Patagonia Inc. Withdraws New gTLD Application for .PATAGONIA

Patagonia Inc.withdrew its application for the new gTLD .PATAGONIA .The application had a prioritization number of 1,872.

So far,97 new gTLD applications have been withdrawn with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) .

Patagonia Inc. is an American clothing company and intended to use the new gTLD as a dot-brand.However,Patagonia is also a region of South America.Therefore,Argentina’s Governmental Advisory Committee told ICANN board that the government will not allow a geographic term for part of its country to be used as a dot-brand .