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Revision as of 18:06, 13 December 2013

Status:	Contract Signed
Type:	Geographical TLD
Category:	Food & Drink Culture
Priority #:	230 - Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable ~~1689 - Demand Media (United TLD Holdco Ltd.)~~

More information:

.bar is a proposed domain name string to ICANN's New gTLD Program.^[1] This string, applied for by two applicants as a generic application, was deemed a Geographic TLD by ICANN's Geographic Names Panel, referring to a commune in Montenegro. Geo TLDs must have government support in order to pass evaluation and proceed towards delegation.^[2]

Current Applicants[edit | edit source]

Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable, applied for the string as geographical TLD for the city of Barcelona. They have contracted CentralNic as their technical provider.

Previous Applicants[edit | edit source]

Demand Media (United TLD|United TLD Holdco Ltd.), this one of the 26 gTLDs applied for by the company. ^[3] The application was withdrawn in July 2013.^[4]

Public Comment Objection[edit | edit source]

Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD in the public comment forum.^[5] The comment forum does not require payment for a comment or objection, thus it did not require the ICDR or the ICC to determine an outcome. The comment was taken into consideration by the Initial Evaluation panels.

Contract Signed[edit | edit source]

On 12 December 2013 Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .bar after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string.^[6]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
↑ Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise others Given a Pass, DomainIncite.com Retrieved 7 Mar 2013
↑ United TLD
↑ Demand Media Withdraws Bar Application, DomainIncite.comPublished 8 July 2013, Retrieved 10 July 2013
↑ Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com
↑ Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite Retrieved 13 Dec 2013

[1] Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings

[2] Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise others Given a Pass, DomainIncite.com Retrieved 7 Mar 2013

[3] United TLD

[4] Demand Media Withdraws Bar Application, DomainIncite.comPublished 8 July 2013, Retrieved 10 July 2013

[5] Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com

[6] Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite Retrieved 13 Dec 2013

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 # [[Demand Media]] (United TLD|United TLD Holdco Ltd.), this one of the 26 gTLDs applied for by the company. <ref>[http://www.unitedtld.com/our-tlds/ United TLD]</ref> The application was withdrawn in July 2013.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/13641-demand-media-withdraws-bar-application Demand Media Withdraws Bar Application, DomainIncite.com]Published 8 July 2013, Retrieved 10 July 2013</ref>
-==Objection==
+==Public Comment Objection==
 Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD in the public comment forum.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com]</ref> The comment forum does not require payment for a comment or objection, thus it did not require the [[ICDR]] or the [[ICC]] to determine an outcome. The comment was taken into consideration by the [[Initial Evaluation]] panels.