In the press
BizTech Africa looks ahead at the launch of the new gTLD's and the function The Clearinghouse has as the only authorised and universal means of a brand owner protecting their trademarks across every new web extension.
Publication language: English
Link: Steering clear of online brand protection issues in the world of new gTLDs
Business Report South Africa mentions the importance of validating trademarks in the Clearinghouse as it covers the ICANN47 meeting in Durban with updates surrounding the bit for dotAfrica.
Publication language: English
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Althought the Clearinghouse reaches 5,000 trademarks many trademarks have yet to submit their trademarks. WHIR analyses the missing sectors and points the possible outfall if no action is taken.
Publication language: English
Link: 5,000 Trademark Owners Register Under Trademark Clearinghouse
World Intellectual Property Review details on the milestone of 5,000 trademarks in The Clearinghouse providing insights on the countries of origin of the trademarks, types of registrations and which sectors are highly active in the Clearinghouse.
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Publication language: English
Link: Trademark Clearinghouse tops 5,000 registrations
As the Clearinghouse tops the 5,000 registrations Managing Intellectual Property breaks down the data and highlights which key sectors are still under represented.
Publication language: English
Link: Trademark Clearinghouse Passes 5,000 Registrations
CIO Asia explains in detail the services of The Clearinghouse and the benefits of protecting your brands via TMCH.
Publication language: English
Link: Guest View: Understanding the key offerings of the Trademark Clearinghouse
CIO is looking forward to the launch of the Clearinghouse detailing on its services and other possibilities offered by third parties.
Publication language: English
Link: ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse to Launch Tuesday
Checkdomain details the launch of the new gTLDs and clarifies the critical role the Clearinghouse will have in helping brand owners to protect their brand.
Publication language: Other
Link: Neue Top-Level-Domains: Worauf müssen Markeninhaber jetzt achten
Publication language: English
Link: Deloitte Clarifies Protections for Word/Design Marks in New TLDs Trademark Clearinghouse
BBC News covers the launch of the Clearinghouse, quoting Jonathan Robinson.
"New top-level domain names present a land of opportunity, but there are also threats. Prior to this there has been no universal protection available to brand owners and the Clearinghous goes a long way to mitigating the threat" he said.
Publication language: English
Link: Icann launches brand database for trademarks
The first statistics on the trademarks already submitted are poled both in category as in originating country as the Clearinghouse tops 5,000 submissions.
Publication language: English
Link: Trademark Clearinghouse Tops 5,000 submissions
ADZINE covers the launch of the Clearinghouse in the light of new gTLD era and offers some insights on an independent study clarifying how brands will be using the Trademark Clearinhouse.
Publication language: Other
Link: Trademark Clearinghouse für gTLDs nimmt Betrieb auf
Ad Week covers the issues the launch of the new gTLD's can cause for brand owners; stating: "For brands that want to defensively register thousands of trademarks and variations to the left of the dot to keep them out of the hands of cyber scammers, the proliferation of TLDs present a financial, legal and logistical nightmare."
Publication language: English
Link: Brands Facing Dot-Com Domain Identity Crisis
Vicky Folens, a manager at Deloitte, states that protecting trademarks in line with the launch of new web extensions is nothing new, but the sheer volume of new generic top-level domain names expected to go live in the coming year or so "makes the necessity of ensuring (the trademarks) are protected all the more poignant".
Publication language: English
Link: Race to safeguard web domain name trademarks
Der Anwalt Spiegel gathers some data of trademarks already submitted in the Trademark Clearinghouse with the conclusion that the German trademarkholders are wel behind other European countries such as France and Swiss.
Publication language: Other