Methodology and verification

Each claim is described in plain language as a direct applicant disclosure, a credible industry report, an applicant indication, or not yet verified. Available source links are provided beside the relevant applicant.

Multiple disclosed applicants means more than one applicant has been publicly associated with an identical string. It is not an official ICANN contention-set determination. “No other publicly disclosed applicant” does not mean another application does not exist. Potential string similarity identifies obvious plural or near-string relationships for further review; it is not an ICANN String Similarity Panel determination.

Existing-TLD note: Six disclosed strings match TLDs already delegated in the IANA Root Zone. They remain included in the list exactly as publicly disclosed and are identified with a note for context.

Name collision has a specific technical DNS meaning and is separate from applicant overlap or string similarity. The tracker will add name-collision findings only when reliable ICANN or technical assessment data becomes available; none is inferred from disclosure lists.

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