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.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>
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