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| {{TLD| | | {{TLD| |
| |logo = | | |logo = |
− | |status = Proposed | + | |status = Delegated |
| |manager = | | |manager = |
| |country = International | | |country = International |
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| |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 = |
| }} | | }} |
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− | '''.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> |
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− | ==Applicants== | + | ==Applicant== |
| # [[Afilias]] | | # [[Afilias]] |
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| + | ==Previous Applicant== |
| # [[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> |
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| ==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>. |
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| + | ==Private auction== |
| + | On the 8th December 2014, it was reported that [[Afilias]] had won the right to run .pet after [[Google]] withdrew its application for .pet and [[Donuts]] withdrew its bid for pets. This was the first time a [[private auction]] had been used to settle a new [[GTLD]] contention set containing two different strings.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17750-private-auction-settles-controversial-plural-gtld-fight?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DomainIncite+%28DomainIncite.com%29 Domainincite, private auction settles controversial plural GTLD fight] Retrieved 8th December 2014</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category:TLD]] | | [[Category:TLD]] |
| [[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|pet]] | | [[Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|pet]] |
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| + | __NOTOC__ |