.cars
| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | XYZ.COM LLC |
| Registry Backend: | CentralNic |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Industry |
| Priority #: | 295 - Uniregistry, Corp. 1124 - Dominion Enterprises (DERCars, LLC) 1152 - Donuts (Koko Castle, LLC) |
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.cars is a new gTLD applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Applicants
The applicants are:[1]
- Donuts (Koko Castle, LLC), a start-up registry operator backed by large investors which has applied for 307 new gTLDs.[2] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
- Uniregistry, Corp.- a new company established by Frank Schilling, a well-known domainer. The company filed applications for 54 new gTLDs.[3]
- DERCars, LLC- the contact person for the company is Guy R. Friddell III.
DERCars, LLC
DERCars, LLC's application was issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[4]
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.[5]
String Confusion Objection
Google filed a separate String Confusion Objection against all three applicants of .cars, stating that the string was confusingly similar to Google's application for .car. On 7 August 2013 the ICDR decided one of three objections submitted against .cars, ruling in favor of the applicant, Donuts. The ICANN community initially saw this ruling as setting a precedent that plural-word strings are not confusingly similar to their singular forms.[6] However, later rulings, such as Donuts' application for .pets, showed that no such precedent had been set. This created some controversy within the community.
References
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains...
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012
- ↑ Cars AU, GACweb.ICANN.org
- ↑ Panels Rule No Confusion between singular and plural TLDs, Circle ID Retrieved 25 Sept 2013