.Name Domain Registration Restricted to individuals Registration procedure yet to be made public by the Global Name Registry. A specific proposal for protection of established trademarks is still being
discussed. Since this gTLD is restricted to individuals, there should be minimal corporate trademark concerns. However, corporations may have the right to �defensively register � their trademarks, taking them out of circulation for a minimum of ten years. This would prevent the registration of (for example) �microsoft.smith.name.� More information www.theglobalname.org The first pre registration round close on
12/17/01 and the second round will close on 01/15/02 and the registry will go live around may 2002 |