Microsoft, Yahoo! and others face possible '.co' infringers

Last week we learnt that some of the world's biggest brands have bought in to the '.co' domain, either as part of a new domain name strategy or merely to protect their trademark rights from misuse. Now that the Colombian registry behind the widely popular domain has opened up for general availability, we know that trademark owners such as Yahoo! and Microsoft are facing possibly infringing uses of their trademarks - in what may become the most valuable domain since '.com'.