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'''.law''' is a generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) for the legal industry proposed to the [[New gTLD Program]] of the [[ICANN|Interet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. After a private auction in September 2014, Top Level Domain Holdings won the rights to the string over the other applicants.
'''.law''' is a generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) for the legal industry proposed to the [[New gTLD Program]] of the [[ICANN|Interet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. After a private auction in September 2014, Top Level Domain Holdings won the rights to the string over the other applicants.
==Current Applicant==
===Positioning Statement===
.law is a new domain name extension, also known as a top-level domain (TLD), exclusive to Qualified Lawyers and law firms worldwide.
===Benefits===
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for legal professionals to increase their online presence and rebrand their practices and the legal services industry on the Internet as a whole. .law offers a distinct, official, and trusted domain for the legal profession.
===Current Applicant===
# [[Top Level Domain Holdings]] (TLDH), one of 68 TLDs that the company applied for on its own behalf.<ref>[http://www.tldh.org/2012/06/gtld-application-update-92-applications-submitted/ gTLD application update: 92 applications submitted]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1720 here].
# [[Top Level Domain Holdings]] (TLDH), one of 68 TLDs that the company applied for on its own behalf.<ref>[http://www.tldh.org/2012/06/gtld-application-update-92-applications-submitted/ gTLD application update: 92 applications submitted]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1720 here].
==Previous Applicants==
===Previous Applicants===
# [[Radix]]- a subsidiary company of the [[Directi]] Group, which has applied for 31 new TLDs. The company partnered with [[ARI Registry Services]] to serve as back-end registry solutions provider.<ref>
# [[Radix]]- a subsidiary company of the [[Directi]] Group, which has applied for 31 new TLDs. The company partnered with [[ARI Registry Services]] to serve as back-end registry solutions provider.<ref>
[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/ http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/]</ref>
[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/ http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/]</ref>
On February 26 2013, [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/02/26/tldh-gets-up-to-15-million-for-a-single-top-level-domain-name-auction/ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com] Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013</ref>
On February 26 2013, [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/02/26/tldh-gets-up-to-15-million-for-a-single-top-level-domain-name-auction/ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com] Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013</ref>
==Private Auction==
===Private Auction===
In a [[private auction]] that occurred in September 2014, TLDH (Minds + Machines) announced that it had won the rights to the string over the other applicants. In the same month, TLDH announced they had also won an auction for [[.vip]] and lost auctions for [[.design]], [[.flowers]], [[.group]], [[.realestate]] and [[.video]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17418-afilias-loses-chinese-info-as-seven-more-new-gtld-auctions-conclude Seven More New gTLD Auctions Conclude] ''DomainIncite'' by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 24 September 2014</ref>
In a [[private auction]] that occurred in September 2014, TLDH (Minds + Machines) announced that it had won the rights to the string over the other applicants. In the same month, TLDH announced they had also won an auction for [[.vip]] and lost auctions for [[.design]], [[.flowers]], [[.group]], [[.realestate]] and [[.video]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17418-afilias-loses-chinese-info-as-seven-more-new-gtld-auctions-conclude Seven More New gTLD Auctions Conclude] ''DomainIncite'' by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 24 September 2014</ref>
==References==
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