Industry Coalition Objects To Google S Domain Names Applications
FairSearch.org said it has filed objections with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) over Google’s applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings including “.search,” “.fly” and “.map.” By accepting Google’s application, ICANN will enable the search giant to gain an unfair competitive advantage against other members of the community “through the improper grant of a perpetual monopoly of generic industry terms to a single company.” Google, which controls over 79 percent of search queries in the U....