“ICANN Hunts for Anti-Cybersquatting Database Provider”
Posted October 10th, 2011
As reported on DomainIncite.com: “ICANN is in the process of looking for an operator for the Trademark Clearinghouse that will play a crucial brand protection role in new top-level domains.
An RFI published last week says that ICANN is looking for an exclusive contractor, but that it may consider splitting the deal between two companies — one to provide trademark validation services and the other to manage the database.
The TMCH is basically a big database of validated trademarks that registrars/registries will have to integrate with. It will be an integral part of any new gTLD launch.”
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Tags: ICANN
Posted in Cybersquatting, ICANN by Kelly Hardy
