gTLD Strategy
First Applications Pass Initial Evaluation
FairWinds Partners — March 25, 2013 On March 22, ICANN announced the first 27 applications for new gTLDs that passed Initial Evaluation. The 27 applications that passed and ...
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Food Fight
FairWinds Partners — March 20, 2013 A few days after ICANN’s new gTLD Objection Filing period closed last Wednesday evening, the first objections are beginning to be made ...
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Buzzer Beaters
FairWinds Partners — March 12, 2013 The clock is winding down to the close of ICANN’s period to file objections against new gTLD applications. With the deadline of ...
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ICANN Posts Proposed “Final” New gTLD Registry Agreement
FairWinds Partners — May 2, 2013 ICANN has posted a “Proposed Final New gTLD Registry Agreement” for public comment, and it’s no surprise many gTLD applicants are not ...
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Backing Out: Before Withdrawing a New gTLD Application, Consider the Costs
FairWinds Partners — February 25, 2013 General Motors’ decision to withdraw three of its five new gTLD applications, which became public last week when the status of those ...
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Setting the PIC
FairWinds Partners — February 12, 2013 ICANN made some serious waves during its most recent New gTLD Applicant Update webinar when it announced, among other notices, that it ...
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Faux gTLDs in Ads: A .YEAH or a .OHNO?
FairWinds Partners — February 4, 2013 After this weekend, many blogs are, as expected, buzzing about the commercials aired during the Super Bowl. But there is another commercial ...
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New Year, New ICANN?
FairWinds Partners — February 1, 2013 The ICANN staff has had a very busy month, jetting around the globe to meet with various stakeholders, constituencies and other groups. ...
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Getting with the .PROGRAM
FairWinds Partners — January 29, 2013 With all the attention and fervor surrounding the gTLDs that are poised to launch as part of the New gTLD Program, it’s ...
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Putting a Price on Peace of Mind
FairWinds Partners — January 24, 2013 Though they have not yet announced when the new gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will officially open for registrations, providers Deloitte and IBM ...
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Reining in the Rogue
FairWinds Partners — January 18, 2013 At FairWinds, one of the services we offer clients is a sort of “spring cleaning” of their domain name registrations. We know ...
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ICANN Update: Dates for Clarifying Questions and Contention Sets Announced
FairWinds Partners — January 11, 2013 During today’s new gTLD applicant update webinar, ICANN made some important announcements regarding the timing of upcoming milestones in the new gTLD ...
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