@Richard_Hull It's a lovely initiative - one I hope many more organisations will follow.
I've started keeping track of these 'official' instances here:
@TomRaftery ICANN wouldn't.
Domain registration has always been on a first come first serve basis, except for the introduction of new top level domains (.eu, .xyz, .social, ...) which *may* offer a sunrise period where trademark holders can claim their domain before the public can, if they provide the right credentials.
For .news domains there does seem to be some kind of brand protection / cyber squatting protection in place: https://identity.digital/products-services/dpml/
No idea what it's worth though...
@TomRaftery Generally though, you're allowed to register domain names with the same name as trademarked brands as long as you do so in good faith.
If my local stamp collectors club called 'Reuters' wants to publish a newsletter at reuters.news, it can do so.
If I launch my own global news / current affairs site under the domain reuters.news, they probably have grounds to sue.
(Not a lawyer. Don't confuse my opinion with factual correctness.)
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