ICANN, the corporation responsible for technical coordination of the Internet such as IP-address-allocation and domain-name system (DNS), recently released the full list of applied-for new generic top level domain (gTLD) strings.  There were a total of 1930 applications submitted from 60 different countries, with 911 applications submitted from North America.  Some of the most applied-for strings include .APP, .INC, .HOME, .ART, .LLC, .BLOG, .BOOK, .MUSIC, .MOVIE, .DESIGN, .WEB, and .HOTEL.  The full list of applied-for gTLD strings is available here.

The release of this list marks the beginning of the 60 day public comment and seven month objection periods.  These applications must also pass a review process, which is expected to be completed around January, 2013.  If you wish to make a comment or an objection to an applied-for gTLD, feel free to contact us here at Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP.