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| Citigroup, applicant for [[.citi]], has filed several comments with ICANN claiming that .citi and .city are not confusingly similar. In several past [[UDRP]] cases, however, Citigroup has argued that the two words are confusingly similar, and won, leading to the suspension of domain names using "city" in a manner similar to Citigroup trademarks.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10130-is-city-confusingly-similar-to-citi-udrp-says-yes Is .city confusingly similar to .citi? UDRP says yes, domaincite.com]</ref> | | Citigroup, applicant for [[.citi]], has filed several comments with ICANN claiming that .citi and .city are not confusingly similar. In several past [[UDRP]] cases, however, Citigroup has argued that the two words are confusingly similar, and won, leading to the suspension of domain names using "city" in a manner similar to Citigroup trademarks.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10130-is-city-confusingly-similar-to-citi-udrp-says-yes Is .city confusingly similar to .citi? UDRP says yes, domaincite.com]</ref> |
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− | ==Current Applicants== | + | ==Current Applicant== |
| + | # [[Donuts]] (Snow Sky, LLC), filed for 307 new gTLDs, each via its own LLC. The company has partnered with [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry solutions.<ref> |
| + | [http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/842 here]. |
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| + | ==Previous Applicants== |
| # [[Radix]] (Dot City Inc.), .city is one of 31 applications submitted by Radix, which has partnered with [[ARI Registry Services]] to provide its backend registry services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/?s=radix Radix, DomainIncite.com]</ref> | | # [[Radix]] (Dot City Inc.), .city is one of 31 applications submitted by Radix, which has partnered with [[ARI Registry Services]] to provide its backend registry services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/?s=radix Radix, DomainIncite.com]</ref> |
| # [[TLD Registry Limited]], [[Michael Lerer]], Project Manager of [[Sedari]] is the contact person of the applicant. | | # [[TLD Registry Limited]], [[Michael Lerer]], Project Manager of [[Sedari]] is the contact person of the applicant. |
− | # [[Donuts]] (Snow Sky, LLC), filed for 307 new gTLDs, each via its own LLC. The company has partnered with [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry solutions.<ref>
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− | [http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref>
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− | ===GAC Warning=== | + | ==Private Auction Resolves Contention== |
| + | Both Radix and TLD Registry withdrew their applications after an April 2014 [[private auction]] that was administered by [[Applicant Auction]], in which Donuts won the rights to the string.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/16566-millions-spent-on-new-gtlds-as-11-contention-sets-settled Millions spent on New gTLDs as 11 contention sets settled, DomainIncite] Retrieved 01 May 2014</ref> |
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| + | ==GAC Warning== |
| All applicants for the .city TLD were issued a [[GAC]] Early Warning; The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied. Germany issued warnings to all three applicants, while Australia issued warnings to only Dot City Inc. ([[Radix]]), and [[Donuts]]' Snow Sky, LLC application. Presumably the Australian representative believes that the third applicant, [[TLD Registry Limited]] has enumerated sufficient steps to protect geographic names at the [[SLD|second level]], given that the other two complaints note this lack of protection as the reason for objection.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/City-AU-67099.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353383163000 City AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref> | | All applicants for the .city TLD were issued a [[GAC]] Early Warning; The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied. Germany issued warnings to all three applicants, while Australia issued warnings to only Dot City Inc. ([[Radix]]), and [[Donuts]]' Snow Sky, LLC application. Presumably the Australian representative believes that the third applicant, [[TLD Registry Limited]] has enumerated sufficient steps to protect geographic names at the [[SLD|second level]], given that the other two complaints note this lack of protection as the reason for objection.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/City-AU-67099.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353383163000 City AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref> |
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