Application Period for New Internet Names Opens; IT Consulting Firm JAS Global Advisors Selected by ICANN as Evaluator
CHICAGO, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JAS Global Advisors, an information technology and security consulting firm, has been selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to review applications for the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program.

Technology and Finance Industries to Dominate New Domain Applications
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Applications for ICANN's new Top-Level Domain program open 12 Jan for 90 days. ARI Registry Services provides insight into how the application period will unfold A third of all applicants participating in ICANN's (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) new Top-Level Domain program will come from the IT and financial services industries, according to figures released by ARI Registry Services today as the application window opens tomorrow. ARI Registry Services is predicting more than 1000 applications will be submitted between 12 January and the 12 April 2012 deadline.

Businesses Should Work to Improve - Not Oppose - Expansion of Internet Domains
Working Through the ICANN Process, Industry Can Protect Brands, Consumers WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companies and industry groups concerned about protecting their brands in new top-level Internet domains will have more success if they work within the ICANN process, rather than attacking it from outside, NetChoice Executive Director Steve DelBianco said today.

National Arbitration Forum Launches Dispute Program for .XXX Domain Names
  Online Process Is Fast and Easy to Resolve Complaints over New Domains MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- – The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM), an international provider of dispute resolution services, today announced that it has launched the Rapid Evaluation Service ("RES") on behalf of ICM Registry, operator of the new .XXX sponsored top level domain (sTLD).