2014-03-27 - amazon
GAC Advice
2014-03-27 - amazon
ICANN49 Singapore Communique
Consensus met
2014-03-27 - amazon
4. Specific Strings
b. .amazon
The GAC expresses its concerns with the time the Board is taking in evaluating the GAC Objection Advice on the application of the domain name .amazon, as stated in the GAC communiqué, approved in Durban, last July. Therefore the GAC urges the ICANN Board to settle as a high priority its decision according to Module 3.1 part I of the Applicant Guidebook.
Next Steps/Required Action
Board response - 7 April 2014
Responsible Party
ICANN Board
Current Status/Communications Log
Board Scorecard - Updated 14 May 2014
Scorecard Response:
On 14 May 2014, the NGPC accepted the GAC advice identified in the GAC Register of Advice as 2013-07-18-Obj-Amazon, and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, that the applications for .AMAZON (application number 1-1315-58086) and related IDNs in Japanese (application number 1-1318-83995) and Chinese (application number 1-1318-5581) filed by Amazon EU S.à r.l. should not proceed. By adopting the GAC advice, the NGPC noted that the decision was without prejudice to the continuing efforts by Amazon EU S.à r.l. and members of the GAC to pursue dialogue on the relevant issues.
Refer to NGPC Resolution 2014.05.14.NG03 for additional details.
Resolution addressing the GAC's advice regarding .AMAZON: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-05-14-en#/2.b