Tag Archives: string confusion objections

Wed 15th October 2014
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Do-Over: 2 TLD apps that mislaid in objections get another chance - .Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN is giving two new top level domain name applications another look after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board’s new TLD committee determined that decisions against Amazon.com’s .通販 application and Rightside’s .cam should be reviewed. I provide the background to this story in detail here. In the case of .cam, Verisign succeeded in a string confusion objection ... read more ...
Wed 12th February 2014
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ICANN plays “make believe” with fibre difficulty examination process - ICANN pretends other inconsistencies don’t exist so it can resolve two of the most embarrassing ones. Yesterday ICANN posted a proposal for dealing with “perceived inconsistencies” in String Confusion Objections filed over new top level domain names. The plan would deal with two cases in which different panels came to different conclusions on objections filed against the same exact strings: .cam/.com and .cars/.car. The inconsistencies in string confusion objections ... read more ...
 
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.Web and .Webs: “There can be usually one” - VistaPrint will have to duke it out with Web.com if it wants the .webs brand TLd. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has handed in its final determination for the controversial String Confusion Objection process. In this case, Web.com won against Vistaprint’s two applications for .webs. As a result, .webs will now be in a contention set with Web.com’s application for .web. If Vistaprint wins the contention set, then .web–often pointed out as the ... read more ...
Fri 22nd November 2013
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Domains that were theme to fibre difficulty objections could be on reason for a while… - Board considers if there’s any sort of appeal mechanism to new TLD objections. The results of new TLD string confusion objections handled by International Dispute Resolution Centre were a mess. They were completely unpredictable and results were mostly dependent on who the panelist was, not the merits of the case. As a result, both objectors and applicants have filed reconsideration requests with ICANN’s board. The board governance committee has summarily rejected ... read more ...
Wed 16th October 2013
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Donuts’ .Shopping found too identical to .shop, will be placed in row set - Once again, who the string confusion panelist is determines the outcome of an objection. A string confusion objection panelist has ruled that having both .shop and .shopping as top level domain names will confuse the average internet user, and thus both should not both be delegated as TLDs. It’s the latest string confusion objection that might cause some head scratching amongst observers in light of other decisions. For example, how are .hotel and .hotels OK but ... read more ...
Tue 24th September 2013
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With .Sex, some-more explanation a ICDR doesn’t have the act together - Despite what the official list says, SX Registry lost its objection against .sex. So I’m going through the updated list of string confusion objection decisions when I think I’ve hit a great story: SX Registry SA has prevailed in its string confusion objection against the .sex domain name! This is a goldmine story for me. There are so many great headlines I could write about this one. So I start to write my story and do some research on the .sx country code as ... read more ...
Fri 13th September 2013
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9 String Confusion Objections dismissed, Commercial Connect loses 8 - .Shop applicant Commercial Connect is the big loser in the latest batch of String Confusion Objections. After a long drought, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has posted an updated list of String Confusion Objection decisions. Today’s list includes nine more determinations, all found in favor of the applicant for the domains. First, Verisign lost its objection to Donuts’ application for .network. Verisign argued that it was too similar to .net. The ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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String difficulty objections grub to a halt - No string confusion objection decisions have been published since August 28. Has the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) ceased publishing results from string confusion objections in the wake of contradictory decisions? It sure seems that way. The group had been on a roll publishing decisions. It published a number of August 26. Two days later it published even more decisions. Then on August 29 it published an updated decision list in which the only ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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Analyzing new TLD fibre conflict panelists - A breakdown of panelists’ decisions and what went wrong. I’ve called String Confusion Objections a clusterf@ck based on seemingly conflicting opinions by different panelists. It’s clear that which panelist is assigned to a case has a lot to do with the outcome, which is a sign of a poorly designed system. Whether it’s ICANN’s fault or International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s fault is up for debate, although I’ll point out ICANN gave very little ... read more ...
Mon 26th August 2013
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Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours conflict opposite Donuts - .Tours and .Tour top level domain strings found too similar, will be placed in contention set. Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new top level domain names. This time Google has won an objection (pdf) against Donuts’ application for .tours. Google applied for .tour, and now .tour and .tours will be placed in a contention set as a result of the ruling. Once you see the panelist’s name for this decision, you won’t be surprised by ... read more ...
Fri 23rd August 2013
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How String Confusion Objections Became a Clusterf@ck - There are a number of reasons for contradictory String Confusion Objections for top level domain names. The guy in the middle got the right panelist.Of the four types of objections that could be lodged against new top level domain name applications, it would seem that string confusion objections would be the most basic. Is one string confusingly similar to another? Yet, while most people (other than the losers) haven’t had issues with Legal Rights Objections, there ... read more ...
Mon 19th August 2013
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Uh-Oh: String likeness panels remonstrate on .cam vs. .com - One panelist dings .cam while two others say it’s OK. ICANN’s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD’s .cam domain name application. But two other applicants, AC Webconnecting BV and dotAgency Limited, have prevailed against Verisign’s challenges. If the rules for string similarity are written well enough, how can panelists disagree on the ... read more ...