up to an enquirer is: "the Trademark Clearinghouse does that".

The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is not protection mechanism; rather it is a privileged access to registering domain names prior to registry launch.

Read my article on CircleId.