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# [[C.V. TLDcare]] - '''WITHDRAWN'''; the second applicant to leave the contention set, May 2013.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/13042-afilias-dumps-mail-bid-and-three-other-new-gtld-withdrawals Afilias Dumps Mail Bid and Three Other New gTLD Withdrawls, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved and Published 15 May 2013</ref>

# [[C.V. TLDcare]] - '''WITHDRAWN'''; the second applicant to leave the contention set, May 2013.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/13042-afilias-dumps-mail-bid-and-three-other-new-gtld-withdrawals Afilias Dumps Mail Bid and Three Other New gTLD Withdrawls, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved and Published 15 May 2013</ref>

# [[Afilias]]

# [[Afilias]]

# [[STRAAT Investments]] (NU DOT CO LLC), the parent company of [[.co Internet]] is an applicant for the domain name string. It is one of the 13 new gTLDs applied for by the company with ICANN. [[Neustar]] has been selected by STRAAT Investments to provide back-end registry services for the TLD. <ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/12/parent-company-of-co-internet-applies-for-13-top-level-domains-heres-the-list/ Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains]. Domain Name Wire. Published 2012 June 12.</ref>

# [[STRAAT Investments]] (NU DOT CO LLC), the parent company of [[.co Internet]] is an applicant for the domain name string. It is one of the 13 new gTLDs applied for by the company with ICANN. [[Neustar]] has been selected by STRAAT Investments to provide back-end registry services for the TLD. <ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/12/parent-company-of-co-Internet-applies-for-13-top-level-domains-heres-the-list/ Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains]. Domain Name Wire. Published 2012 June 12.</ref>

# [[myLTD GmbH]] - This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/693 here].

# [[myLTD GmbH]] - This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/693 here].

# [[Dot Registry LLC]] - The TLD failed its [[initial evaluation]] in June 2013 due to its responses to the financial questions in the application; it requested and passed extended evaluation.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/13412-four-failures-and-92-passes-in-latest-new-gtld-results Four Failures and 92 Passes in Latest New gTLD Results, DomainIncite.com] Published & Retrieved 17 June 2013</ref>

# [[Dot Registry LLC]] - The TLD failed its [[initial evaluation]] in June 2013 due to its responses to the financial questions in the application; it requested and passed extended evaluation.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/13412-four-failures-and-92-passes-in-latest-new-gtld-results Four Failures and 92 Passes in Latest New gTLD Results, DomainIncite.com] Published & Retrieved 17 June 2013</ref>

==Objections==

==Objections==

Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for [[.inc]], [[.corp]], and .ltd. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10553-delaware-secretary-of-state-opposes-any-corporate-themed-new-gtlds Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs]. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.</ref> Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in.

Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for [[.inc]], [[.corp]], and .ltd. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the Internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10553-delaware-secretary-of-state-opposes-any-corporate-themed-new-gtlds Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs]. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.</ref> Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in.

==References==

==References==