First indications of brand owner engagement with gTLDS

The first seven of Donuts’ new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) opened for public registration in January, marking the first opportunity to gauge the appetite – and how brand owners are strategising – for the online expansion. The world’s leading brands seem to be evenly split between those which opted for inclusion on Donuts’ domain protected marks list (DPML) and those initially choosing to wait and watch.