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==String Confusion Objection==

==String Confusion Objection==

[[Google]] submitted a String Confusion Objection to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) (a division of the [[AAA]]) on March 13, 2013, asserting that '''.pet'''  and [[.pets]] are confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/docs/petsvpet.pdf <.pets> v <.pet>, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> [[.pets]]' only applicant is [[Donuts]], but a ruling by [[Richard Page]] of the [[ICDR]] that agrees with objection may put [[Donuts]] into the same contention set with current '''.pet''' applicants [[Google]] and [[Afilias]]. This ruling came as a surprise as similar String Confusion Objections for [[.hotel]] vs. [[.hotels]] and [[.car]] vs. [[.cars]] did not find the plural form of the strings to be confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14224-google-beats-donuts-in-objection-pet-and-pets-are-confusingly-similar Google beats Donuts in Objection, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref>

[[Google]] submitted a String Confusion Objection to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) (a division of the [[AAA]]) on March 13, 2013, asserting that '''.pet'''  and [[.pets]] are confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/docs/petsvpet.pdf <.pets> v <.pet>, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> [[.pets]]' only applicant is [[Donuts]], but a ruling by [[Richard Page]] of the [[ICDR]] that agrees with objection may put [[Donuts]] into the same contention set with current '''.pet''' applicants [[Google]] and [[Afilias]]. This ruling came as a surprise as similar String Confusion Objections for [[.hotel]] vs. [[.hotels]] and [[.car]] vs. [[.cars]] did not find the plural form of the strings to be confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14224-google-beats-donuts-in-objection-pet-and-pets-are-confusingly-similar Google beats Donuts in Objection, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> A second panelist agreed with [[Google]]'s objection in a report published on September 19, 2013<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/09/19/donuts-objection-pets-domain-name/ Pets Domain Name Objection, Domain Wire] Retrieved 19 Sept 2013</ref>

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