Full info forABOGADO
| Application ID | 1-927-56004 |
| Status | IE Pass |
| Prioritization Number | 1376 |
| TLD (#13) | ABOGADO |
| IDN Translation (#14b) | -- |
| Applicant (#1) | Top Level Domain Holdings Limited |
| Website (#5) | http://www.tldh.org |
| Application Type | |
| Type | Standard |
| Contested | no |
| Contested Numbers | 1 |
| GAC Early Warning | no |
| Cultural, Linguistic or Religious | no |
| dotBrand | no |
| Trademark Class A | class 45 (legal, social & personal services) |
| Trademark Class B | |
| Trademark Class C | |
| Industry Keyword | legal |
| Remark | The purpose of the .ABOGADO top-level domain is to offer licensed attorneys an exclusive opportunity to present themselves on the Internet to a Spanish-speaking audience. |
| Availability Data | |
| Sunrise Period: | fromunknown tounknown |
| Landrush Period: | fromunknown tounknown |
| GoLive: | unknown |
| Registration Policy | |
| Restricted | yes |
| Restrictions | Pre-verification of all attorney registrants, who will be required to demonstrate that they hold a valid license to practice law in their designated country or other legal jurisdiction. Electronic interfaces with the relevant legal bar associations or other trusted repositories to speed the registration process will be developed. Proxy registrations will not be permitted. |
| Backend Provider | Minds + Machines |
| Registry Website | |
| Keyword | |
| Keyword | yes |
| English Meaning | The Spanish noun "abogado" translates into "lawyer" |
| Appeal Ranking | 0 |
| Appeal Remark | Reserved for company and affiliate use only. |
| English | no |
| Spanish | yes |
| Portuguese | no |
| French | no |
| Italian | no |
| German | no |
| Dutch | no |
| Swedish | no |
| Danish | no |
| Mandarin | no |
| Russian | no |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country | Virgin Islands, British |
| Community (#19) | -- |
| Geographic (#21a) | -- |
| Geographic Category | -- |
| IDN | |
| IDN (#14) | No |
| A-label (#14a) | -- |
| Translation (#14b) | -- |
| Script Code (#14d) | -- |
| Allows ASCII | yes |
| Applicant | |
| Applicant (#1) | Top Level Domain Holdings Limited |
| Website (#5) | http://www.tldh.org |
| Applicant Address (#2) | Craigmuir Chambers Road Town Tortola VG 1110 Virgin Islands, British [VG] |
| Applicant Phone (#3) | +13233005403 |
| Applicant Fax (#4) | |
| Legal Form (#8) | Corporation |
| Exchange Symbol (#9a) | London_Stock_Exchange |
| Parent Company (#9b) | |
| Joint Venture Partners (#9c) | |
| Primary Contact | |
| Name (#6) | Mr. Antony Van Couvering |
| Title (#6) | CEO |
| e-mail (#6) | tas.minds.machines@gmail.com |
| Secondary Contact | |
| Name (#7) | Ms. Elaine Pruis |
| Title (#7) | Vice President |
| e-mail (#7) | elaine@mindsandmachines.com |
| Mission / Purpose (#18a) | |
| The purpose of the .ABOGADO top-level domain is to offer licensed attorneys an exclusive opportunity to present themselves on the Internet to a Spanish-speaking audience. Attorneys wanting to use a domain name to indicate their legal status as a licensed attorney are unable to do that currently by their choice of any legacy top-level domain. Because registration and renewal in the .ABOGADO TLD will require applicants and registrants to prove they authorized to provide legal services and to represent that they provide services and advice in Spanish. The .ABOGADO TLD will serve as a means of identifying and authenticating registrants as duly licensed attorneys of law in their particular jurisdiction. Internet users, particularly potential clients or persons dealing with a .ABOGADO registrant, will do so with confidence they are dealing with an appropriately licensed attorney at law with Spanish-language skills. “Abogado” is Spanish for lawyer. There are a number of Spanish speakers throughout the Internet-using world. In fact, of the 1,463,632,361 Internet users, 124,714,378 of them are Spanish speakers (8.52%). (http:⁄⁄www.spanishseo.org⁄resources⁄worldwide-spanish-speaking-population). Spanish speakers make up more than 12% of the population of the United States, making Spanish the second most common language in the US. (Source: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007; United States Census Bureau.) The number of Spanish speakers in the United States has been on a steady rise since the turn of the century, with a 405% growth in Spanish Internet users during 2000-08 compared to a 305.5 % for all other languages. (http:⁄⁄www.futuretakes.org〉, Tim Mack, Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall-Winter 2009-2010, (accessed 12-14-2012). This group represents a considerable part of the US workforce and can be seen at all levels serving in various jobs across the spectrum. According to the American Bar Association, there were 1,128,729 resident and active attorneys in the United States in 2006 and 1,143,358 in 2007. (Source: http:⁄⁄www.syvjournal.com, citing the American Bar Association, (accessed 3-12-2012). Of these, a significant number market specifically to the Spanish-speaking population, both in the United States and abroad. Spanish speakers in the United States need the services provided by attorneys but too often lack the ability to find them. A .ABOGADO domain will help fill this gap. We aim to offer all licensed attorneys the opportunity to advertise their legal services and related products and information on the Internet in association with a TLD acting as a badge or symbol identifying their special legal status as a licensed attorney and willingness and ability to provide their services in Spanish. |
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