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		<title>Elisa Cooper &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Elisa Cooper on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:rights>Copyright 2012, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
		<dc:date>2012-02-06T15:48:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> New gTLD Application Monitoring? Now? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why in the world would any company sign-up for a "New gTLD Application Monitoring Service" when ICANN intends to publicly post all applications on May 1st? Domain Name Watching and Trademark Watching Services make perfect sense when new registrations and applications are being submitted and granted on a daily basis. I think that we can all easily agree that trying to understand new domain name and trademark registrations without an automated service would be nearly impossible. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_gtld_application_monitoring_now">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-02-06T15:48:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> 2011 Domain Name Year In Review: Top 10 Biggest Domain Stories (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who would have ever believed that .XXX would finally be approved AND launched, total domains registrations would continue to grow at 10% year over year, ICANN would be in the process of preparing for the launch of new gTLDs in the face of harsh criticism, and that both Go Daddy and Group NBT would be acquired by private equity firms. As we look back over the past year, here are the top 10 biggest domain stories of 2011. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120105_2011_domain_name_year_in_review_top_10_biggest_domain_stories">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-05T14:52:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Senate and House Hearings on New Top Level Domains Not Likely to Delay Launch (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held hearings on ICANN's expansion of top level domains. Next week the House Energy and Commerce committee will also conduct their hearings on this same topic. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111210_senate_house_hearings_on_new_top_level_domains">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-12-10T08:50:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> What Will Be the Magic Number for New gTLD Applications? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the application launch period scheduled to begin in less than three months, everyone wants to know just how many new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) applications will be submitted. In terms of the number of applications to be submitted, I've seen estimates putting the figure as low as 500. But just last week, an industry insider told me that he thought the number could go as high as 3,500. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111025_what_will_be_the_magic_number_new_gtlds_apps">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-10-25T10:07:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Thinking of Applying for a Truly Generic TLD, but Restricting Ownership to a Single Registrant? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As it's coming down to brass tacks and companies are now seriously considering applying for their own .Brand Top-Level Domain (TLD), questions about whether to also apply for a truly generic TLD keep popping up. Many large corporations want to know whether it's even possible to apply for something like .Shoes AND to restrict registrations so that only a single specified registrant is allowed. After all, for the right company it seems that something like .Shoes could be a valuable namespace -- short, easy to remember, and easy to spell. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/thinking_of_applying_for_a_truly_generic_tld_but_restricting_ownership">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-16T12:57:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Kudos to ccTLD Registries for Taking Measures to Improve Security (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110810_kudos_to_cctld_registries_for_taking_measures_to_improve_security</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When I first wrote about Domain Registry Locking over a year and a half ago, Verisign was the only Registry offering a true Registry Lock Service. Of course, not long after, Neustar announced their Registry Lock Service too. Recently however, a number of ccTLD Registries have also adopted Registry Locking programs... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110810_kudos_to_cctld_registries_for_taking_measures_to_improve_security">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-10T10:08:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Is Your Company on the Sidelines for Getting Its Own TLD? Here are 6 Questions Worth Considering (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[By now, I've probably spoken with close to a hundred brand owners who are all trying to make some very important decisions about whether or not to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD). Everyone wants to know what "the other guy" is doing. But for the most part (with the exceptions of Canon and Hitachi), brand owners have been tight-lipped about their intentions. Even in a recent New gTLD webinar hosted by MarkMonitor (primarily attended by brand owners), when asked in an anonymous poll whether they intended to apply... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/is_your_company_on_sidelines_for_getting_its_own_tld_here_are_6_questions">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-07-15T16:46:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN Approves New gTLD Program; Applications Accepted January 2012 (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In what can best be described as a historic decision, today the ICANN Board overwhelmingly approved the new gTLD Program with a vote of 13 to 1 with 2 abstentions. Applications for new gTLDs will be accepted from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012. Experts believe that there will likely be hundreds of new applications submitted during this first round. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110620_icann_approves_new_gtld_program_applications_accepted_january_2012">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-20T10:25:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN Releases gTLD Applicant Guidebook (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Per their timeline, ICANN released the gTLD Applicant Guidebook on May 30th. This version contains revisions based upon both community feedback, as well as recent consultations with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110601_icann_releases_gtld_applicant_guidebook">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-01T07:41:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Questionable Impact for US House Hearing on New gTLDs (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This morning, the US House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet led by Representative Goodlatte (R - VA) conducted a hearing on New gTLDs. Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President from ICANN did his best to alleviate concerns about the risks posed to intellectual property rights and consumers as the result of the New gTLD Program and reiterated that the process to launch new gTLDs has been underway for 7 years. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110504_questionable_impact_for_us_senate_hearing_on_new_gtlds">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-05-04T12:34:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Really? A Hearing on New gTLDs at this Late Stage? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[To the dismay of many (and the chagrin of some), it appears as though the US House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will be conducting a hearing on New generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Meanwhile, ICANN is careening towards the finish line of the new gTLD Program with a vote by the ICANN Board scheduled for June 20th. Just what this all means remains to be seen. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110426_really_a_hearing_on_new_gtlds_at_this_late_stage">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-26T14:08:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New gTLD Discussion Draft - Top 10 (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Okay, so spending my Monday morning printing out and reviewing 348 pages of the "New gTLD Discussion Draft" is not exactly what I had mind when I woke up today, but kudos to ICANN for keeping to the timeline that they had released last month. Since, most of you do not have the time or the patience (and probably have real work to do), I've taken it upon myself to highlight the most important changes in this version. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_gtld_discussion_draft_top_10">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-18T15:22:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New gTLD Program to Be Finalized After June ICANN Meeting (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, in a presentation made to attendees of the <a href="http://www.mccarthysymposium.com/">McCarthy Institute Symposium</a>, Peter Dengate Thrush, ICANN Chair, announced that the Final New generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Applicant Guidebook would be completed after the ICANN Meeting in Amman, Jordan which is scheduled for June 19 - 24, 2011. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110203_new_gtld_program_to_be_finalized_after_june_icann_meeting">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-02-03T19:30:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> 2010 Domain Name Year in Review - Oh, What A Year It Was! (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many of us were expecting radical changes in 2010 to the domain name market. There definitely were some of those -- just not the ones I expected. From the seizure of domains names by the US Government to ICANN's removal of restrictions on Registry/Registrar cross-ownership, 2010 was a year full of surprises. In this post, I've compiled what I think were the biggest domain name stories in 2010. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110121_2010_domain_name_year_in_review_oh_what_a_year_it_was">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-01-21T12:12:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Vertical Integration of gTLDs Registries and Registrars Now Permitted (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While many were expecting a decision of strict Registry/Registrar separation, in an unexpected ruling, it was announced that ICANN will not restrict cross-ownership between Registries and Registrars. While the current set of agreements prohibits Registries from acquiring Registrars, they do not prohibit Registrars from applying for or operating TLDs. The Board Resolutions also made note of the fact that while individually negotiated contracts have included restrictions on Registry ownership of Registrars, cross-ownership provisions have varied over time and no formal "policy" on this topic has ever been recommended by the GNSO or adopted by ICANN. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101110_vertical_integration_of_gtlds_registries_registrars_now_permitted">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2010-11-10T13:33:00-08:00</dc:date>
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