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'''.pet''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].
'''.pet''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].
==Applicants==
==Applicant==
# [[Afilias]]
# [[Afilias]]
==Previous Applicant==
# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Pet Status, ICANN.org]</ref>
# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Pet Status, ICANN.org]</ref>
==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> 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>.
[[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>.
==Private auction==
On the 8th December 2014, it was reported that [[Afilias]] had won the right to run .pet after Google withdrew its application for .pet and Donuts withdrew its bid for pets. This was the first time a [[private auction]] had been used to settle a new [[GTLD]] contention set containing two different strings.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17750-private-auction-settles-controversial-plural-gtld-fight?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DomainIncite+%28DomainIncite.com%29 Domainincite, private auction settles controversial plural GTLD fight] Retrieved 8th December 2014</ref>
==References==
==References==