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As deadline looms, over 100 dot-brands still in contract limbo

Kevin Murphy, July 29, 2015, 16:38:15 (UTC), Domain Registries

With the minutes ticking down to the deadline for scores of dot-brands to sign registry agreements with ICANN, over 100 have not, according to ICANN’s web site.
New gTLD applicants had until July 29 to sign their contracts or risk losing their deposits.
I reported a week ago that roughly 170 would-be dot-brands had yet to sign on the dotted line, and my records show that only 35 have done so in the meantime.
Another four applications have been withdrawn.
One of the newly contracted parties is Go Daddy, which signed an RA for .godaddy last week. Others include .nike, .comcast and .mitsubishi.
Unless we see a flood of new contracts published over the next day or two, it seems likely well over 100 strings will soon be flagged as “Will Not Proceed” — the end of the road for new gTLD applications.
That may not be the final nail in their coffins, however.
Last week, ICANN VP Cyrus Namazi said that applicants that miss today’s deadline will receive a “final notice” in about a week. They’ll then have 60 days to come back to the process using the recently announced Application Eligibility Reinstatement process.

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Comments (1)

  1. Rubens Kuhl says:
    July 29, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    ICANN releases information when it signs the agreements, so even if an applicant signs this week, it might take a week or two for ICANN to counter-sign it. This can be longer for applicants that chose paper signing instead of electronic.

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