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==Image Online Design & ICANN==

==Image Online Design & ICANN==

Image Online Design unsuccessfully applied for the .web gTLD in 2000 and sued ICANN in Fall 2012, citing a breach of contract and trademark infringement. It claimed that ICANN should never have allowed other companies to apply for the gTLD, and is seeking an injunction that prevents ICANN from awarding .web to another bidder and gives the company profits from the alleged trademark infringement. Its complaint cites an early ICANN meeting where the first proof-of-concept gTLDs were approved by the [[ICANN Board]]; the chair at the time, [[Vint Cerf]] did not approve the .web application filed by [[Afilias]] because of the existence of Image Online Design's .web operations. Alternate root player [[Name.Space]] similarly sued ICANN in an attempt to prevent an additional 189 gTLDs from being approved.<ref name="domainincite"></ref>

Image Online Design unsuccessfully applied for the .web gTLD in 2000 and sued ICANN in Fall 2012, citing a breach of contract and trademark infringement. It claimed that ICANN should never have allowed other companies to apply for the gTLD, and is seeking an injunction that prevents ICANN from awarding .web to another bidder and gives Image Online Design profits from the alleged trademark infringement. Its complaint cites an early ICANN meeting where the first proof-of-concept gTLDs were approved by the [[ICANN Board]]; the chair at the time, [[Vint Cerf]], did not approve the .web application filed by [[Afilias]] because of the existence of Image Online Design's .web operations.<ref name="domainincite"></ref>

 

Alternate root player [[Name.Space]] similarly sued ICANN in an attempt to prevent an additional 189 gTLDs from being approved.<ref name="domainincite"></ref>

==References==

==References==