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Tom Barrett has over 35 years of experience in technology, including over 20 years of experience in brand protection and internet development. Currently, he is President and Founder of ICANN-accredited Registrars EnCirca, Inc and Name Share, Inc.
Tom also serves as the Chair of the Blockchain Subcommittee for the International Trademark Association and the Chair of the ICANN NomCom Review Working Group.
EnCirca specializes in community-based TLDs and assists domain name registries with their go-to market strategies. EnCirca is currently a leading Registrar for: .BANK, .CPA, .BOT, .REALTOR, .PHARMACY, .COOP, .JOBS and .TRAVEL. EnCirca powered the validation portal for seven new gTLDs, including .BANK and .INSURANCE and is a white-labeled registrar for dotBrand TLDs. EnCirca is also a Trademark Agent for the Trademark Clearinghouse. EnCirca also supports Blockchain-based TLDs. For more information, visit EnCirca.
Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Thomas Barrett on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
| 2022 - May 05 | on | The World of the Subdomain |
| 2021 - Apr 22 | on | Is NIST's Recent Letter on o.com a Bureaucratic Coup d'Etat? |
| 2017 - Mar 27 | on | A Case for Further DNS Registrar Industry Self-Regulation |
| 2017 - Feb 26 | on | When Two Trademarks Aren't Confusingly Similar to One Trademark |
| 2015 - Apr 28 | on | Lessons from .Build One Year After Launch: Q&A with CEO and Founder George Minardos |
| 2015 - Mar 19 | on | No Easy Solutions to TLD Branding and Labeling |
| 2015 - Mar 03 | on | Choose a gTLD for Love or for Added Value? |
| 2014 - Dec 16 | on | Wait and See Approach on Abuse |
| 2014 - Mar 17 | on | How Are ICANN's New TLDs Doing? |
| 2014 - Mar 11 | on | AdDomains: A New Weapon for Traditional Advertising |
| 2014 - Feb 26 | on | Internet Governance: Why Africa Should Take the Lead |
| 2013 - Nov 02 | on | First New TLD Quietly Enters Sunrise Period |
| 2013 - Sep 20 | on | Key Steps for Operational Readiness and Successful Launch of a New gTLD |
| 2013 - May 11 | on | What New gTLD Applicants Need Is a Quick, Lightweight Answer to the World's Governments. Here It Is. |
| 2013 - Mar 08 | on | Mishandling the Registrar Contract Negotiations |
| 2013 - Jan 30 | on | Compliance Overhaul a NON-Start |
| 2012 - Dec 20 | on | Registering for the Registrar Rodeo: A Note to the New gTLDs |
| 2012 - Nov 23 | on | First Insights from the GAC Early Warnings on New Top-Level Domains |
| 2012 - Nov 23 | on | A Navigation Aid or a Brand TLD? (Part 2 of 2) |
| 2012 - Jun 14 | on | Analysis of the IDN New gTLD Applications |
| 2012 - Mar 28 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
| 2011 - Dec 12 | on | ICANN Senate Hearing: The Battle Between Intellectual Property and Multistakeholderism |
| 2011 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Board - GAC Geneva Meeting: Open to Observers? |
| 2010 - Nov 09 | on | Red Tape Set to Snuff Out Online Identity of Wales |
| 2010 - Sep 18 | on | Could .NAME be the Killer App ENUM is Waiting For? |
| 2010 - Sep 18 | on | Could .NAME be the Killer App ENUM is Waiting For? |
| 2010 - Jul 03 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
| 2010 - May 12 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 05 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - Apr 14 | on | China Won't Repeat Protectionist Past in Digital Realm |
| 2010 - Feb 24 | on | XXX Saga Continues |
| 2009 - Oct 08 | on | Post Delegation Dispute: A Once Supportable Concept Proposed by the IRT is Now Unsupportable |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | What is Good Policy for a Domain Name Registry? |
| 2008 - Jan 09 | on | Domain Front Running by Registrars Continues to Draw Attention |
| 2007 - Sep 04 | on | More on WHOIS Privacy |
| 2006 - Oct 21 | on | ICANN Board to Vote on Domain Tasting Measure |
| 2006 - Aug 07 | on | Nation of Cameroon Typo-Squats the Entire .com Space |
| 2006 - Feb 23 | on | Sponsored TLD Unnecessary? Ron Andruff Responds to Forrester Research |
| 2006 - Feb 23 | on | Sponsored TLD Unnecessary? Ron Andruff Responds to Forrester Research |
| 2006 - Feb 03 | on | WIPO Crowing Again About "Cybersquatting" |
| 2006 - Jan 03 | on | Time to Renew .coop, .museum, and .aero ICANN |
| 2006 - Jan 02 | on | Time to Renew .coop, .museum, and .aero ICANN |
| 2005 - Mar 31 | on | Why Restricted TLDs Should Not Be Gatecrashed |
| 2005 - Mar 29 | on | Spirit of .Pro, Where Art Thou? |
| 2005 - Mar 20 | on | Shambles at the .Pro Registry |
| 2005 - Mar 10 | on | Domain Owners Lose Privacy |
| 2004 - Nov 23 | on | dotMP Goes Mobile, Limits Access to WHOIS Data |
| 2004 - Jul 16 | on | The Site Finder Report: Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Committee |
| 2004 - Mar 18 | on | New Mobile Domain Another Bad Idea |
| 2004 - Mar 17 | on | New Mobile Domain Another Bad Idea |
| 2003 - Sep 05 | on | Communicate.com to Receive $1 Million for Four Domain Names |
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