ICANN’s (former) chairman and (soon-to-be former) CEO have stated that the new gTLDs will spur innovation.

Well, here’s hoping. Twitter created one of the most important information tools in history based on sleepy old texting. So why can’t we hope that someone will create something useful and exciting on top of the DNS.

However.

The

Who counterfeits cookies? This may be a ‘back door of the (Polish) factory’ scenario. Bahlsen alleges that counterfeit HIT cookies are being sold in a NY Gristedes supermarket.  I love HIT cookies by the way.

 Complaint Hit Cookies(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”;

Durango Merchant alleges that Info.com misuses DURANGO MERCHANT as keyword.

Complaint Durango v Info Com(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

When I saw the trailer for the new Justin Timberlake film, In Time, I dimly recalled that I had read a short Sci-Fi story in which every one had a certain amount of time allotted to them, which amount was displayed on them in some way.  Turns out I saw thinking of Harlan Ellison’s

I thought this was interesting, from today’s New York Times online.  The title of the box above says ‘More Headlines From Around The Web.’  In this context, I would interpret ‘Headline’ as ‘news story.’  However right under that title, a sub-head reads “Sponsored Links.” I clicked on all four and I’m not sure I would

I’m Ollie, senior dog correspondent. Bayer owns an incontestable registration for ADVANTAGE for flea and tick products for dogs and cats. It also sells K9 ADVANTIX, exclusively for dogs. My brother and I use Frontline, but that is not intended to disparage the good people at Bayer. Plaintiff alleges that Indian generic pharma CIPLA (covertly)

I presented on Brand Protection Considerations for the new Top Level Domains, for the Westchester-Southern Connecticut chapter of the ACCA today. Here my are my slides. Think of them as a TLD FAQ. I wonder if anyone will apply for .FAQ.

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