New gTLDs discussed at INTA meeting

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New gTLDs discussed at INTA meeting


The International Trademark Association's 130th meeting closed yesterday in Berlin. Domain names were once again a major topic, with ICANN invited to speak about new gTLDs and IDNs.

ICANN chief registrar liaison Tim Cole discussed new gTLDs and IDNs during a workshop held at the International Trademark Association's 130th meeting in Berlin.


"As a former trademark attorney and INTA member, I was very happy to come here and discuss what's going on at ICANN and in the domain name industry." On Tuesday May 20th, ICANN's chief registrar liaison Tim Cole addressed a couple of hundred people in the Berlin International Convention Center's main auditorium during a session entitle "trademarks and the Internet, hot topics".

As can be expected, the possibility of seeing new gTLDs introduced sometime next year (see box) is at the forefront of the Intellectual Property community's mind. "We focused on the dispute resolution mechanisms that are being looked at as part of this process," Cole told Domaines.Info during an interview after his INTA presentation. "The IP community has concerns about the amount of money that might have to be spent on protection in new extensions. But people here are also very enthusiastic about the new possibilities that launching additional namespaces will bring. INTA is an international organisation and people recognise that a major part of the Internet's growth is being driven by countries outside the US and that there is a very real need for IDNs and new gTLDs."

In addition, the possible launch of new gTLDs was obviously a very apt topic for this INTA meeting as .BERLIN is one of the new projects being readied as the first of a new type of extension, "city TLDs".

Even though the new gTLDs being discussed would be part of a new "request for proposals" process, the third one initiated by ICANN since it was created in 1998, some extensions okayed in the previous round have yet to be launched.

One example is .TEL, scheduled for release before the end of the year with a sunrise period planned for Q4 2008. At INTA, .TEL registry Telnic's senior VP for business development and policy revealed that final pricing for the new domain would be confirmed at ICANN's next international meeting, which will be held in Paris in June.

http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/204/new-gtlds-discussed-at-inta-meeting.php

 

[Timewarp]

ICANN needs to run .TEL by the department of redundancy department.

 

[weblord]

kinda obsolete in here we seldom use it we use .mobi here

ICANN needs to run .TEL by the department of redundancy department.

 

[Jackie]

ICANN needs to run .TEL by the department of redundancy department.

.TEL isn't .MOBI... people, and that's been discussed many times on this forum. :notme:
http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/312670-tel-vs-mobi-get-it-right.html
http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/2007/03/tel_and_mobi_le.html

 

[Dean]

will .tel be open for anyone to reg or will they try and actually get it to be used for what its intended to be used?

 

[Timewarp]

The good news about .TEL is that all the people who bought into .asia are no longer holding the worst extension ever.

 

[Kate]

The good news about .TEL is that all the people who bought into .asia are no longer holding the worst extension ever.

:hehe:

Note to newbies: .tel is NOT for websites, there are no speculation opportunities whatsoever :yell:

http://www.domisfera.com/deep-interview-about-tel-domains-with-benjamin-blumenthal-from-telnic/

(3) What is the difference between .tel and the other top level domains?

With the exception of .tel, all the other TLDs point to websites.

For example: IBM.com, Telnic.org and Google.es all direct the viewer to a website with online content. The new .mobi domain also routes people to websites that are appropriately formatted for small screens.

By contrast, the .tel uses its top level domain and the DNS (Domain Name System) in an entirely new way and for an entirely new purpose. Instead of routing people to online website to view content, the .tel points directly to people and businesses’ contact information so that you can immediately initiate communication.

Unlike all the other TLDs that use the DNS to point to “machines” or computers that host websites, the .tel points directly to phone numbers, VoIP IDs, email addresses and many other means of communication. This makes .tel very different from all other top level domains.

 

[kemjika11]

most of these new TLDs suck......at least to me.

 

[michaeldotcom]

.tel is NOT for websites

Thanks for explaining this once again. So many domainers seem to think that .tel is just an alternative to .mobi, while they actually have nothing in common.

Here is an example of what a .tel will look like :
http://www.ben.tel

 

[Jeff]

:hi:
I've stated this many times, from a pure branding perspective ... the highly brandable .TEL (and .WEB, for that matter) will take a LOT of interest and eyeballs and resources away from the "dot Mobey", IMHO. :red:
By the time the .TEL is launched, the clearly unbrandable and very long and clumsy ".MOBI" will have amassed MASSIVE DROP CASUALTIES and waning interest ... perfect timing for the .TEL folks to capture this attention and resources - again, mainly from a branding perspective! :gl: :imho:

IMHO, the .WEB will garner a TON of interest, as well! :talk:
-Jeff

 

[DebX420]

.coms are going to obsolete soon I think, I mean, they will soon have:

.abo (ABOUT)
.con (CONTACT OR .TEL IN THIS MANNER)
.faq (DUH)

So there will be really no need for the main site

 

[barefoottech]

Time will .TEL if .TEL is a success

 

[Kate]

.tel is another poor choice of a name for a domain extension.
It's closer to an infrastructure TLD like .arpa :]

What's the point of .web Jeff ? The Internet is not just about the Web.
Anyway, here is a recap of the extensions that have been rolled out since 2001:

.aero the air transport industry.
.asia companies. organisations and individuals in the Asia-Pacific region
.biz business use
.cat Catalan language/culture
.coop cooperatives
.info informational sites, but unrestricted
.jobs employment-related sites
.mobi sites catering to mobile devices
.museum museums
.name families and individuals
.pro certain professions
.tel services involving connections between the telephone network and the Internet (added March 2, 2007)
.travel travel agents, airlines, hoteliers, tourism bureaus, etc.

Anybody thinks there is any consistency in all this ?

 

[Mark]

I'm still waiting for .supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - I'll sell my .com's then :blink:

 

[Jeff]

What's the point of .web Jeff ?

I have no idea ... but I feel very confident that there will be great interest and resources in its eventual lauch (as it's such a clear brandable), IMHO. :talk:
Link: http://www.webtld.com

-Jeff

 

[Sam]

The good news about .TEL is that all the people who bought into .asia are no longer holding the worst extension ever.

.name

 

[Kate]

I'm still waiting for .supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - I'll sell my .com's then :blink:

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.com Taken
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.net Taken
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.org Taken
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.info Taken
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.us Available
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.co.uk Taken
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.mobi Taken

 

[akcampbell]

What's the point of .web Jeff ? The Internet is not just about the Web.

I think .web would work and attract alot of interest as an alternative to .com. If you put "allinurl: web.com" into Google you get 4.7m examples of indexed sites that have chosen to call themselves keyword web .com. That suggests that alot of people consider the suffix web a useful brand component. If you do the same thing with "allinurl: mobi.com" you get 65,000 indexed pages reflecting the clunkiness of the .mobi suffix.