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.legal

From ICANNWiki
Status: Delegated
Country: International
Type: gTLD:Generic
Category: Professional

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.legal is a GTLD that was proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 26th November, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[1]

Successful Applicant

  1. Donuts (Blue Falls, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.

Previous Applicant

  1. Primer Nivel[2] - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.

Private Auction

A Private auction conducted in September 2014 left Donuts as the only applicant for the string, as the other applicant withdrew. The winning bid was not revealed.[3]

Contract signed

On the 16th October 2014, Donuts (Blue Falls, LLC) received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .legal after passing the Initial Evaluation.[4]

Delegation

.legal was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 26th November, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[5]

References

  1. ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.
  2. Legal Status, ICANN.org
  3. Donuts Snatches Four New gTLDs at Auction beating Amazon to .video DomainIncite; by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 23 Sept 2014
  4. Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 07 December 2014
  5. ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.