Verisign, the perpetual operators of the .com Registry, have released a “Domain Name Industry Brief” since 2004.
The industry report is now in its 20th annual volume and can be downloaded quarterly from Verisign.com.
Using the name Domain Name Industry Brief for two decades, along with the acronym DNIB, establishes the necessary rights to register it as a trademark and Verisign is doing just that.
A fresh application at the USPTO seeks the registration of the mark DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY BRIEF, for the following services:
Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of newsletters in the field of information technology and the domain name industry
The quarterly Verisign report is a self-touting demonstration of the supremacy of .com domains, which the company operates alongside .net.