.flowers

Status:	Proposed
Type:	Generic
Category:	Lifestyle
Priority #:	237 - Donuts (Fern Willow, LLC) 481 - Top Level Domain Holdings 1037 - Uniregistry, Corp. 1715 - Piper Ventures, LLC
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.flowers is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Applicants

1. Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.It is one of 68 applications filed by the company on its own behalf.
2. Donuts (Fern Willow, LLC)- This is one of the 307 new gTLD application filed by the company. Donuts created Fern Willow, LLC to specifically apply for the .flower string. Daniel Schindler, co-founder and EVP for Marketing & Sales, is the main contact person in the application.
3. Uniregistry, Corp.- The company applied for 54 new gTLDs.
4. Piper Ventures, LLC- Its application was submitted by FairWinds Partners, a gTLD consultancy firm headed by managing partners Joshua Borne and Phil Lodico.

Piper Ventures, LLC

The application from Piper Ventures, LLC was issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden. 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 as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.

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.

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).

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