.diy

Status:	Proposed
Type:	Generic
Category:	Lifestyle
More information:

.diy is a proposed new generic top level domain name with ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Current Applicants

1. Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
2. Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc.

Objections

An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by Scripps Networks, LLC against Google. It seems that Scripps Networks is behind the other competitive bid for .diy.

A Legal Rights Objection, as defined by the ICANN approved mediator, WIPO, is when, "third parties may file a formal objection to an application on several grounds, including, for trademark owners and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) [..] When such an objection is filed, an independent panel (comprised of one or three experts) will determine whether the applicant’s potential use of the applied-for gTLD would be likely to infringe [..] the objector’s existing trademark, or IGO name or acronym."