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IP Summit: Microsoft attorney urges rights owners to prepare now for gTLDs

Rights owners should begin developing their enforcement strategies for protecting their marks in the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) space, Microsoft attorney Russell Pangborn has warned.

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Google drops three gTLDs, loses $166,500

6 December 2012 Google has withdrawn three of its applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) because they matched three-letter country codes that cannot be registered under the programme.

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Study warns brands about gTLD consumer confusion

13 December 2012 Brand owners must effectively educate consumers about their new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in order to combat the “inevitable” confusion that they will create, a study has shown.

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First gTLDs to launch later than expected

11 January 2013 The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will probably launch towards the end of 2013, according to the chairman of the board at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

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