March 05, 2001
New Domains Delayed, Open to Corps. First
New Domains Delayed, Open to Corps. First
The article highlighted three main areas of concern - some registrars having financial problems, the inexperience of ICANN's staff at getting the contracts done and (of main concern to most people) that some registrars will give trademark holders first shot at registering domains. Apparently at least one registrar, RegistryPro (.pro) will be "..allowing individuals and companies that own a particular trademark to have first crack at signing up the corresponding domain name.
Posted by rshah at March 5, 2001 12:00 PM