Now that we published the objection filed by Verisign to .Cam as being to similar to .Com, along with the supporting documents, I have been asked what my opinion is on the objection, which is likely to be duplicated in large part when we see Verisign's objections to .Vet, .Company, .Network and .Bom and maybe many more. I think Verisign raises some good points regarding confusion between .cam … [Read more...]
Here Are the Affidavits & Study Verisign Used In Support Of Its Objection To .Cam:
A couple of weeks ago we told you we were hearing that Verisign had filed objections to new gTLD strings that they believe are confusing to .com or .net for which Verisign is the registry including .Cam, .Bom, .Vet, .Company, .Network. Last night we published Verisign's objection to .Cam as being too close to .Com In support of their objection, Verisign provided the Centere with two … [Read more...]
Progressive Insurance Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Insurance
Progressive Insurance has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .insurance. The formal name of the applicant was "Progressive Casualty Insurance Company". The application which had a prioritization number of 1847 was to operate the TLD on a closed basis. Closed generics have been getting a lot of push back and ICANN recently closed a comment period for the topic of whether companies … [Read more...]
Latin American Telecom Files Objection Against Google On .Tube
Latin American Telecom, LLC has filed a Legal Rights objection against Google's new gTLD application for .Tube Latin American Telecom is also an applicant for .Tube The third applicant for .Tube is Donuts. Of course Google owns and operates the largest Tube site in the world, YouTube.com Here is some information on this company from Esquire.com, attorney Ari Goldberger's … [Read more...]
Here Is Verisign’s Objection To .Cam & Why They Think Its Too Close To .Com
A couple of weeks ago we told you we were hearing that Verisign filed objections to new gTLD strings that they believe are confusing to .com or .net for which Verisign is the registry including .Cam, .Bom, .Vet, .Company, .Network. As of today the objections are still not showing up on the on the site of the provider where the objection was filed but TheDomains.com got some detailed … [Read more...]
New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 applications, including one's submitted by Google, Amazon, Donuts, Top Level Domain Holdings and Famous Four and Afilias to name a few. The … [Read more...]
Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN's site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangri‐La International Hotel Management Limited has been withdrawn just as the first initial evaluations for the new gTLD's were issued by ICANN today, starting with IDN's. This … [Read more...]