Just some clarification on how Neulevel (.biz) is dealing with trademarks...
They are not having a "sunrise period" like Affilias. Neulevel is basically providing a notification service.
The first phase is the IP Claim process. They will allow anyone, for a fee, to submit a Claim on a trademark. Neulevel will not collect any verification on these claims. Any number of Claims can be files for a particular string. For example both Apple Computer and Apple School Supplies can file an IP Claim. The second phase is pre-registration, if someone places a pre-registration for a name with a Claim on it they will recieve an email informing them who has loged a Claim on that name and enabling then to either back out of or continue with the pre-registration.The pre-registrations are then chosen randomly for registration.
Once the pre-registrations become registered names, the company that placed the Claim will recieve notification of who was awarded that name. Any name with a Claim on it will be placed on a 30 day hold before it goes live.
It is simply a method to ease the process of filing disputes and to discurage squatting. It does not guarantee that, for example, Apple Computer will definitly get apple.biz, but will make the dispute process faster and easier if they have a legitemate dispute against a squatter.
(For full disclousure, I work for a domain registrar, so I am very close to the launch processes for all new TLDs)
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Just some clarification on how Neulevel (.biz) is dealing with trademarks ...
They are not having a "sunrise period" like Affilias. Neulevel is basically providing a notification service.
The first phase is the IP Claim process. They will allow anyone, for a fee, to submit a Claim on a trademark. Neulevel will not collect any verification on these claims. Any number of Claims can be files for a particular string. For example both Apple Computer and Apple School Supplies can file an IP Claim. The second phase is pre-registration, if someone places a pre-registration for a name with a Claim on it they will recieve an email informing them who has loged a Claim on that name and enabling then to either back out of or continue with the pre-registration.The pre-registrations are then chosen randomly for registration.
Once the pre-registrations become registered names, the company that placed the Claim will recieve notification of who was awarded that name. Any name with a Claim on it will be placed on a 30 day hold before it goes live.
It is simply a method to ease the process of filing disputes and to discurage squatting. It does not guarantee that, for example, Apple Computer will definitly get apple.biz, but will make the dispute process faster and easier if they have a legitemate dispute against a squatter.
(For full disclousure, I work for a domain registrar, so I am very close to the launch processes for all new TLDs)