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CrossFit, Inc. Files UDRP Over 100+ "CrossFit" Domains

CrossFit, Inc. filed a UDRP Complaint yesterday which listed over a hundred domains containing its CROSSFIT name/mark. Most of the domain names simply tack on a location or city name to the term prefix "crossfit". …
NetFlix Files UDRP For Netflix.us

NetFlix filed a UDRP complaint with the National Arbitration Forum earlier today for the domain name www.netflix.us. …
UDRP Panel Finds Lack of Trademark Rights Over Doctor "Gripe" Site

On May 1, 2013, a three-member Panel of the National Arbitration Forum (“NAF”) denied a UDRP claim brought on April 1, 2013 by Dr. Daniel Taheri of the LA Laser Center, P.C. (“Complainant”) against an entity listed as EMC2 (“Respondent”) over the domain name . This case is of particular interest because the decision was made on the determination that Complainant did not satisfy the first of three requirements for a prima facie case which is unusual. …
ICANN Posts New Draft Registry Agreement

Earlier today ICANN posted a new draft version of the Registry Agreement (RA) that "will serve as the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators." …
ICANN Taking Comments on GAC Advice

ICANN opened up a new Comment Period to solicit views on what to do about the recent advice from the Government Advisory Committee ("GAC"). The GAC provided a number of suggestions regarding "safeguards" to the New gTLD system via its Beijing Communique which was released at the Beijing ICANN meeting on April 11, 2013. …

Media Coverage

Inc.com covers the explosion of new gTLDs and provides insight from DomainSkate’s David Mitnick.

David Mitnick discusses how brands (small and large) should think about the new Top Level Domains.

DomainSkate’s CEO David Mitnick reports on the New gTLD Brand Congress for CircleId.

DomainSkate article on status of new gTLD program picked up by TechDirt.com: “ICANN Boss: We’re Not Ready To Launch These Half-Baked New gTLDs, So Let’s Launch Them”.

CEO David Mitnick wrote in CircleID that the ICANN CEO’s public comments last week about the questionable readiness of ICANN’s infrastructure to launch the new Global Top Level Domain (gTLD) program are concerning and must be quickly and effectively addressed. Read DomainSkate on CircleID: ICANN CEO’s Admission that ICANN is Not Ready For New gTLDs Should Be Of Concern to Everyone.

CEO David Mitnick wrote an article for Circleid.com on the controversy regarding potential ownership of new gTLDs being owned by companies like Amazon and Google. Read: Amazon, Google And The Prospect of Closed gTLDs – Don’t Believe the Hype

DomainSkate CEO David Mitnick and COO Howard Greenstein joined host Bennet Kelley on the CyberLaw and Business Report to discuss the ICANN Global Top Level Domain (gTLD) Reveal Day. You can hear them during the 2nd half-hour of the show linked above.

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