Table 4.
Examples of withdrawn applications.
gTLD string | Description of gTLD | Applicant name | Application status and country | Applicant type | Specific restrictions |
.heart | General descriptive term/organ | American Heart Association, Inc | WithdrawnUSA | Not-profit institution | Various criteria as a restricted name space for registrants including specific requirements for hospitals, universities, individuals, and corporations. |
.med | Abbreviated term for “medical” | DocCheck AG | WithdrawnGermany | Publicly traded corporation | Proof of formal or long-standing training and/or experience in any field of medicine. Target group for field of medicine very broad. |
.stroke | General term for medical condition | American Heart Association, Inc | WithdrawnUSA | Not-profit institution | .STROKE will be a single registrant TLD and will have only registrations that are specific to and managed by AHA directly |