ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs

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And no, companies *aren't* "forced to pay for another domain name" just
because a new TLD appears -- they aren't doing it *now*

Oh yes we are

brandon

2

Ah, but some are ... for trademark or brand protection usually.
I know _one_ company that paid $140k just for domain names related to a
rebranding effort.

/TJ

3

> And no, companies *aren't* "forced to pay for another domain name"
> just because a new TLD appears -- they aren't doing it *now*

Oh yes we are

Looking at bbc.org and bbc.tv suggests that you are not.

--Michael Dillon

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But most trademark holders aren't *entitled* to that much protection:
unless they do business worldwide, *and* have a "famous" mark.

Cheers,
-- jra