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ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse Launching Today 49

itwbennett writes "If you want to protect your brand before ICANN rolls out the new gTLDs (generic top-level domains), here's your chance. The clearinghouse will allow trademark owners to register their marks for an annual fee of between $95 and $150. The clearinghouse 'doesn't necessarily prevent trademark infringement or cybersquatting, but it does help trademark owners and brand owners somewhat in mitigating the damage that might occur,' said Keith Kupferschmid, general counsel and vice president of IP policy and enforcement for the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). 'We've been telling brand owners it's not that expensive to protect themselves and they ought to do it.'" All of the new TLD registrars will be required to check the trademark clearinghouse before issuing domains, preemptively squashing trademark disputes.
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ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse Launching Today

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  • by girlinatrainingbra ( 2738457 ) on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @05:37AM (#43279393)
    re : before ICANN roles out the new gTLDs (generic top-level domains), [emphasis mine]
    .
    You could say:
    before ICANN rolls out the new gTLDs

    or, you could say:

    before ICANN doles out the new gTLDs

    but srsly, you cannot say:

    before ICANN roles out the new gTLDs

    "Rolls out" and "doles out" have different implications, but they would at least make some sense. Hello, /., we need an editor on aisle 5, please send an editor to aisle 5 now, we've got a grammar spill. Bring the sawdust... ;>)

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