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Do Trademarks Always Trump Domain Names? Not always.

Online start-ups are faced with the daunting task of selecting a domain name that will withstand legal challenges. There’s a general belief among online start-ups that a trademark owner will always trump a domain name registrant with the same or confusingly similar domain name. That’s not always the result… as two recent 2010 UDRP decisions point out. The UDRP What is the UDRP, and why is it important?

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.CO Domain Names Landrush: Boom or Bust?

The new .CO domain name extension is being hyped as a must-have for all business websites. But is it worth the inflated price? It’s the latest domain name extension to be opened to the public worldwide. Domain name registrars have been hyping the “.CO Landrush” and have even extended this “pre-registration” period an additional three days, to July 16. In the days of the 1849 California Gold Rush, more miners went bust than boom when seeking that elusive gem stone. Will .CO turn out to be another case of Fool’s Gold? The fee to reserve a .co name during the Landrush ranges from about $230 to $300 for the first year. I wonder what all the fuss is about.

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.CO Domain Names Landrush: Boom or Bust?

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Historic day on the web as first non-Latin domains become available

For the first time ever, non-Latin characters are in use for top level domains. The first countries to have these are Saudi Arabia, Egypt and United Arab Emirates. This is the result of an ICANN process known as the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process which started in October 2009. So far 21 requests for IDN ccTLD (Internationalised Domain Name Country Code Top Level Domains) have been received and 13 of these have passed through the second of 3 stages of the process.

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Historic day on the web as first non-Latin domains become available