Internet Grows to 246 Million Domain Names Q3 2012

More than five million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names as of Sept. 30, 2012, to more than 246 million worldwide across all Top-Level Domains, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, published by VeriSign, Inc.

The increase of 5.7 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 2.4 percent over the second quarter of 2012, and marks the seventh straight quarter with greater than 2 percent growth. Worldwide registrations have grown by 26.4 million, or 12 percent, since the third quarter of 2011.

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Deloitte Releases Trademark Clearinghouse Prices

With potentially over a 1,000 new TLDs on the internet, ICANN designed a Clearinghouse as a single database of authenticated registered trademarks to protect brands and their intellectual property rights

This week, Deloitte released a PDF containing its new trademark clearinghouse fee structure. The Trademark Clearinghouse is the central repository for validated trademarks for the purpose of protecting brands in ICANN’s new gTLD program. Their Pricing document sets forth the fee structure and relevant fees that the Trademark Clearinghouse may charge Trademark Holders and Trademark Agents for providing the Trademark Clearinghouse validation function.

Companies who wish to register trademarks in the clearinghouse database will pay between $150 and $95 per trademark per year depending on the volume of their registrations. Discounts kick in at 3000 registrations and can be designated from one to 5 years at a time.

Visit the Trademark Clearinghouse website… |

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Until I can go myself, this is fun to look at:

One day…

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ICANN’s Latest Updates

ICANN is trying to keep stakeholders informed on what is happening with new TLDs. But there are always questions:

Here, ICANN’s Board Chairman, Steve Crocker gives some of the latest updates. Several questions are answered and updates given. If you care about new TLDs it’s worth watching.

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