If you still need to protect your trademark in the .XXX domain, you’ll be glad to know that along with industry stalwart, Thomson Compumark, we’re offering customers the option to specifically apply for a non-resolving domain name.
Registration is first-come, first-served – and the volume has remained high for this controversial domain. Membership in the sponsored [...]

Tomorrow, December 6 at 11:00 am EST, general availability will begin for the .XXX domain name. If you still need to protect your trademark, you’ll be glad to know that at EnCirca, we’re offering our customers the option to specifically apply for a non-resolving domain name. Any domain still available after sunrise, landrush and premium [...]

.PRO upgrades to an all-new version on November 17, 2011.

It’s official, Sunrise B is over for .XXX. But, for trademark owners that still need to protect their marks and brands, there are several options to successfully feel secure in this new domain.
General Availability…
Many trademark owners will be pursuing General Availability (GA) in .XXX, and we’re happy to let you know that we’re offering pre-registration [...]

As ICANN prepares to start accepting applications for new top-level domain extensions, it is also planning to establish a trademark clearinghouse for the protection of trademarks in these new domains.  EnCirca’s President, Tom Barrett is helping ICANN solicit feedback on the objectives of the new system.
This week, ICANN is meeting in Dakar, Senegal and Barrett is [...]

This morning, we announced a special .XXX “opt-out” process to help brand owners block the use of their registered trademarks in the new adult-orientated domain. Brand owners have until October 28th to protect their marks. To learn more about the special opt-out page, visit: http://www.encirca.com/tcm/
We worked with Thomson Compumark to develop a special product to help [...]

This morning, we announced that we’re offering a full refund of all .XXX Sunrise fees for any application that is rejected by the .XXX registry validation agent. EnCirca is the only registrar offering a full refund.

We’re confident that we can successfully submit Sunrise applications because we will first pre-validate all applications to ensure they [...]

Attention! Registrant’s Rights and Responsibilities published.
ICANN recently published a Registrant’s Rights and Responsibilities summary.
This summary of your rights and responsibilities as a domain name owner is
available here.
The document found on the above link is intended to summarize our existing
legal terms. However, there are two areas that we’d like to bring your
attention to provide some clarity. [...]

Avoid trademark malfunction! Trademark owners can prevent indecent exposure by registering or blocking their marks in the new top-level domain .XXX with EnCirca. Pre-registrations are being accepted now.
EnCirca will be accepting Sunrise applications for the new top-level domain .XXX, specifically designed for the online adult entertainment industry. Businesses that are not part of the adult [...]

After much controversy, today IANA added the .xxx TLD to the root nameservers.
The top level domain was finally approved at the ICANN meeting on March 18, 2011. The timeline for the actual launch of the domain has not been made public.
The addition of this new TLD, while a source of contention, opens another avenue for [...]