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8 TB&I news Two heavyweights of the porn industry are taking ICANN and ICM Registry to court over the .xxx TLD; technology companies and business associations are worrying about the US Stop Online Piracy Act; and France is launching a new domain name dispute resolution system. Read these stories and more in the launch issue of TB&I.
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The new gTLDs: ask the experts The application period for ICANN’s new generic top-level domains initiative opens in January. Before what may prove to be the most momentous change to the Internet since its inception, TB&I invited six experts to discuss the developments at Hogan Lovells LLP’s London office.
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the Internet The forthcoming INTA conference will address some of the questions about the new TLDs which are looming for IP and brand professionals who do business online.
26 Everything changes The application round for new TLDs is rapidly approaching. TB&I talks to Sarah Langstone of .com registry Verisign about what brand owners can expect if they decide to apply for a TLD.
30 Social media: successfully navigating risk Social media networks are growing by the day. For brands, this presents a clear opportunity, but there are pitfalls too. Ben Allgrove explains.
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Trademark RPMs: what do they mean for you? The new generic top-level domains require a lot of trademark protection work, writes Petter Rindforth.
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