Domain Name Trademarking: Brilliant Move Or Foolish Endeavor?
The temptation to get a leg up on rivals by trying to trademark a URL seems like a more solid gamble these days, thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. While one well-known online travel company single-handedly turned the tide, it might be a trickier proposition for media companies looking to do the same.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix […]
Do You Know Where Your Domain Names Are?
There are two recurring problems involving domain names striking regularly. These problematic issues are: the failure to renew domain names and a continuing tendency to register valuable domain names in someone else’s name. While both may seem innocuous, they can cause major problems down the line. Let’s took a look at the reasons why.
The three most important words in broadcasting are “news,” “video” and “live.” The industry can emphasize its relationship to these words and values by making them a central component of our Web identity.
As video is watched on smartphones and laptops rather than on living room couches, the .tv suffix has become for some companies a chance to signal that they are showing video the way people are increasingly used to seeing it, with some190 million Americans watching online video content last month.
Exclusives
Groups able to pay the $185,000 application can petition next year for new updates to “.com” and “.net” with suffixes using nearly any word in any language, including in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided at a meeting in Singapore today.
