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{{TLD|

{{TLD|

|logo  =

|logo  =

|status = Proposed

|status = Delegated

|manager  =

|manager  =

|country  = International

|country  = International

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

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

|community  =

|community  =

|priority = 1229 - [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])<br>1529 - [[Afilias]]

|priority = <s> 1229 - [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])</s><br>1529 - [[Afilias]]

|keypeople  =

|keypeople  =

}}

}}

'''.pet''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].  

'''.pet''' is a delegated [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Afilias]] manages the TLD and is its [[Registry]]. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 26 July, 2015.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 30 Jul 2015</ref>

==Applicants==

==Applicant==

# [[Afilias]]

# [[Afilias]]

# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Pet Status, ICANN.org]</ref>

# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Pet Status, ICANN.org]</ref>

==String Confusion Objection==

==String Confusion Objection==

[[Google]] submitted a [[String Confusion Objection]] to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) (a division of the [[AAA]]) on March 13, 2013, asserting that '''.pet'''  and [[.pets]] are confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/docs/petsvpet.pdf <.pets> v <.pet>, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> [[.pets]]' only applicant is [[Donuts]], but a ruling by [[Richard Page]] of the [[ICDR]] that agrees with objection may put [[Donuts]] into the same contention set with current '''.pet''' applicants [[Google]] and [[Afilias]]. This ruling came as a surprise as similar String Confusion Objections for [[.hotel]] vs. [[.hotels]] and [[.car]] vs. [[.cars]] did not find the plural form of the strings to be confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14224-google-beats-donuts-in-objection-pet-and-pets-are-confusingly-similar Google beats Donuts in Objection, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> A second panelist agreed with [[Google]]'s objection in a report published on September 19, 2013<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/09/19/donuts-objection-pets-domain-name/ Pets Domain Name Objection, Domain Wire] Retrieved 19 Sept 2013</ref>.

[[Google]] submitted a [[String Confusion Objection]] to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) (a division of the [[AAA]]) on March 13, 2013, asserting that '''.pet'''  and [[.pets]] are confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/docs/petsvpet.pdf <.pets> v <.pet>, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> [[.pets]]' only applicant is [[Donuts]], but a ruling by [[Richard Page]] of the [[ICDR]] that agrees with objection may put [[Donuts]] into the same contention set with current '''.pet''' applicants [[Google]] and [[Afilias]]. This ruling came as a surprise as similar String Confusion Objections for [[.hotel]] vs. [[.hotels]] and [[.car]] vs. [[.cars]] did not find the plural form of the strings to be confusingly similar.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14224-google-beats-donuts-in-objection-pet-and-pets-are-confusingly-similar Google beats Donuts in Objection, Domain Incite.] Retrieved 20 August 2013</ref> A second panelist agreed with [[Google]]'s objection in a report published on September 19, 2013<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/09/19/donuts-objection-pets-domain-name/ Pets Domain Name Objection, Domain Wire] Retrieved 19 Sept 2013</ref>.

==References==

==References==

[[Category:TLD]]

[[Category:TLD]]

[[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|pet]]

[[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|pet]]