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Checking in on the New gTLD Objection Processes

By Erin Hennessy, Matt Schneller and Jennifer Ashton
November 30, 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been busy reviewing applications for new generic top-level domain name registries (new gTLDs), and the first four new gTLDs were delegated to the Root Zone on Oct. 23, 2013.

In the spring of 2013, third parties were able to object to proposed new gTLDs. Objections could be based on one of four grounds:

  1. Prior legal rights, like trademark rights (these objections are handled by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO));
  2. Opposition from a significant portion of the community that the gTLD string targets (handled by the International Center of Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC));
  3. “Limited public interest,” an objection that the gTLD contradicts generally accepted legal norms of morality and public order under international law (also handled by the ICC); and
  4. “String confusion,” arguing that the new gTLD would be so similar to a pre-existing TLD or to another gTLD application that confusion would be likely to occur (handled by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)).

For more information, and links to the full policies underlying and rules governing each type of objection, see, http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/odr.

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