This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Trademark Clearinghouse, what’s become an important service supporting rights protection within the domain name space. After 10-years, we thought it was timely to revisit the benefits of the TMCH to marks owners, as well as review how it protects domain names in practice. What is the Trademark … Read more
The expiry of .XXX Sunrise B blocks are slated to take place after 10-years of preventing unwanted registrations across adult domain extensions for brand owners.
Designed to defend the rights of brand owners, ICANN created the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) to validate and safeguard the intellectual properties of brand owners. Acting as the authoritative database for all registry operators, the TMCH ensures that validated mark owners receive priority access to each domain name ahead of general availability. The increasingly complex nature … Read more