Not counting the ICANN Independent Objector that filed 23 formal objections to new gTLD’s, Commercial Connect LLC and applicant for the new gTLD .Shop filed the most objections to new gTLD applications.
Commercial Connect filed objections to the following applications:
BUY Charleston Road Registry Inc.
ECOM Ecommerce Inc.
FORSALE DERForsale, LLC
SALE Dot-Sale LLC
SERVICES Fox Castle, LLC
SHOP Amazon EU S.à r.l.
SHOPPING Sea Tigers, LLC
SHOPYOURWAY Shop Your Way, Inc.
STORE Amazon EU S.à r.l.
STORE Dot Store Group LLC
SUPPLIES Atomic Fields, LLC
SUPPLY Half Falls, LLC
بازار CORE Association
セール Amazon EU S.à r.l.
一号店 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
商城 Zodiac Capricorn Limited
商店 Wild Island, LLC
网店 Global eCommerce TLD Asia Limited
网店 Zodiac Libra Limited
购物 Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
通販 Amazon EU S.à r.l.
According to its site, “Commercial Connect LLC “was formed as a prospective top-level domain (TLD) name registry by Computer Analytical Systems, Inc. Commercial Connect, LLC formed the dotShop campaign with the intent of establishing and supporting the new top-level domain, .SHOP. Commercial Connect, LLC seeks ICANN authorization for this new extension to be a worldwide generic top-level domain for the purpose of electronic commerce on the Internet”
The second biggest objector in terms of number of filed objections was Verisign (VRSN) which filed 13 objections all on string confusion.
Here is the list of the applications that Verisign filed an objection to:
BOM Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR – NIC.br
CAM AC Webconnecting Holding B.V.
CAM dot Agency Limited
CAM United TLD Holdco Ltd.
COMPANY Silver Avenue, LLC
ECOM Ecommerce Inc.
MNET Electronic Media Network Limited (M-Net)
NEC NEC Corporation
NETWORK Trixy Manor, LLC
NEW Charleston Road Registry Inc.
PET Afilias Limited
PET Charleston Road Registry Inc.
VET Wild Dale, LLC
American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) filed 10 objections.
…String Applicant Objector
ACADEMY Half Oaks, LLC Academy, Ltd., d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors
AMAZON Amazon EU S.à r.l. Prof. Alain Pellet, Independent Objector
ARCHITECT Spring Frostbite, LLC The International Union of Architects
AUTOINSURANCE Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company American Insurance Association
AXIS Saudi Telecom Company Axis Communications AB/ Axis AB
BAND Red Triangle, LLC American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
BAND Auburn Hollow, LLC American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
BANK Dotsecure Inc. International Banking Federation
BASKETBALL Little Hollow, LLC Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA)
BASKETBALL dot Basketball Limited Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA)
BIO STARTING DOT Biotechnology Industry Organization
BIO STARTING DOT BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION
BLUE Afilias Limited Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (“BCBSA”)
BOM Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR – NIC.br Verisign, Inc.
