Tag Archives: community objections

Tue 4th February 2014
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Donuts and Famous Four remove .rugby domain name match - Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby match. Look closely at this picture and you might see Paul Stahura wincing in pain.The International Rugby Board (IRB) has effectively killed off its two competitors for the .rugby top level domain name by winning a community objection. The IRB filed the objection against competitors Donuts and Famous Four media. IRB’s objection made similar arguments as those in .basketball, .ski, and .sport/sports. The objectors lost the case ... read more ...
Mon 27th January 2014
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Amazon gets a win in .Amazon quarrel & IO found to have dispute of seductiveness in case - Panelist finds Independent Objector Alain Pellet has a conflict of interest and sides with Amazon.com in domain name dispute. Amazon.com has successfully defended community objections brought against its applications for .amazon and the Chinese and Japanese equivalent top level domain names. At the same time, it has also successfully questioned the Independent Objector’s conflict of interest in filing the cases in the first place. The internet retailing giant argued ... read more ...
Fri 17th January 2014
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.Health field tarry village objections - .Health applications move forward after lengthy objection process. The objection process against .health top level domain names is over. Both DotHealth, LLC and Donuts have survived community objections filed against their applications. They previously survived limited public interest objections. The community objections were filed by the ICANN At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). Panelist Jan Paulsson took a bit different approach to this determination than other ... read more ...
Fri 10th January 2014
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Panelist awards .charity to Famous Four formed on PIC - Panelist approves of Famous Four application for .charity while killing Donuts’ rival application. A Public Interest Commitment for the .charity top level domain has resulted in Famous Four “winning” the contention set for the domain. The Independent Objector (IO) filed community objections against both Famous Four’s and Donuts’ applications for .charity, along with Famous Four’s application for a Chinese equivalent. The cases were consolidated, and the ... read more ...
Wed 8th January 2014
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Gold is not a clearly defined community, row rules - Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection filed by World Gold Council against Donuts’ application to run .gold. World Gold Council (WGC) is a rival applicant for .gold. It did not apply under community status. In one of the shortest community objection decisions to date, ... read more ...
Tue 26th November 2013
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21 village objections have been decided. So distant it’s unpredictable. - It’s difficult to predict the outcome of community objections. As of yesterday the International Chamber of Commerce had published 21 community objection decisions. Objectors have won just four of the cases. Time for new top level domain applicants to rejoice? Hardly. Much like string confusion objections, community objection decisions and how panelists arrive at their decisions are proving to be inconsistent. Community objections are certainly more complicated ... read more ...
Fri 22nd November 2013
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Companies aren’t communities for new TLDs, panelist rules - Is Merck a community? It’s a murky argument. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has issued his rulings in three cases involving the Merck brand. In doing so, he has ruled that companies don’t qualify as communities, at least for new TLD community objections. The three cases were filed by Merck KGaA against Merck Registry Holdings and MSD Registry Holdings and covered two applications for .merck and one for .merckmsd. If you’re confused, let me clear ... read more ...
Tue 19th November 2013
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Panel denies village objections opposite .Hotels applicant - Objectors were upset with single registrant application for .hotels. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has denied two community objections filed against .hotels applicant Booking.com. The cases were filed by Hotel Consumer Protection Coalition and HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants Cafés in Europe, and the cases were consolidated. Although there were 7 applications for the .hotel (singular) top level domain, it seems that the groups were concerned about Booking.com’s ... read more ...
Mon 28th October 2013
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Donuts successfully defends .reisen village objection - Panelist says German-speaking travelers qualify as a community, but objection fails on other grounds. New top level domain name applicant Donuts has successfully defended a community objection brought against its application to run the .reisen top level domain name. The German word reisen means “travels” or “journeys” in English. The objection was brought by the applicant for .reise, which means “traveling” in English. In coming to his decision, panelist ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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First village conflict decisions: .Architect conflict prevails, .Fly and .Gay fail - ICC issues first three community objection decisions. More controversy about new top level domain names is coming as the first community objection decisions have been released by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The International Union of Architects was successful in its objection to Donuts’ application for .architect. The group is backing a community application filed by Starting Dot for .archi. In a statement, Donuts spokesperson Mason Cole said “We ... read more ...
 
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Key takeaways from .Architect village conflict decision - The .Architect objection had some unique characteristics, but the panelist’s decision may concern other applicants. The International Chamber of Commerce today issued its decision (pdf) on an objection to Donuts’ application for the .architect top level domain name. The panelist found in favor of the objector, International Union of Architects (UIA), which is backing a rival application for .archi. As we found with string similarity objections, different panelists ... read more ...
Tue 27th August 2013
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30 Community and Limited Public Interest objections withdrawn - 30 new top level domain name objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce have been terminated. Objectors have withdrawn 30 new TLD objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce as of yesterday, according to the group’s updated list of objections. 27 are community objections and three are limited public interest objections. Although some of the objections have been withdrawn because the top level domain application withdrew its application ... read more ...