.pet
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
| Priority #: | 1229 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) 1529 - Afilias |
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.pet is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Applicants
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.[2] .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.[3] A second panelist agreed with Google's objection in a report published on September 19, 2013[4].
References
- ↑ Pet Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ <.pets> v <.pet>, Domain Incite. Retrieved 20 August 2013
- ↑ Google beats Donuts in Objection, Domain Incite. Retrieved 20 August 2013
- ↑ Pets Domain Name Objection, Domain Wire Retrieved 19 Sept 2013