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Intellectual Property

Apr. 9, 2014

As apps rise, are domain names the next AM radio?

New domain spaces open uncharted waters for brand owners, and "protections" are dubious. By Sally M. Abel and Emily M. Gische


By Sally M. Abel and Emily M. Gische


Despite a deluge of seminars, conferences, newsletters, blogs and email reminders over the past year or so, many companies and public figures are just waking up to the reality of the massive expansion of the Internet domain space taking place today. The familiar .com, .org and .net extensions are being joined by a veritable army of new "gTLDs" (generic top level domains), likely over 900, spanning every industry (e.g...

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