.coach

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Status:	Delegated
Type:	Generic
Category:	Lifestyle

.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.

Successful Applicant

1. 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. Their application is a non-brand related application.

Former Applicant

1. 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.

Coach, Inc withdrew their application for the string in September 2014.

Objections

An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by the applicant Coach Inc., against fellow applicant Donuts. The objection failed.

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."

Contract signed

On the 9th October 2014, Koko Island, LLC received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .coach after passing the Initial Evaluation.

Delegation

.coach was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 27th November 2014, completing the successful application for the string.