JD Supra

ICANN Offering “dotBrand” Top-Level Domains — Application Window for a [.Brand] Domain Opened April 30, 2026

For the first time since 2012, ICANN—the body that governs internet naming—is opening applications for “dotBrand” generic top ...
TMCnet

ICANN Opens Application Window for New Generic Top-Level Domains

Round through 12 August, providing businesses, communities, governments, and other organizations the opportunity to operate ...

ICANN opens applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012

In 2012, ICANN allowed applications for new gTLDs to allow for domains that used non-Latin scripts, and for custom or vanity ...
Network World

Cheerleader for new domain names defends ICANN plan

Plans to introduce new top-level Internet domains will not force trademark owners to make defensive registrations to protect their brands, according to two reports published by the Internet ...
Network World

ICANN starts rolling out new generic top-level domains

ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet’s root zone, the central database for the Internet’s Domain Name System, paving the way for possibly 1,400 new ...