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My third installment regarding gTLD objections — and understanding exactly what's required for an objector to prevail — moves to the more complex community-based objections. For those getting their first exposure to this unwieldy beast, pull up a chair...

In this blog post, Soumya Deshawar, a student of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, analyzes the topic “Domain Name Dispute”. This blog explains the meaning of a Domain name dispute, how the Indian Legislation treats it, and how such a dispute...

Sunrise refers to a stipulated period during which trademark owners may defensively preregister domain names in new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) prior to the registrar accepting registrations from the general public. This initial period is followed...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is in the process of introducing new top-level domains to the Internet as per its New gTLD Program. This program is expected to add well over 1,000 new TLDs to the handful...

During the recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, ICANN CEO engaged in an interview in which he touted the purported benefits of the new gTLD program. Unfortunately, in the course of those remarks he appeared to accuse domain portfolio...