ICANN house resuscitates .Hospital tip turn domain name - Objection decision will be heard by new panel.
ICANN’s board has approved a resolution that breathes new life into Donuts’ application to run the .hospital top level domain name.
Back in 2013, an International Chamber of Commerce panel agreed with the Independent Objectors’ limited public interest objection to the .hospital top level domain name. It was a flawed decision that was inconsistent with similar objection decisions.
Two members of the panel came up with their own rules for determining ... read more ...
Tag Archives: .hospital
Mon 8th February 2016
Thu 15th October 2015
ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital preference subsequent week - .Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision.
.Hospital is on life support.ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong.
.Hospital was killed off after two of three panelists agreed with a Limited Public Interest Objection filed by the Independent Objector.
The panelists disregarded the guidelines and essentially created their own standard for if .hospital should ... read more ...
Fri 3rd January 2014
Donuts appeals absurd .hospital objection -
New TLD applicant asks ICANN’s board to reconsider objection that killed .hospital.
A lot of new top level domain name applicants and objectors have filed reconsideration requests with ICANN after landing on the losing side of objections.
I stopped writing about these filings after the first few. They’re so plentiful as to no longer constitute “news.” Also, ICANN is rejecting all of the requests, so it seems like a futile practice.
But if there were ever ... read more ...
Thu 12th December 2013
Objection Panel goes Rogue and Kills .Hospital domain name -
Two members of an objection panel come up with their own rules for whether a top level domain name is acceptable.
An International Chamber of Commerce panel has killed the .hospital top level domain name by siding with the Independent Objector in a Limited Public Interest Objection against Donuts.
I believe the panel wrote its own rules and came to its decision improperly. It went rogue.
And to back me up, I have a concise and clearly written dissent (pdf) by one ... read more ...