The Business Environment is Changing With New gTLDs Domains

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LEVERAGE ON THE NEW GTLDS DOMAINS TO EXPLORE MORE MARKET AND PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT

L&H Management provides a complete turn-key service for you to successfully submit your trademarks to the TMCH and manage them for future Sunrise Periods.

PROTECT YOUR TRADEMARKS

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The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) was created by ICANN as a repository for new Rights Protection Mechanisms covering new Top-Level-Domains (TLD's). All new TLD's will be required to use the TMCH for Trademark Claims and Sunrise Periods. The first phase of ICANN's new TLD program contains 1300 unique strings. Eligibility in the TMCH is limited to active registered trademarks from a national or multi-national jurisdiction. Also covered are trademarks validated by a court order or treaty.

There are two protection services enabled by the TMCH:

Trademark Claims

Sunrise Registrations

Trademark Claims

Once a trademark is accepted by the TMCH, it will automatically be enrolled in the Trademark Claims process for all new TLD's. Trademark Claims is a 90-day window during the launch of a TLD. Whenever a potential registrant applies for a domain name that matches a trademark in the TMCH, they will receive a message informing them of the existence of the claim. If the registrant proceeds with the registration, the claimant(s) will receive a notice of the event.

A domain name will trigger a clams notice if it is an exact match or if the domain name was subject to a successful UDRP for the trademark. There are rules for replacing special characters in trademarks into the more limited set of characters allowed for domain names.

Sunrise Registrations

Trademark owners may also be declared eligible to participate in any Sunrise Period if they provide a Declaration of Use and a Proof-of-Use specimen for their trademark. Once accepted, they may register during a Sunrise Period for domain names for exact matches of their trademark only.

All Sunrise Periods require that you provide a special token from the TMCH to prove you are eligible to participate in the Sunrise Period. L&H Management will store this token for you and issue it to you upon request.

WHITE-GLOVE SERVICE

L&H Management provides a complete turn-key service for you to successfully submit your trademarks to the TMCH and manage them for future Sunrise Periods. Our service includes the following:

Pre-Validation: We search online trademark databases to ensure your trademarks are eligible.

Document Preparation: We make sure you have all necessary documents

TMCH Submission: We will submit your trademarks and documents

TMCH Follow-up: We will monitor requests for additional documentation

Sunrise tokens: We will manage your Sunrise tokens for you

Sunrise alerts: We will alert you when new Sunrises are scheduled

Claims notices: We will alert you when your trademark has generated a claims notice

GET STARTED

You will need to sign an authorization agreement to allow L&H Management to submit your trademarks to the TMCH on your behalf.