.coach
| Status: | Delegated |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
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.coach is a new GTLD in ICANN's new gTLD program. It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 27th November 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[1]
Successful Applicant
- Donuts (Koko Island, LLC), filed for 307 TLDs, each via different LLCs. The company is applying for .coach as a generic TLD. Daniel Schindler, EVP for Marketing & Sales at Donuts is the contact person in the application. [2] Their application is a non-brand related application.
Former Applicant
- Coach, Inc., a well-known American designer and manufacturer of the luxury handbag Coach and other fashion products. The company filed its application for the string as a Brand gTLD. [3]
Coach, Inc withdrew their application for the string in September 2014.[4]
Objections
An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by the applicant Coach Inc., against fellow applicant Donuts. The objection failed.[5]
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."[6]
Contract signed
On the 9th October 2014, Koko Island, LLC received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .coach after passing the Initial Evaluation.[7]
Delegation
.coach was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 27th November 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[8]
References
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Coach Company Profile
- ↑ Donuts Beats Trademark Owner to .coach by Kevin Murphy, DomainIncite; Retrieved 12 Sept 2014
- ↑ LRO Cases, WIPO.int
- ↑ LRO, WIPO.int Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 07 December 2014
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.