Today, .CO is available for unrestricted international registration via EnCirca. According to the World Trademark Review, over half of the top 500 global brands have signed up for a .CO already.

The suffix .co is universally recognized as an abbreviation for company with 75 percent of respondents in a recent survey equating .co with “company”, “corporation,” or “commerce.”

Companies looking to protect their trademark internationally will want to move quickly to protect their brand because according to BrandFinance up to 70 percent of the world’s best brands will have applied for a ‘.co’ before the domain goes on sale today, July 20, 2010 at 2pm EDT.

Despite the massive interest by corporations in .co, there are still millions of domain available for individuals and companies. Registration is open to all. To secure your name, visit EnCirca’s .co domain page.