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In September 2011, the adult industry will get its own internet ‘red light district’ when the new .xxx top-level domains become available for registration.

ICM Registry, which has been approved by ICANN to administer the .xxx TLDs, has announced a pre-registration ‘sunrise’ period, starting on 7 September 2011 and running for 30 days.

In Sunrise A, members of the adult entertainment industry will be able to pre-reserve their desired .xxx domain names.

In Sunrise B, which will run concurrently with Sunrise A, trade mark owners in non-adult industries will be able to pre-emptively block the registration of a .xxx domain name that matches their trade mark.  It’s a defensive measure that ensures that a brand is not associated with explicit or adult-oriented content by removing the associated .xxx domain name from the pool of domain names able to registered.

The important points:

• To pre-emptively block a .xxx domain, trade mark owners must file a Sunrise B application between 7 September 2011 and 7 October 2011.
• A one-time fee is payable for a filing a Sunrise B application (not yet finalised but expected to be around US$200 to US$300.
• The blocked domain name must be the exact match of a nationally registered trade mark – e.g. trademark.xxx can be blocked but not trademark-porn.xxx.
• While Sunrise B is the only way a trade mark owner can pre-emptively opt-out of the .xxx domain space, there will be post-Sunrise mechanisms that trade mark owners can use to protect their brands (in addition to the existing UDRP process).

Sunrise B opens soon and will run for a very limited time.  Contact us to take advantage of this one-time opportunity to pre-emptively keep your valuable brands out of the .xxx neighbourhood.

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Cooper Mills is proud to announce the launch of its new Brand Protection Service, www.TM.com.au.

Cooper Mills Lawyers, one of Australia’s leading IP, and domain law expert legal practices, today launched version 1.0 of its online brand protection service portal TM.com.au, giving both local and international clients online trademark registration services, and trademark monitoring and management services.

Cooper Mills Lawyers Director Erhan Karabardak said:

In order to meet the demands of both our local and international clients we have launched our online brand protection service, which will enable our clients to effectively monitor their intellectual property all in one convenient place. This service now brings online brand protection within the reach of all local and international businesses.

Cooper Mills expects to expand the product offering and functionality of TM.com.au over the coming months.

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