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→Summary Table of Requests
| Deny
| Deny
| Failure to state a claim related to ICANN's mission.
| Failure to state a claim related to ICANN's mission.
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/12-1-2014-02-07-en 12-1: International Olympic Committee]
| New gTLD Committee's inaction re: advice from GNSO suggesting additional protections for Red Cross, IOC
| No
| Deny; but, suggest that the New gTLD committee assess whether the time is now ripe to act on GNSO advice
| [https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2012-06-27-en New gTLD Committee resolved to review new information since original decision]
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/12-2-2014-02-07-en 12-2: GNSO Intellectual Property Constituency]
| Board Approval of the Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) request of the registry operator for .CAT, Fundació PuntCAT
| No
| Deny; but amend a preliminary "wheras" clause from the resolution to avoid confusion regarding scope of the amendment
| [https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-08-28-en#2.a Deny reconsideration, amend "whereas" clause as recommended
| Request for amendment was related to GDPR/WHOIS issues for a Spanish registry
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-1-2014-02-07-en 13-1:] [[Ummah Digital, Ltd.]]
| Staff rejection of Ummah's application based on Support Applicant Review Panel's Findings under the [[New gTLD Round]]
| No
| Deny; refer to [[SUBPRO]] for possible lessons learned
| Denied and referred to SUBPRO
| "ICANN’s accountability mechanisms are not intended for instances where a requestor: (1) is fully aware of the potential risks and defined outcomes within a process; (2) chooses to participate within that process; and (3) when they experience an unfavorable but defined outcome, seeks relief from that outcome."
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-2-2014-02-07-en 13-2:] [[Nameshop]]
| Staff rejection of Nameshop's change request, and application for financial assistance
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-3-2014-02-12-en 13-3:] [[Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group]]
| Introduction of "prior offender" URLs in the [[Trademark Clearinghouse]]
| No
| Deny; but, the request raises important points wrt "policy" versus "implementation", and expanding the mechanisms of community consultation
| Deny, and refer issues raised to ICANN staff for inclusion in the ongoing community conversation re: policy vs. implementation
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-4-2014-02-12-en 13-4:] [[DotConnectAfrica Trust]]
| Rejection of DCA Trust's [[.africa]] application in the [[New gTLD Program]]
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-5-2014-02-12-en 13-5:] [[Booking.com|Booking.com B.V.]]
| Placement of [[.hotels]] and .hoteis in a [[Contention Set|contention set]]
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-6-2014-02-12-en 13-6:] Hotel Top Level Domain S.a.r.l.
| Dismissal of dotHotel's objection to Booking.com's [[.hotels]] application
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-7-2014-02-13-en 13-7:] Dish DBS Corp.
| Dish attempted to register [[.direct]] and DirectTV's objection was upheld
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-8-2014-02-13-en 13-8:] Merck KGaA
| New gTLD Committee's recommendation that third party neutrals consider extenuating circumstances regarding missed objection deadlines
| No
| Deny
| Deny
| Merck KGaA, a German company had applied for .merck and .emerck. The American Merck & Co.'s objections to the two applications were ten and eleven minutes late, respectively
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-9-2014-02-13-en 13-9:] Amazon EU S.a.r.l.
| Amazon attempted to register a string that represented the Japanese translation of "online shopping." Commercial Connect objected to the application based on their application for [[.shop]]
| No
| Deny
| Deny
| Two 13-9 and 13-10 represented two different outcomes on similar facts - foreign language translations of "shopping" and their impact on [[.shop]]. The BGC recommended that a report be prepared regarding the two string confusion cases, and that neither string proceed to contracting until the NGPC had an opportunity to review.
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-10-2014-02-13-en 13-10:] Commercial Connect, LLC
| The partner case to 13-9 - here Top Level Domain Holdings applied for a string representing a Chinese translation of "shop" and Commercial Connect's objection was denied
| No
| Deny
| Deny
| See above. The same concluding paragraph in both 13-9 and 13-10 states: "[T]he BGC recommended that staff provide a report to the NGPC, for delivery in 30 days, setting out options for dealing with the situation raised within this Request, namely the differing outcomes of the String Confusion Objection Dispute Resolution process in similar disputes involving Amazon’s Applied-for String and TLDH’s Applied-for String. In addition, the BGC suggested that the strings not proceed to contracting prior to staff’s report being produced and considered by the NGPC."
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-11-2014-02-13-en 13-11:] [[Non-Commercial Stakeholder's Group]]
| Asking the board to review the sufficiency of the staff reponse to the NCSG's [[Documentary Information Disclosure Policy|DIDP request]] regarding information related to the TMCH "Strawman" (which included the "50 prior offender" provision which was the subject of RR 13-3) and RR 13-3.
| No*
| Deny
| No action
| Under the then-current Bylaws, the BGC had the discretion to deny reconsideration requests regarding ICANN staff action or inaction without reference to the board. This request did not state "propergrounds for reconsideration" and was denied without further consideration. This is similar to the current "dismissal" powers of the BAMC.
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-12-2014-02-13-en 13-12:] Tencent Holdings Limited
| Tencent applied for 微博 and .Weibo. Sina, the mark holder for 微博, objected to both applications and the objections were sustained.
| No
| Deny
| Deny
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| [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/13-13-2014-02-13-en 13-13:] Christopher Barron
| Rejection of GoPROUD's objection to dotgay LLC's application for [[.gay]]
| No
| Deny
| Deny
| The BGC's recommendation was moot by the time the NGPC considered it, as GoProud had dissolved and reformed, and Christopher Barron was not associated with the new entity, nor could he otherwise be contacted.
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