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[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref>This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/824 here]. | [http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref>This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/824 here]. | ||
# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]]), applied for 101 [[TLD]]s. [[Sarah Falvey]], Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9603479.htm Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement]</ref> | # [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]]), applied for 101 [[TLD]]s. [[Sarah Falvey]], Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9603479.htm Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement]</ref> | ||
# [[PROC Registry, LLC]], [[Joshua Bourne]], Managing Partner of [[FairWinds Partners]] is the main contact person in the application | ===Former Applicants=== | ||
# [[PROC Registry, LLC]], [[Joshua Bourne]], Managing Partner of [[FairWinds Partners]] is the main contact person in the application. This application was '''WITHDRAWN'''. | |||
==Objections== | ==Objections== | ||
Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for [[.inc]], .corp, and [[.ltd]]. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10553-delaware-secretary-of-state-opposes-any-corporate-themed-new-gtlds Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs]. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.</ref> Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in. | Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for [[.inc]], .corp, and [[.ltd]]. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10553-delaware-secretary-of-state-opposes-any-corporate-themed-new-gtlds Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs]. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.</ref> Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in. | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 10 May 2013
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Commerce |
| Priority #: | 348 - Dot Registry LLC 926 - STRAAT Investments (NU DOT CO LLC) 1014 - Donuts (Cotton Fields, LLC) 1393 - DotCorp Ltd. 1906 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) |
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.corp is a proposed new gTLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Applicants[edit | edit source]
There are six applicants for the .corp TLD including: [1]
- DotCorp Ltd., a Hong Kong-based company that intends to offer .corp internationally.[2]
- Dot Registry LLC, an American company that is also applying for .inc, .llc, .llp. Dot Registry LLC intends to limit registration of their strings to only verifiable American companies that qualify for the respective designation; this initiative has already received some support from U.S. Secretaries of State. The company is using Neustar for their backend registry services.[3]
- STRAAT Investments, the parent company of .co Internet is applying for 13 domain name strings including .corp. [4]
- Donuts(Cotton Fields, LLC), a new registry company that filed for 307 new gTLD applications. Each gTLD application was submitted to ICANN under different company names. [5]This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.), applied for 101 TLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. [6]
Former Applicants[edit | edit source]
- PROC Registry, LLC, Joshua Bourne, Managing Partner of FairWinds Partners is the main contact person in the application. This application was WITHDRAWN.
Objections[edit | edit source]
Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for .inc, .corp, and .ltd. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.[7] Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ Another Corp gTLD Bid Revealed, DomainIncite.com
- ↑ Dot Registry Applying For Four US only gTLDs, DomainIncite.com
- ↑ Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains (here’s the list)
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement
- ↑ Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.