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Suspension definition

What does Suspension mean? In construction practice, suspension means a temporary halt to all or part of the works, usually under an express contractual power of the employer (or contract administrator/project manager) to instruct a pause, or by the contractor exercising a right to suspend performance for non‑payment, until a further notice lifts the hold and work recommences. It is a descriptive term used across standard forms (for example, JCT and NEC) rather than a single statutory definition; its legal effect turns on the contract and, for non‑payment, on statute. Key features typically include: formal notice requirements; limits on scope and duration; obligations to secure...

ICANN's new gTLD programme: brand and trade mark protection via URS, Trademark Clearinghouse, DPML, PDDRP and PICDRP, with budgeting and enforcement strategies

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This Practice Note offers an overview of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and explores practical routes for safeguarding brands, including through domain and trade mark protection strategies online.

An introduction to ICANN

ICANN administers the domain name system which, for many years, previously comprised only roughly 20 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .biz and .net. After the launch of ICANN’s New Generic Top Level Domain Name Programme, over 1,200 additional gTLDs were rolled out from late 2013 onwards in all. That cohort featured .xyz, .top, .loan and .club, alongside certain well-known brands, eg .bmw and .hotmail. The new gTLDs are open to general public registration (eg company.inc). As a result, available domain endings expanded by more than 1,200; for instance, ‘amazon’ might be secured as amazon.shop, amazon.books, amazon.music and similar options. Adoption of the various new gTLDs is, overall, rising quickly—in aggregate, more than 37.8 million domain name registrations under the new gTLDs had been recorded by the close of the first quarter of 2025...

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