.goo
| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | NTT Resonant Inc. |
| Registry Backend: | GMO Registry |
| Type: | Brand TLD |
| Priority #: | 347 - NTT Resonant Inc. |
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.goo is a Brand TLD being proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. NTT Resonant Inc. is the only remaining applicant for the string; Google had originally applied for the string as well.[1]
Objection
An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by the applicant NTT Resonant Inc. against fellow applicant Google.[2]
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."[3]
Google subsequently withdrew its application in June 2013.[4]
References
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ LRO Cases, WIPO.int
- ↑ LRO, WIPO.int Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ↑ Google Beaten in New gTLD Contention Set, DomainIncite.com published & Retrieved 18 June 2013