The August Edition

News: Ben Crawford joins Com Laude as CEO

Ben Crawford has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director. Ben was formerly CEO of CentralNic Group PLC (recently renamed Team Internet PLC), which he built from $2M turnover in 2012 to $700M in 2022.

→ Read the full press release here

Blogs: Domain Intelligence?

In our latest blog series, we highlight how Intelligence can provide the insights for an organisation, focusing on the right-sizing approach and documenting some of the steps that should be taken to mitigate the inherent risks of the digital world and the opportunities that using the right domain names brings.

→ Read part 1 here

→ Read part?2 here

ICANN: Initial Estimates for Next Round Application Fees

Discussion of the fee for next round of new gTLDs has finally begun at the ICANN 80 meeting, having previously been held in closed meetings. ICANN has shared an indication of what the fee is likely to be.

→ Find out more here

Podcast: ICANN’s RSP Evaluation Program

With the next round of TLDs approaching, our latest podcast episode covers ICANN’s RSP pre-evaluation program. Our host, Ashley Roberts, chats with special guest, Kroopa Shah, Senior Director of Registry Support and Management at Identity Digital.

→ Listen to the full episode here

Upcoming Events:

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• Trademark Administrators & Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, Sep 22-24 in Philadelphia, USA
• MARQUES Annual Conference, Sep 24-27 in Stockholm, Sweden
• PTMG Annual Conference, Oct 16-19 in Valletta, Malta