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{{TLD|
|logo =
|logo =
|status = Proposed
|status = Active
|manager =[[Afilias]]
|manager =[[Afilias]]
|country =
|country =
|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]
|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]
|community =
|community =
|priority =
|keypeople =
|keypeople =
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}}
'''.blue''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>
'''.blue''' is an active [[gTLD]] that in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The [[Registry]] and manager of the TLD is [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 05 February 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 06 Feb 2014</ref>
===Application Details===
===Application Details===
'''Excerpted from Response to Question 18:'''<br>
'''Excerpted from Response to Question 18:'''<br>
.BLUE will be an open TLD, generally available to all registrants (except in the Sunrise period)."<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1836 ApplicationDetails, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 12 Dec 2012</ref>
.BLUE will be an open TLD, generally available to all registrants (except in the Sunrise period)."<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1836 ApplicationDetails, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 12 Dec 2012</ref>
==Objection==
An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assoc. against [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/cases/ LRO Cases, WIPO.int]</ref>
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."<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/ LRO, WIPO.int] Retrieved 25 March 2013</ref>
The objection was dismissed and [[Afilias]] prevailed, meaning they can continue with their application for the string uninhibited by the objection. The case was determined on August 16, 2013 and published by [[ICANN]] on September 25, 2013.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/odr/determination Objection Determinations, ICANN.org] Retrieved 07 Nov 2013</ref>
==Contract Signed==
On 07 November 2013, [[Afilias]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .blue after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 08 Nov 2013</ref>
==Delegation and Availability==
.blue was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] of the [[DNS]] on 05 February, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.<ref name="delegation"></ref>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:TLD]]
[[Category:TLD]]
[[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|blue]]
[[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|blue]]
[[Category:TLDs with Registry Agreements|blue]]