October 2024 Newsletter

Events:

🔷 Domain Dynamics: Learn, Connect, Inspire

Don't miss the final Domain Dynamics event of 2024. These exclusive, day-long events for corporate domain management professionals provide unique access to industry insights and networking opportunities. We welcome Markmonitor clients and those considering Markmonitor to register today — space is limited, so reserve your spot now!

October 17, 2024 | San Jose, CA

🔷 Domain Days Dubai

Domain Days Dubai 2024 "is the domain industry event in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region for Domain Investors, Registrars, Registries, Monetization & Traffic, Web 3 Domains, Hosting & Cloud Providers, SaaS, and Industry Enthusiasts."

This year, Markmonitor's Christopher Niemi will be in attendance and speaking about, "The Reality of Owning a .Brand TLD."

Review the full agenda here. November 5-6 2024.

🔷 ICANN81 Annual General Meeting

ICANN81, ICANN's 2024 Annual General Meeting, will be held at the Istanbul Congress Center in Istanbul, Türkiye from November 9th through the 14th.

Head of Markmonitor, Stu Homan , will be in attendance along with members of our Global Industry Relations Team, Heidi Zhang Heidi Zhang, Leanne Kenny , Christopher Niemi , and Prudence M. .

We hope to see you there! If you aren't able to attend in person, make sure to register for our ICANN81 Recap Webinar here.

Reports and White Papers:

🔷 Q3 2024 New gTLD Report

Get valuable insights into gTLD updates in the Q3 2024 New gTLD Report. This edition includes:

• Registry Service Provider Spotlight, featuring an interview with Kroopa Shah , Senior Director Registry Support and Management at Identity Digital Inc.
• A look at the French geo TLD market
• New gTLDs 101: Registries and Reserved Domain Names
• And more

Download your copy today.

🔷 The Web3 Report

Web3 is often in the news, but why does it matter to your enterprise business?

This report is designed for brand, IP, and corporate domain professionals who want to secure their brand names and assets in this emergent space. This report includes:

• An explanation of what Web3 is and why it matters to enterprise business
• An interview with Don Ruiz, General Manager of Orange Domains, Rena Shah, COO of Trust Machines and Raedene McGary, Vice President Registry Services of Tucows on the .locker domain
• A look at the Web3 minting process
• A discussion on the traditional Web2 internet and Web3 crossover
• Information on safeguarding your Web3 IP

Download your copy of the Web3 Report here.

🔷 Domain Blocking: A Brand Protection White Paper

A robust domain protection strategy is essential for brand managers. Markmonitor's Shane Layman shares his comprehensive write-up on brand protection through domain blocking in this white paper.

Markmonitor Updates

🔷 NEW! Markmonitor Portfolio Insights

Gain full visibility into your brand’s online presence with Markmonitor Portfolio Insights powered by Dataprovider.com.

We're excited to introduce these domain dashboards that provide visual and timely overviews of key metrics tailored to your business needs.

Learn more here.

Security Updates in the News

🔷 Google Chrome Leaving Entrust SSLs Behind

The Google Chrome Security Team announced that Entrust SSL/TLS certificates issued after November 11, 2024 will no longer be trusted by default.

How will this change affect you? Read the article on the Google Security Blog.

Resources and Domain Industry Insights

🔷 Webinar Library

Watch timely discussions and get expert insights on policy and product news, corporate domain portfolio management and industry updates.

Browse our Webinar Library here.

🔷 Blog Posts

• Shane Layman 's newest blog post, Microtrends in ccTLDs: Globalization, helps you understand how the removal of registration restrictions for ccTLDs can impact your brand. Read the blog post.
• No Sale: Private Auctions in ICANN's Next Round Are No More — what does the removal of private auctions in the Next Round of ICANN's New gTLD Program mean for you? Learn about the decision and its impacts in this blog post by Christopher Niemi .
• "Policy can be a game-changer. It doesn’t just make managing your portfolio smoother and more cost-effective; it can also strengthen security and minimize the scope of compromised accounts, domains and DNS." Read Prudence M. 's guest blog post, The secret to secure DNS? It’s all in the policies, on The Spamhaus Project 's blog here.