Right Of The Dot™ Launches Contention Resolution Service for Conflicting gTLD Applicants

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"There are over 1,900 applications and 751 are in direct conflict, meaning more than one applicant for those specific extensions” - Michael Berkens, Esq., Co-Founder, Right Of The Dot™, LLC

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) June 20, 2012

Right Of The Dot™, LLC introduces Contention Resolution Service for new gTLD applicants who have applied for the same or confusingly similar domain name extension as other applicants. Right Of The Dot™, LLC is an Internet consulting firm specializing in advising existing and new TLD registries how to maximize revenue, increase registrations and market share including board advisement, marketing, premium domain and market positioning, sales, and services. The domain name experts at RightOfTheDot.com will help you navigate and understand the changing landscape of the web by negotiating on behalf of new gTLD applicants with disputed strings.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced they will be creating new generic top level domains (gTLDs). Over the next several years it is estimated that hundreds or even thousands of new extensions will be applied for and approved. The first string of applications were submitted earlier this year and, “now that ICANN just made the ‘Big Reveal’, publishing the first round of the applicants for a new gTLD and the specific extensions that were applied for by each, there are over 1,900 applications and 751 are in direct conflict, meaning more than one applicant for those specific extensions,” states Michael Berkens, Esq., Co-Founder, Right Of The Dot™, LLC .

What does a company do if they find out that another company or organization has applied for the same gTLD as they have? Under the ICANN Guidebook, parties are encouraged to work together to solve any contention privately otherwise the string will go to an auction. Some have predicted that auction prices for contest new gTLD extensions could easily exceed $10 Million dollars. The seasoned domain name professionals at Right Of The Dot™, LLC have 29 years combined experience in the domain name business are uniquely positioned to advise and negotiate for companies to achieve the best outcome for contended new domain names to avoid costly auctions. Heading up the new gTLD contention resolution service for RightOfTheDot.com are two domain industry veterans and Domain Hall Of Fame Members, Michael Berkens, Esq and Monte Cahn who have pioneered and innovated many of the standard services used every day in the domain industry. If your new gTLD is one of the hundreds in contention, let RightOFTheDot.com help you by bringing the applicants together to resolve the strings rather than going to auction.

Monte Cahn is Co-Founder and President of Right of the Dot™, LLC and Founder and former CEO of Moniker.com and TrafficClub.com and was the former President of SnapNames.com. Monte has been pioneering domain name and virtual property aftermarket services since 1995, with such innovations as Whois Privacy protection, Domain Escrow, domain name security, and Domain Brokerage, Auctions, Appraisals and Sales. Monte has more than 25 years of business experience in the Healthcare and Internet fields. He has sold more than $300 Million domain names since 2001 and operated more than 117 ICANN Accredited Registrars after his company Moniker.com was acquired by Oversee.net in 2007.

Michael H. Berkens, Esq. is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Right of the Dot™, LLC, and Founder of WorldWideMedia.com and MostWantedDomains.com. Michael holds a law degree (JD) as well as an LLM degree in Taxation from the University of Florida. Michael's company is one of the largest privately owned domain portfolio's in the world and has bought and sold hundreds and evaluated thousands of domains. His evaluation and expertise has been tapped in several of the highest profile sales and auction events in recent years. Michael since 2007 has published a widely read blog on the domain industry at TheDomains.com which covers in almost 4,000 posts covers UDRP and cases related to the various rights of domain owners, domain investors and other intellectual property rights issues as well as sales of domain names, new gTLD's and other issues in the domain industry. With over 65,000 comments, TheDomains.com is where the domain industry comes to discuss and learn about investment opportunities in domains across all TLD's.

Consult with the experts that are uniquely positioned to guide your new top level domain negotiations to a profitable outcome. They understand the value of an extension and because they know all the major applicants on a personal and professional level they will be able to mediate successful resolutions to contentious applications. For more information, you can connect with Right Of The Dot™ in social media: follow Right Of The Dot™ on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/RIGHTOFTHEDOT or Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/RIGHTOFTHEDOT.

Join some of the internationally known digital companies that have already put their trust in Michael Berkens, Esq and Monte Cahn of Right Of The Dot™, LLC to drive their domain presence. Once the negotiating is completed, RightOfTheDot.com also offers advisory and consulting services to guide your company through the new emerging internet landscape, take it to market, and launch successfully.

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