By: Amy G. Marino
Williams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to accept new applications from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012 for hundreds of new generic top-level domains
(gTLDs, e.g., .com, .net, .org), in the wake of recent urging from the Department of Commerce and anxious brand owning stakeholders to reevaluate its plan and implement measures to enhance consumer protection. When the application period opens Jan. 12, entities that meet ICANN’s background and technical operations requirements (along with the $185,000 evaluation fee) may apply to run their own registry. For example, applicants may apply for new top-level domains containing a brand name or a generic term. Click here to read entire article.
