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The Vote with .Vote? — Get Out

Utah firm files trademark application for .vote.

Will .vote be among the applications for fresh top level domain names filed later this year?

A Utah firm filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last Friday for .vote for “Domain name registration services”.

[Update: this is a refiling of .vote. The USPTO refused an earlier application by the firm.]

The applicant is Pack Holdings, LLC, a firm that has scarce record on the internet. Still, another firm that pops up in a Google search for the Utah address is a political consulting firm. The group does “get out the vote” calls, fundraising, volunteer training, etc.

It’s not entirely clear if this is the same applicant and there is a non-profit that was registered at the same address.

I could see how this could be used for a number of political purposes. But the big winner will be the owners of vote.com.

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