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|logo  =

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|status = Proposed

|status = Delegated

|manager  =

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|country  =  

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|registryprovider  =[[Demand Media]]

|registryprovider  =[[Demand Media]]

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|date  = 02 Jun 2016

|type  = [[gTLD|Generic]]

|type  = [[gTLD|Generic]]

|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]

|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]

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'''.games''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Donuts]] (Foggy Beach, LLC).<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>

'''.games''' is a delegated [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Donuts]] (Foggy Beach, LLC) was the sole applicant and currently manages the TLD.<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><ref>[https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings .GAMES Delegation. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.]</ref>

==Application Details==

==Application Details==

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

==String Confusion Objection==

==String Confusion Objection==

[[Google]] submitted an objection to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution ([[ICDR]]), saying that the .games and [[.game]] strings would confuse Internet users. Panelist [[Earl Cherniak]] ruled on the side of Google. This decision will put [[Donuts]], the sole applicant for .games, into a contention set with [[Google]] and others for the [[.game]] gTLD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/09/24/google-beats-donuts-in-games-top-level-domain-name-dispute/ Google beats Donuts in .games gTLD Dispute, Domain Name Wire] Retrieved 25 Sept 2013</ref>  

[[Google]] submitted a [[String Confusion Objection]] to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution ([[ICDR]]) saying that the .games and [[.game]] strings would confuse Internet users. Panelist [[Earl Cherniak]] ruled on the side of Google. This decision will put [[Donuts]], the sole applicant for .games, into a contention set with [[Google]] and others for the [[.game]] gTLD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/09/24/google-beats-donuts-in-games-top-level-domain-name-dispute/ Google beats Donuts in .games gTLD Dispute, Domain Name Wire] Retrieved 25 Sept 2013</ref>

 

==References==

==References==

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