− | |priority = 1306 - [[Uniregistry]], Corp.<br>1451 - [[Donuts]] (Sea Tigers, LLC) | + | |priority = 1306 -<s> [[Uniregistry]], Corp.</s><br>1451 - [[Donuts]] (Sea Tigers, LLC) |
− | '''.shopping''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. | + | '''.shopping''' is a delegated [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. Donuts' application succeeded the ICANN process, and the company currently manages the TLD.<ref>[https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings .SHOPPING Delegation. Retrieved 12 Jul 2016.]</ref> |
− | [[.shop]] applicant [[Commercial Connect]] submitted an objection to [[Donuts]]' application for .shopping on the grounds that the two strings are confusingly similar and that Internet users might mistake the strings for one another. An [[ICDR]] panelist, Robert Nau, ruled in favor of [[Commercial Connect]], which may force [[Donuts]' application into a contention set along with all of the applicants for [[.shop]]. However, no objection was filed against [[Uniregistry]] for their application of .shopping.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14738-shopping-ruled-confusingly-similar-to-shop .shopping Ruled Confusingly Similar to .shop, Domain Incite] Retrieved 18 Oct 2013</ref> | + | [[.shop]] applicant [[Commercial Connect]] submitted an objection to [[Donuts]]' application for .shopping on the grounds that the two strings are confusingly similar and that Internet users might mistake the strings for one another. An [[ICDR]] panelist, Robert Nau, ruled in favor of [[Commercial Connect]], which may force [[Donuts]' application into a contention set along with all of the applicants for [[.shop]]. However, no objection was filed against [[Uniregistry]] for their application of .shopping.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14738-shopping-ruled-confusingly-similar-to-shop .shopping Ruled Confusingly Similar to .shop, Domain Incite] Retrieved 18 Oct 2013</ref> Nau was also the panelist who decided the case that found [[Amazon]]'s application for [[.通販]], which means "online shopping" in Chinese, to be confusingly similar to [[.shop]]. New gTLD applicant community members have expressed concern that the panelist chosen to decide certain objections has a major effect on the outcome of the objection.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/10/16/donuts-shopping-found-too-similar-to-shop-will-be-placed-in-contention-set/ Donuts' .shopping Found Too Similar to .shop, Domain Name Wire] Retrieved 18 Oct 2013</ref> |