EnCirca Offers Low-Cost Parking Service to Protect Trademark Owners in .pro Domain

Trademark owners can get protected for less than $100 per year. Addressing a new risk facing trademark owners, EnCirca, unveiled a defensive registration service for trademark owners that safeguards their trademarks against cyber squatters. EnCircas program builds upon rapidly growing interest in the .pro domain.

WOBURN, Mass. (PRWEB) March 22, 2005 -- Addressing a new risk facing trademark owners, EnCirca, Inc (www.encirca.com), today unveiled a defensive registration service for trademark owners for the .pro domain.

Called EnCirca ProParking, the new service allows owners to register their trademarks for a low annual fee to safeguard against cyber squatters in .pro. EnCircas program was created to protect trademark owners and builds upon rapidly growing interest in the .pro domain.

The .pro domain was established in 2004 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create online marketing opportunities for small licensed professional firms and individuals such as accountants, lawyers, physicians and others. However, virtually none of the .pro defensive registrations submitted by trademark owners protected them against second level registrations, enabling cyber squatters to potentially obtain well-known trademarks before the .pro prefix.

EnCirca ProParking protects trademark owners worldwide. As of April 1, EnCirca will provide the first year of protection for just $99, but orders received before March 31, will receive an introductory price of just $49.

Eligibility is open to any trademark owner and no proof of a trademark filing is required to obtain the service. Similar defensive registration programs cost $900 annually and require a mandatory four year term for a total cost of $3,600.

Our goal is to ensure trademark owners are protected and to promote responsible and appropriate use of the .pro domain," said Tom Barrett, president of EnCirca. By lowering the initial cost from $3,600 to less than $100, trademark owners everywhere can secure their brands in the .pro domain at an affordable cost."

EnCirca will provide this parking service free of charge to all existing owners of .pro defensive registrations, regardless of which ICANN registrar was used to file the defensive registration. For more details, please visit EnCircas .pro website (www.encirca.pro)

About EnCirca
EnCirca is an ICANN-accredited registrar founded in 2001 and is the leading ICANN registrar for the .pro domain, operated by RegistryPro, an Internet registry exclusively for professionals who wish to brand and promote themselves on the Internet. EnCirca provides a new way for professionals to distinguish themselves on the Internet by using the .pro extension. .Pro domains are available in two types: generic, in the form of brand.pro, and industry specific, in the form of anyname.eng.pro, anyname.law.pro, anyname.cpa.pro and anyname.med.pro. For more information, please visit www.encirca.com.

Media Contacts:
Bill Bradley, Topaz Partners
781/388-7900 x224
bbradley@topazpartners.com

Tom Barrett, EnCirca, Inc.
781/942-9975
tbarrett@encirca.com