Much has been made of the lack of Sunrise applications and Brands seeking their matching trademark or brand domains in the new gTLD rollout.
I just reviewed the Zone file for the new Donuts gTLD .Company and it seems like this is a gTLD Brands are ding some registrations on.
Although still not a huge number there does seem to be about 3x the activity in Sunrise than the average TLD.
I actually see a lot of companies that grabbed a Sunrise application for their .Company domain that I have not seen play in the new gTLD space in prior releases.
I couldn’t help but notice carinsurance.company, the only way that domain could have been grabbed in Sunrise is by having a trademark filed with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH)
“Car Insurance” trademarked?
Also Patagonia a company whose own gTLD application for .Patagonia was rejected by ICANN over GAC objection finally got what I believe is its first new gTLD domain name Patagonia.Company
Here is a partial list of companies and brands that got their .Company domain (not that any company’s name list in the ICANN collision list for .company was not available for registration)
abbott.company |
acclarent.company |
adacor.company |
aia.company |
alberteinstein.company |
alexandermcqueen.company |
alexmarie.company |
allfundsbank.company |
alten.company |
alza.company |
amada.company |
amerivest.company |
amil.company |
angrybirds.company |
anthropologie.company |
apc.company |
asp.company |
athena.company |
baskin-robbins.company |
baskinrobbins.company |
bce.company |
bet.company |
bidvestbank.company |
bobcat.company |
chevron.company |
ciscosystems.company |
citi.company |
citibank.company |
citigroup.company |
citrix.company |
citroen.company |
cointreau.company |
columbia.company |
columbiasportswear.company |
conex.company |
cordis.company |
cscglobal.company |
datapipe.company |
davinci.company |
deluxe.company |
depuy.company |
dialogic.company |
dillards.company |
dixie.company |
dkny.company |
doc-martens.company |
docmartens.company |
dolcela.company |
dollarshaveclub.company |
donnakaran.company |
donuts.company |
dr-martens.company |
drmartens.company |
dsc.company |
dunkinbrands.company |
dunkindonuts.company |
dupont.company |
ea-sports.company |
easports.company |
easynic.company |
easyspace.company |
einstein.company |
emusic.company |
escada.company |
etro.company |
eurotunnel.company |
fae.company |
fibe.company |
foto.company |
freepeople.company |
gaytravel.company |
georgia-pacific.company |
gettyimages.company |
grainger.company |
grohe.company |
guitarcenter.company |
harley.company |
harley-davidson.company |
harmon.company |
hostpoint.company |
icap.company |
ifm.company |
immo.company |
ipad.company |
istock.company |
istockphoto.company |
jandj.company |
jnj.company |
johnson-johnson.company |
johnsonandjohnson.company |
kindle.company |
legalzoom.company |
lego.company |
level3.company |
lockheed.company |
lockheedmartin.company |
longchamp.company |
louis-xiii.company |
louisxiii.company |
lush.company |
m4m.company |
marshall.company |
maserati.company |
medium.company |
mesh.company |
metropole.company |
mitsubishi.company |
monsanto.company |
moodys.company |
moodysanalytics.company |
moodysinvestorsservice.company |
motonovo.company |
mountgay.company |
msd.company |
netnames.company |
neutrogena.company |
nvidia.company |
pair.company |
patagonia.company |
peugeot.company |
pizza-hut.company |
pizzahut.company |
rackspace.company |
raw.company |
remy-martin.company |
retailmenot.company |
rolls-roycemotorcars.company |
royalty.company |
sedo.company |
seed.company |
sennheiser.company |
simon.company |
stevemcqueen.company |
striva.company |
t-mobile.company |
t-systems.company |
tds.company |
telekom.company |
thescore.company |
theworld.company |
thinkorswim.company |
toro.company |
triangle.company |
trixie.company |
truffaut.company |
turkcell.company |
tyco.company |
unibet.company |
unitedhealth.company |
unitedhealthcare.company |
unitedhealthgroup.company |
vegeta.company |
vinci.company |
visa.company |
voipfone.company |
weather.company |
webnames.company |
zoosk.company |
Domo Sapiens says
Can you say:
Defensive registrations!
Forced choices.
Masked extortion.?
ontheinterweb says
you’re just jealous.
Jon Schultz says
If you try to register CarInsurance.[any new gtld] it will bring up the trademark info:
Mark: CarInsurance
Jurisdiction: Switzerland
Goods and Services: Armes à feu
Trademark Registrant: owner
2 Victoria Apartments, James Road, St Helier Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4QY GB
Trademark Contact: agent
Francisco Fuentealba
Marcaria.com
# 1000177, 222 Grace Church St. Suite 302,, Port Chester NY 10573 US newtlds@marcaria.com
Trademark Classes: 13
Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
So make sure there are no firearms links on your car insurance parking pages!
Joseph Peterson says
@Domo Sapiens,
Yes, I can say (and will say):
“Defensive registrations!
Forced choices.
Masked extortion.?”