The internet is now international, and I thought the jurisdiction of domain names was ICANN.
There are countless examples of extortion attempts by individuals registering domain names and then extorting money from the real companies.
I understood that the only protection a domain name holder has, is if the domain name is also a registered trademark.
And as far as .es goes, there are hundreds of these "top level domains" (TLD); one for each country in the world, but 21 of them for TLDs; originals such as .COM and .EDU, and newer ones such as .TV or .INFO.
Anyone with USD 100,000 can setup a new TLD (top level domain), such as recently .asia When new TLDs come out, existing domain name owners are barraged with requests to signup their name with that TLD (and pay annual fees, of course). Does a company have to go broke paying annual domain name fees to each of hundreds of TLDs just to protect its rights?
Domain Names
The internet is now international, and I thought the jurisdiction of domain names was ICANN.
There are countless examples of extortion attempts by individuals registering domain names and then extorting money from the real companies.
I understood that the only protection a domain name holder has, is if the domain name is also a registered trademark.
And as far as .es goes, there are hundreds of these "top level domains" (TLD); one for each country in the world, but 21 of them for TLDs; originals such as .COM and .EDU, and newer ones such as .TV or .INFO.
Anyone with USD 100,000 can setup a new TLD (top level domain), such as recently .asia When new TLDs come out, existing domain name owners are barraged with requests to signup their name with that TLD (and pay annual fees, of course). Does a company have to go broke paying annual domain name fees to each of hundreds of TLDs just to protect its rights?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains