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Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation

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Singular/Plural Notifications received during the 30 days immediately following String Confirmation Day are evaluated to determine if the relevant applied-for string represents the singular or plural form of the same word in the same language as another applied-for gTLD, an existing gTLD, a string being processed from a previous new gTLD round, or a Blocked Name.

Applies toAll applied-for strings that receive a Singular/Plural Notification.
Reviewed byICANN
Related processes
Methodology

ICANN reviews submitted materials for the Singular/Plural Notification to determine whether certain applied-for strings represent singular and plural versions of the same word in the same language. ICANN may independently verify the source material.

For Singular/Plural criteria, see  4.4.1 Singular/Plural Notifications Requirements.

Results
  • No Impact on the Application: The singular/plural issue was not confirmed.
  • Strings Placed in Contention Set: If it is confirmed that an applied-for gTLD string represents a word that is the singular or plural version of the same word of another applied-for gTLD string in the same language, then both strings are put in contention to avoid end-user confusion.
  • Application Cannot Proceed if an applied-for string represents a word that is the singular or plural version of a delegated gTLD, a string being processed from a previous new gTLD round, or a Blocked Name, the application cannot proceed.

Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation results are published to the Singular/Plural Notifications page (coming soon).

Evaluation Challenge

Applicants have one opportunity to challenge the results of a Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation within 21 days after the issuance of 1) the notification that the application has been placed in a contention set or 2) that the application cannot proceed, based on a validated Singular/Plural Notification.

Evaluation Challenges must be filed through the TLD Application Management System (TAMS) and are assessed under the "clearly erroneous" standard described in Section 4.4.4 Challenging the Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation of the AGB.

Evaluation Challenges are published to the ICANN Community Wiki and to the Evaluation Challenge Mechanism page (coming soon).

Resources

Applicant Guidebook:

Other resources: