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It was predicted that the Geographic Names Panel would be able to finish its evaluation ahead of many of the other panels, finishing on or around November 12, 2012.<ref>[http://www.gtld.com/news/2012/icanns-new-gtld-program-latest-news ICANN new gTLD Program Latest News, www.gtld.com]</ref>
It was predicted that the Geographic Names Panel would be able to finish its evaluation ahead of many of the other panels, finishing on or around November 12, 2012.<ref>[http://www.gtld.com/news/2012/icanns-new-gtld-program-latest-news ICANN new gTLD Program Latest News, www.gtld.com]</ref>
===Google Violates Geographic Rules===
===Google Violates Geographic Rules===
It was quickly noted following the public reveal that [[Google]] had applied for three strings that were clearly in violation of the protection of geographic territory names as per the [[ISO-3166]] standards. Their applications for [[.and]], [[.are]], and [[.est]] are all protected names on that list, for Andorra, the United Arab Emirates, and Estonia respectively. .and was intended for use as a [[Brand TLD]] for Google's android services, while .est and .are were intended as "domain hacks", so domains such as cats.are/best and fast.est/car would be made possible.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/02/google_loses_money_applying_for_banned_domain_names/ Google Loses Money Applying for Banned Domain Names, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref> These applications were later withdrawn, though a full-refund was not given.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10089-did-google-withdraw-three-new-gtld-applications Did Google Withdraw Three New gTLD Applications, DomainIncite.com]</reF>
It was quickly noted following the public reveal that [[Google]] had applied for three strings that were clearly in violation of the protection of geographic territory names as per the [[ISO-3166]] standards. Their applications for [[.and]], [[.are]], and [[.est]] are all protected names on that list, for Andorra, the United Arab Emirates, and Estonia respectively. .and was intended for use as a [[Brand TLD]] for Google's android services, while .est and .are were intended as "domain hacks", so domains such as cats.are/best and fast.est/car would be made possible.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/02/google_loses_money_applying_for_banned_domain_names/ Google Loses Money Applying for Banned Domain Names, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref> These applications were later withdrawn, though a full-refund was not given.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10089-did-google-withdraw-three-new-gtld-applications Did Google Withdraw Three New gTLD Applications, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
===Rulings===
On March 7th 2013, it was announced that the following strings refer to geographic areas but did not apply as geoTLDs: [[.bar]], [[.tata]], [[.tui]]; while the following strings applied for as geographic but do not actually refer to a geographic area: [[.ist]], [[.ryukyu]], [[.scot]], [[.vegas]], [[.frl]], [[.zulu]]. [[Kevin Murphy]], of [[Domain Incite]], noted that other TLDs referring to known geographic areas were not singled out, including: [[.capital]], [[.delta]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12166-told-you-so-four-new-gtlds-given-geographic-surprise-others-given-a-pass Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise , DomainIncite.com] Published & Retrieved 7 Mar 2013</ref>
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