6,681
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 29:
Line 29: + + +
no edit summary
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Cars-AU-45636.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353390072000 Cars AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref>
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Cars-AU-45636.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353390072000 Cars AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref>
==String Confusion Objection==
[[Google]] filed a separate [[String Confusion Objection]] against all three applicants of .cars, stating that the string was confusingly similar to [[Google]]'s application for [[.car]]. On 7 August 2013 the [[ICDR]] decided one of three objections submitted against .cars, ruling in favor of the applicant, [[Donuts]]. The [[ICANN]] community initially saw this ruling as setting a precedent that plural-word strings are not confusingly similar to their singular forms.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130814_panels_rule_no_confusion_between_singular_and_plural_tlds/ Panels Rule No Confusion between singular and plural TLDs, Circle ID] Retrieved 25 Sept 2013</ref> However, later rulings, such as [[Donuts]]' application for [[.pets]], showed that no such precedent had been set. This created some controversy within the community.
==References==
==References==