The Internet is becoming a much bigger and more complex place for trademark owners, and ICANN’s New gTLD Program is something more for trademark counsel to consider as part of world wide protection of ...

The universe of domain names within the internet is undergoing radical change and businesses need to be aware of how to navigate in this new world. On June 20, 2011, the Internet Corporation for ...

As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers moves forward, despite ongoing concerns, with its decision to launch a program to sell new generic top-level domains, the organization should ...

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ICANN will open applications for new top-level domains in April 2026. The next round is certainly going to be interesting.

The 2026 Round Applicant Guidebook is available in English; an HTML version will be available before the end of January 2026. ICANN will provide translations of the guidebook in Arabic, Chinese, ...

“The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) used 2011 to try to push customized and expensive top-level domains (i.e. Volkswagen buying .vw or Wells Fargo buying .bank). “ “This ...

As the New gTLD Program has rolled out over the course of the past few years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has made a number of program changes along the way. One of ...

The global internet naming authority ICANN is set to open the next application window for new generic top-level domains ...

You know that $185,000 you’ve been saving up to register .zomgilovearstechnica as your very own generic Top Level Domain (gTLD)? It looks like you’ll have to wait a bit longer. On Thursday, the ...

ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery contest part of its new Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program, which was destined to decide which gTLD applications would be handled first, the organization ...