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New gTLD Strategies: Best Practices with Fox Entertainment Group
Featuring:
Beth Allegretti, Fox Entertainment Group
Elisa Cooper, MarkMonitor Inc.
February 26, 2014
New gTLD Strategies: Best Practices withFox Entertainment Group
� Featured Speakers
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Beth Allegretti, Vice President, Intellectual Property
Fox Entertainment Group
Elisa Cooper, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Domain Management
MarkMonitor Inc.
New gTLDs Are Here
1,350 New Registries
• 50%+ single registrant (.Brand) TLDs
• Approximately 620 new gTLDs launching over the next 2 years
20 – 40 TLDs Launching each
Month
• Over the next 2 years
• Variations in price, eligibility requirements and terms
6 Types of Registries
• Generic
• Gripe
• Vice• Corporate Identifiers
• Charitable
• Geographic
3 Choices to Make
• Register
• Block
• Police
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TLDs to Watch: The “Super Six”
Gripe
Charitable
Vice
GeographicCorporate Identifiers
Generic
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.App
.Blog
.Home
.News
.Sucks
.Web
.Corp
.Gmbh
.Inc
.Ltd
.Sarl
.Spa
.Charity
.Foundation
.Gives
.Care
.Help
.Gift/.Gifts
.Fail
.Feedback
.Forum
.Gripe
.Review /.Reviews
.Wtf
.Adult
.Bet
.Casino
.Porn
.Poker
.Sex
.Istanbul
.London
.Madrid
.NYC
.Paris
.Tokyo
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Fox Entertainment Group Background
� Fox Entertainment Group:
• Worldwide media and entertainment company
• Produces and distributes theatrical releases, TV series, domestic and international TV channels, digital and online media
� Large domain portfolio – 40% ccTLD, 60% gTLD
� In-house team manages domain registrations, acquisitions
and enforcement for all Fox business units worldwide
� Register corporate domains, channel names, theatrical
marketing, domains used within TV shows, etc.
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The Fox Approach to New gTLDs
� Early on, we realized gTLDs would have a significant impact
on our business and budget
� Needed to get out ahead of the issue
• Education: the IP team and wider business
• Participation at ICANN
� Started to develop our New gTLD Strategy
• Primary concern was protecting our IP in the new namespace
• Developed a flexible framework for making key decisions
• Worldwide IP team led the initiative
• Rolled out to business units over time
Our Strategy Continues to Evolve
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Review and Prioritize Core Marks
� Started by prioritizing key marks:
• Tier 1: Core marks
• Tier 2: Marks with limited registrations
• Tier 3: One-off registrations
� Provides a good foundation for decisions
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Build a Framework for Quick Decisions
� Constantly reviewing ALL proposed gTLDs:
• .generics
• .geographies
• .media
� Based upon our prioritized marks, we then determine:
• Where to register
• Where to block
• Where to police
� Budget appropriately
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Utilize the Trademark Clearinghouse
� Submitted all marks that we planned on registering in new
spaces
� Want to be in a position to take advantage of Sunrise periods
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Determine Where to Register
� Too cost prohibitive to register ALL marks defensively, in
every new TLD
� Are considering registering core marks in related spaces:
• Sorted by category, e.g. as entertainment, media, sports, online
• Then by spaces within the category
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Determine Blocking Strategy
� Blocking can be a cost-effective alternative to registration
� Blocked core marks with Donuts
• Protection in over 200 registries
• Must be TMCH-validated marks
• Exact match blocking only for three-letter domains
• Be aware of “overrides” and “premium domains”
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Expand Policing Strategy
� Moving from a defensive registration strategy to policing for
abuse
� Expanding domain watching and monitoring for brand abuse
� Take advantage of Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) as
necessary
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Revisit Domain Management Policies
� Visibility and central management are crucial
� Limiting the number of individuals that are permitted to
request, approve and modify registrations
� Using an established framework as a guide to registrations
—and controlling budget
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Re-examine Your Domain Portfolio
� Good opportunity to pare-back our portfolio
� Take a hard look at defensive registrations
� Eliminate domains that no longer make good business sense
• Countries we’re no longer doing business in
• Domains registered but never used
• Domains where costs are high, but risk of cybersquatting is low
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Why .Fox?
� Want to be in a position to take advantage of new digital
landscape
� Own digital real estate
� Continuing to evaluate for promotional use
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Keys to Success
� Educate yourself and business stakeholders
� Have a flexible framework in place to easily determine
registration, blocking and policing decisions
� Be prepared to support an evolving strategy
New gTLDs: Frequently Asked Questions
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What Should I Submit to the Trademark Clearinghouse?
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Trademark Clearinghouse Purpose
� Enables trademark owners to:
• 1) Register their
trademarks as domain
names during so-called
Sunrise Periods or
purchase “Blocking”
• 2) Receive notification
(Claims Service) when
exact-match domain name
registrations are made
� Does NOT
• Prevent registrations or
block others from
registering trademarks as
domain names
What Should I Block?
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How Does Donuts Blocking Work?
� Prevents cybersquatting by enabling brand owners to block
their trademarks from registration at the second level across
all Donuts TLDs
� That term is blocked from registration in all Donuts TLDs for
an initial period of five years
� A domain blocked by DPML is not functional, meaning it may
not be used for a website URL, email address or other type of
domain related functionality
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Trademark DPML String Validity
Hallmark hallmark Valid
Amex myamexcard Valid
IBM Services 1bmservices Invalid
(The DPML string must be an exact match or fully contain an exact match of the validated mark)
Eligibility
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Registered
Domains
A term will not be blocked in any TLD where that term is already registered as a domain
Premium
Domains
There are a limited number of higher priced “premium” names which are not DPML eligible
Character
Limitations
One and two character DPML terms are not permitted. Three character DPML terms are permitted but only as an exact match of the trademark
Blocking Exclusions
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Are People Really Registering Domains in These New gTLD Registries? Is There Cybersquatting?
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New gTLD Registration Growth
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How Should I be Policing for Abuse?
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Investigate and Capture Evidence
� Detect fraud on the Internet quickly and investigate
immediately
• Exploits company identity
• Exploits consumer trust in company or lack of technical
sophistication
� Capture evidence of egregious abuses proactively
� Understand where abuse is having an impact
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Undertake an Active Defense
� Leverage RPMs
• URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)
• UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy)
• PDDRP (Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy)
• RRDRP (Registry Restriction Dispute Resolution Policy)
• PICDRP (Public Interest Commitment Dispute Resolution Policy)
� Initiate administrative, legal or technical means to shut-down sites
• Cease and Desist or Demand Letters
• Site take-downs via ISP under DMCA
� Prevent customers from reaching the site
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Q&A
� Featured Speakers
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Beth Allegretti, Vice President, Intellectual Property
Fox Entertainment Group
Elisa Cooper, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Domain Management
MarkMonitor Inc.
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