Friday, 09 December 2011 11:41 Domain News
The University of Michigan wanted to keep its brand porn-free and decided to register three .XXX domain names .Many other Universities and schools are busy snapping up .XXX domains since they’ve become available . None of the .XXX domain names will be used by the Michigan University.The University owns 470 domain names,from which 50 were acquired only to protect their trademarks .Many other UNiversities around the world did the same thing in order to keep them out of the hands of pornographers .Illinois State University registered IllinoisState.XXX , RedBirds.xxx and StateYourPassion.xxx .Penn State University also acquired four .XXX domain names : Penn State, PSU, Nittany Lions and The Pennsylvania State University,while East Carolina University registered a total of eight .XXX domains,such as eastcarolina.xxx, ecu.xxx,eastcarolinauniversity.xxx,eastcarolinauniversitypirates.xxx and leojenkinscancercenter.xxx .
Another University who decided to protect the school’s trademark from being used pornographers is the University of Notre Dame,who decided to register four .XXX domains,notredame.xxx, universityofnotredame.xxx, fightinirish.xxx and domer.xxx,spending on them $1,319.96 .
