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===Brands as Community===

===Brands as Community===

While  [[Brand TLD]]s are not an officially recognized type of TLD by [[ICANN]], in the sense that they do not have requirements placed on [[IDN]]s, [[GeoTLD]]s, and [[Community TLD]]s, they do make up 34% of the entire applicant pool.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/gtld/all/infographic InfoGraphic, News.Dot-Nxt.com]</ref> A small subset of these 643 applicants applied as communities. The benefit they saw in applying in Community likely varies, with some likely trying to secure the TLD over competitive brands that may share the same name, acronym, or trademarks, and others just understanding the applicant guidebook in a way that they saw themselves as community. The following 20 applicants, in addition to the aforementioned contested Brand Community app for [[.merck]], make up the Community Brand Applicants:

While  [[Brand TLD]]s are not an officially recognized type of TLD by [[ICANN]], in the sense that they do not have requirements such as those placed on [[IDN]]s, [[GeoTLD]]s, and [[Community TLD]]s, they do make up 34% of the entire applicant pool.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/gtld/all/infographic InfoGraphic, News.Dot-Nxt.com]</ref> A small subset of these 643 applicants applied as communities. The benefit they saw in applying in Community likely varies, with some likely trying to secure the TLD over competitive brands that may share the same name, acronym, or trademarks, and others just understanding the applicant guidebook in a way that they saw themselves as community. The following 20 applicants, in addition to the aforementioned contested Brand Community app for [[.merck]], make up the Community Brand Applicants:

* [[.aco]]

1. <big>'''[[.aco]]'''</big>

* [[.adac]]

 

* [[.audi]]

 

* [[.cialis]]

2. <big>'''[[.adac]]'''</big>

* [[.and]]

3. <big>'''[[.and]]'''</big>

* [[.chatr]]

4. <big>'''[[.audi]]'''</big>

* [[.ksb]]

5. <big>'''[[.bbb]]'''</big>

* [[.bbb]]

6. <big>'''[[.bugatti]]'''</big>

* [[.bugatti]]

7. <big>'''[[.chatr]]'''</big>

* [[.edeka]]

8. <big>'''[[.cialis]]'''</big>

* [[.gea]]

9. <big>'''[[.edeka]]'''</big>

* [[.gree]]

10. <big>'''[[.gea]]'''</big>

* [[.ieee]]

11. <big>'''[[.gree]]'''</big>

* [[.ikano]]

12. <big>'''[[.ieee]]'''</big>

* [[.lamborghini]]

13. <big>'''[[.ikano]]'''</big>

* [[.leclerc]]

14. <big>'''[[.ksb]]'''</big>

* [[.mma]]

15. <big>'''[[.lamborghini]]'''</big>

* [[.ovh]]

16. <big>'''[[.leclerc]]'''</big>

* [[.reit]]

17. <big>'''[[.mma]]'''</big>

* [[.stada]]

18. <big>'''[[.ovh]]'''</big>

19. <big>'''[[.reit]]'''</big>

20. <big>'''[[.stada]]'''</big>

===IDNs as Community===

===IDNs as Community===