Pull quote: "In addition to examination by ICANN's experts to ensure that there is no possible confusion among gTLDs, and that the applicants are fit to run a registry, the applications must also submit to comments from the public and challenges based on trademark infringement or on public morality grounds. Some of the applications will be challenged because they are too popular, not unpopular: 213 names were requested by two or more applicants, with a total of 751 applications involved in such disputes, Beckstrom said."
- Peter Murray