In excess of 5,000 potential top level domains (TLDs) are ineligible to be registered as part of ICANN's open season on new domain suffixes that is underway at present and expected to result in thousands of new suffixes being applied for ahead of the April 12 deadline.The process, which is expected to result in TLDs such as .scot (Scotland) and even .google being approved, has been much criticised by many including a US advertising body that has called for a list of suffixes that are not available for sale in the USD$185,000 application process (with a USD$25,000 annual maintenance fee).
It turns out that the domains that are not available to be registered are not based on trademarks but are instead as a result of several other categories - such as the outright ban on numbers within suffixes, brands being shorter than the 3 character minimum length restriction and them being shared with the names of cities.
Others have raised concerns over whether the controversial process will be a haven for cyber crooks.
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