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From Dot-Com to Dot-Whatever

The organization that governs the Domain Name System, ICANN, voted late last month to launch the new application process for an unlimited number of new top-level domains, despite lingering doubts and objections from trademark owners and others.

7 minute read June 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM
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Janet F. Satterthwaite
From Dot-Com to Dot-Whatever

The organization that governs the Domain Name System, ICANN, voted late last month to launch the new application process for an unlimited number of new top-level domains (TLDs), despite lingering doubts and objections from trademark owners and others.

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