Presentation in International Trademark Association "INTA" hot TM topics in Middle East, Africa and South Asia Region held in Dubai from 9 to 10 December 2013. My presentation is about the impact of Impact of New gTLDs and Internationalized Domains which started being launched on Trade Marks Holders.

1. The Internet is Changing
Impact of New gTLDs and Internationalized Domains on
Trade Marks Holders
Mohamed El Bashir
Chairman, Steering Committee – dotAFRICA

3. -
Biggest Internet Changes since its creation
1930 new gTLD Applications received by ICANN
1805 Passed Evaluation Stages, 27 has already been delegated
dotAnything Era
Source : http://www.cramton.umd.edu/ca/aa/

5. STRING
.DIAMONDS
.TIPS
.PHOTOGRAPHY
.DIRECTORY
.ENTERPRISES
.KITCHEN
.TODAY
.PLUMBING
.GRAPHICS
.CONTRACTORS
.GALLERY
.SEXY
.CONSTRUCTION
.TATTOO
.TECHNOLOGY
.ESTATE
.LAND
.BIKE
.VENTURES
.CAMERA
.CLOTHING
.LIGHTING
.SINGLES
.VOYAGE
.GURU
.HOLDINGS
.EQUIPMENT
"Arabic for "web/network ‫شبكة‬
онлайн – Cyrillic for "online"
сайт – Cyrillic for "site"
游戏 – Chinese for "game(s)"
REGISTRY
John Edge, LLC
Corn Willow, LLC
Sugar Glen, LLC
Extra Madison, LLC
Snow Oaks, LLC
Just Goodbye, LLC
Pearl Woods, LLC
Spring Tigers, LLC
Over Madison, LLC
Magic Woods, LLC
Sugar House, LLC
Uniregistry, Corp.
Fox Dynamite, LLC
Uniregistry, Corp.
Auburn Falls
Trixy Park, LLC
Pine Moon, LLC
Grand Hollow, LLC
Binky Lake, LLC
Atomic Maple, LLC.
Steel Lake, LLC
John McCook, LLC
Fern Madison, LLC
Ruby House, LLC
Pioneer Cypress, LLC
John Madison, LLC
Corn Station, LLC
International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
CORE Association
CORE Association
Spring Fields, LLC

6. Domains Names are the Online Real Estate
-Domain names are foundations on which a website (like a house or commercial building) can be built
-The highest "quality" domain names, like sought-after real estate, has significant value
Source : ARI Registry Services

7. Impact on Business and Internet Users
-Users ( Freedom of Choice or Confusion )
-Business ( Innovation or Burden )
-Geo-TLD (.AFRICA, JOBURG, .DOHA, .DUBAI, .ABUDHABI, .PARIS, .LONDON, …etc )
-Local Focus Vs Global Business
-Trademarks and brands Protection ( Sunrise, Land-rush periods )
-Trade Marks Clearing House “TMCH” and Registry Trade Marks Validation

8. Trade Marks Protection Mechanism Vs Registry Trade Marks Protection

9. Trade Marks Protection Mechanism Vs Registry Trade Marks Protection

11. 
Internet Demography is Changing
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Internet users 2.7 billion

Chinese Internet users reached
560 million ( about 22% of total
internet users)
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Growing Arabic Internet users
( + 70 million )

The Majority of Internet next
billion users will be non –English
Speaking

12. Domain Names System “DNS”
Generic Top Level
Domains
ASCII “English” Generic
Top Level Domains
ASCII “English” Generic
Top Level Country Codes
name.com
name.AE
name.co.ZA
New Internationalized
Country Code Top Level
Domains
Domain Names in
Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic
‫موقعي.قطر‬
‫موقعي.امارات‬
‫موقعي.السعودية‬
‫موقعي.مصر‬
мой сайт.рф
New Internationalized
new Generic Top Level
Domains
Domain Names in
Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic
‫.شبكة‬
‫.موقع‬

13. Statue of Internationalized Domains Registrations
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New Domains in Cyrillic, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, ….
More than 10 Delegated Arabic IDN ccTLD strings in the root
Countries include ( Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Qatar, Jordan,
Tunis, Morocco, Algeria, Palestine )
•
IDN registrations service launched ( Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Tunis )
•
Russian Domains (.ru) reached more than 1 million registrations
•
Arabic IDN ccTLD Implementation Challenges :
– Linguistic
– Technical
– Research and Development

14. IDNs Working Try it NOW

15. IDNs are Working Try it NOW

16. Search Engines & Applications
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IDN Email
Social Media networks ( e.g Twitter and Facebook )
Browsers in Mobile Devices or Tablets

17. ‫شكرا جزيل‬
Thank You
Mohamed@mbash.net
Mohamed@dotafrica.org