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Watch a recording of our post ICANN72 webinar where we review the key discussion points from the Annual General Meeting

About 48,000 .EU domain names will become available for general registration on a “first come, first served” basis, ccTLD Registry operator Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), for the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced the relaunch of the ccTLD .BH and the launch of the IDN TLD .البحرين, and NIXI, the Indian Registry, recently launched 29 new zones

In this newsflash we cover the expiry of .XXX block and conversion to AdultBlock, the launch of .DAY by Charleston Road Registry, the expansion of the coverage for the DPML and DPML+ blocking mechanisms, the Registry Lock for .BANK and .INSURANCE domains, and the launch of a blocking mechanism by Shortdot SA designed to block trademark terms across the 5 TLDs in their portfolio

Protecting a brand involves understanding the relationship between domain names, trademarks, patents and copyrights – the four pillars of intellectual property.  However, it is only relatively recently that domain names have become one of the major considerations for organisations compared to the fact that trademark legislation was first passed into English law in 1266!

It is important for any organisation to have a clear domain name strategy that not only defines the key geographies, and thus ccTLDs they need to have registrations in, as well as what IP protection mechanisms they have to provide defensive cover elsewhere.

There are two types of commercial entities in the world today. Those that know their intellectual property is being abused and those that don’t want to know. Technology has brought great opportunities for organisations to grow their global footprint cost-effectively and efficiently, but it has also increased the threat they face in the digital landscape.

ccTLD Registry operator Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), for the Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced the relaunch of the ccTLD .BH and the launch of the IDN TLD .البحرين (.xn--mgbcpq6gpa1a – “.albahrain” in Arabic).

Domains are critical digital assets for organisations.  The value of them increases over time, especially those used for branding purposes.  But sometimes things go wrong.  The risk of cyber- and typo-squatting is a real threat to every organisation but in many cases, the greatest problems are the result of something happening, or not, much closer to home, as our seven deadly sins of domain registrations show.

Having created our whitespace analysis and gained an understanding of what domain names are missing from the domain name portfolio, it is now time to create the strategy for rightsizing and start to deliver the value back to the business.

Once all the names a business owns have been discovered and the internal owners identified, the next step in creating the right sized portfolio is understanding the potential risks today and in the future.