Overview
- .epson is a brand top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- It is intended to represent the Epson brand and related online services and promotions.
- The TLD status is listed as Delegated and categorized as a brand gTLD.
History
- The string was delegated to the DNS root zone on March 3, 2015.
- Registry details in the provided sources include:
- A registry entry listing ARI Registry Services.
- A statement in the same source that names NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. as manager and registry for the TLD (as reported in the input).
Usage and Audience
- The applicant indicated the TLD is intended primarily for the company's own promotional and navigational uses.
- Initial policy: the company intends to reserve all domain names within the TLD for itself.
- Longer-term possibility: after at least three years post-delegation, the company may license domain usage to affiliates under contract.
- Licensed use would be limited to purposes specified by the company and subject to contractual terms and enforcement.
Registration Rules
- Initial eligibility: names are to be reserved by the applicant company (i.e., not open to general public registration).
- Affiliate licensing: the company may license domains to affiliates via contracts that limit permitted uses.
- Enforcement: the applicant described monitoring and quick action to mitigate abuse and stated it could revoke licensed domain names at any time for any reason.
Notable Application Details
- The applicant's submission described the company as a long-established multinational founded in 1942 (originally Daiwa Industry), with corporate name changes and operating under its present name since 1985.
- At the time of the application excerpt, the group comprised 99 companies, operated in 117 countries, had 78,901 employees (consolidated, as of March 31, 2011), and reported consolidated net sales of JPY 973,663,000,000 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
- The applicant emphasized control over domain allocation, contractual licensing to affiliates, monitoring for abuse, and the ability to revoke licenses.
Operator
Seiko Epson Corporation
Whois
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domain: EPSON
organisation: Seiko Epson Corporation
address: 4-1 Nishishinjuku 2-chome
address: Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0811
address: Japan
contact: administrative
name: Chief Operating Officer
organisation: GMO BRAND SECURITY Inc.
address: Cerulean Tower 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho
address: Shibuya-ku Tokyo 100-6030
address: Japan
phone: +81.357841069
fax-no: +81.334625040
e-mail: registry@brightsconsulting.com
contact: technical
name: Director
organisation: GMO Registry, Inc.
address: Cerulean Tower
address: 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho
address: Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8512
address: Japan
phone: +81.354561601
fax-no: +81.337805239
e-mail: newgtld@gmoregistry.com
nserver: A.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:1:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.192.4
nserver: B.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:2:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.194.4
nserver: K.GMOREGISTRY.NET 37.209.196.4
nserver: L.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:4:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.198.4
ds-rdata: 61387 8 2 9183de01e842231d1f1f951de9b25c160dfddbab7411aadfc6fa69764b7d44e2
whois: whois.nic.epson
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.epson.com
created: 2015-02-19
changed: 2023-06-20
source: IANA
