Gandi does a pretty good job explaining this [1] as a 'trademark brand protection phase'. Basically, if you have a registered trademark and want to defend it fr

Gandi does a pretty good job explaining this [1] as a 'trademark brand protection phase'. Basically, if you have a registered trademark and want to defend it from others registering <YourTrademark>.<NewTLD> your opportunity to do so is during this phase. The rest of us commoners get to by the leftovers starting on the General Availibility date. [1] http://www.gandibar.net/post/2013/10/29/The-launch-of-the-new-gTLDs http://www.gandibar.net/post/2013/10/29/The-launch-of-the-ne...