tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1946020723865393383..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: ICANN goes ahead -- and the world will never be the same againVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11926933125234380992011-06-23T00:44:27.556+01:002011-06-23T00:44:27.556+01:00The Kat better watch out for all those phishing at...The Kat better watch out for all those phishing attempts with the alternative script capabilities.<br /><br />Although... it would be interesting to see <i>that</i> catphish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29094550661951513272011-06-22T23:15:14.486+01:002011-06-22T23:15:14.486+01:00I think the restrictions they've put in place ...I think the restrictions they've put in place should stop much of the spam sites. I also think it would be wise to continue buying the .com sites as it will take awhile for most users to be retrained to type something other than .com. I first read about then vote here: http://blog.thenetimpact.com/2011/06/open-domain-names-require-companies-to-capitalize-protect/ICANN Domain Nameshttp://blog.thenetimpact.com/2011/06/open-domain-names-require-companies-to-capitalize-protect/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17702500242245321602011-06-21T11:37:11.035+01:002011-06-21T11:37:11.035+01:00I think the release of gTLD's will make it app...I think the release of gTLD's will make it apparent to many trademark owners that a lot of the money spent on domain names can be spent wiser. <br />Wonder if giving the 185.000 USD (+ the expected consultancy fee for filing an application and setting up a new gTLD) to charity wouldn´t give a brand more credit in the eyes of the public? <br /><br />Maybe we should do a Facebook group "For all of us who have decided to donate to charity instead of wasting tons of money on yet another TLD" ;-))Jakob Ballingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-85792723650660588112011-06-21T07:17:23.242+01:002011-06-21T07:17:23.242+01:00It is difficult to see how this is in the public i...It is difficult to see how this is in the public interest, but it will provide work for corporate lawyers, IP professionals, ICANN arbitrators, etc. <br /><br />I suspect that many of the readers of this blog should be in a better state as a result.<br /><br />Bags on .patents, .patent., .marks, .trademarks, and .ip<br /><br />I will be willing to offer attractive terms to specific IP attorneys wishing to register their domains in my new international global top level domains (gTLDs).Michael Factorhttp://blog.ipfactor.co.ilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-86791397245497722692011-06-21T00:12:32.803+01:002011-06-21T00:12:32.803+01:00Yes this does appear to be madness - but as Woodw...Yes this does appear to be madness - but as Woodward and Bernstein said all those years ago "just foliow the money". <br /><br />Of even greater dubity, one industry just wanted .xxx are they now free to specialise further? <br /><br />[quote] The IPKat gave up typing URLs years ago; he clicks them when they're hyperlinks and cuts and pastes them into his browser when they're not [/quote]<br /><br />While I'm sure you're not an idiot that is a fairly good route to being socially engineered unless you stick to plain text emails and are careful about what sites you visit (there's a thematic dot something joke there but I'm keeping it to myself)Gentoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063939954837162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38010850107247656922011-06-20T23:41:14.583+01:002011-06-20T23:41:14.583+01:00I'm the first to vote and have opted for "...I'm the first to vote and have opted for "who will care in 10 years"; but I could just as well have voted for "it'll be a disaster in the short run", as I think both are likely to be true. The saving grace for most people is likely to be search engines, where one does not even need to know the link, just the subject of interest.Dereknoreply@blogger.com