Trademark Clearinghouse Tag Archives - Webnames Corporate https://webnamescorporate.com/tag/trademark-clearinghouse/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:55:32 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://webnamescorporate.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-blue-gray-1-32x32.png Trademark Clearinghouse Tag Archives - Webnames Corporate https://webnamescorporate.com/tag/trademark-clearinghouse/ 32 32 Preventing Zombie Domains: Why Expired Domains Are a Serious Security Risk—and What Brands Can Do to Protect Themselves https://webnamescorporate.com/preventing-zombie-domains-why-expired-domains-are-a-serious-security-risk-and-what-brands-can-do-to-protect-themselves/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:30:35 +0000 https://webnamescorporate.com/?p=8058 As experts in enterprise domain portfolio management, we have seen the following scenario happen too often. A brand lets a domain registration lapse, and almost instantaneously a specialized drop‑catch service is used to register it, then it quickly gets repurposed to take advantage of the trust your brand has spent years building. Bad actors can ... Read more

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]]> Trademark Clearinghouse: Reliable Protection for Brands & Marks in the Domain Space https://webnamescorporate.com/trademark-clearinghouse-reliable-brand-protection-for-marks-in-the-domain-space/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:59:58 +0000 https://webnamescorporate.com/?p=6003 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.

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]]> AdultBlock & Expiring Sunrise B Domains: A Primer for Brand Owners https://webnamescorporate.com/adultblock-expiring-sunrise-b-domains-a-primer-for-brand-owners/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:34:23 +0000 https://webnamescorporate.com/?p=5503 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.

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]]> Trademark Clearinghouse Primer https://webnamescorporate.com/resources/trademark-clearinghouse-primer/ Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:35:00 +0000 https://corporate.webnames.ca/?p=1612 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

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