Full info forBZH
| Application ID | 1-989-18963 |
| Status | IE Pass |
| Prioritization Number | 204 |
| TLD (#13) | BZH |
| IDN Translation (#14b) | -- |
| Applicant (#1) | Association www.bzh |
| Website (#5) | http://www.pointbzh.com |
| Application Type | |
| Type | Community |
| Contested | no |
| Contested Numbers | 1 |
| GAC Early Warning | no |
| Cultural, Linguistic or Religious | yes |
| dotBrand | no |
| Trademark Class A | geographical indications |
| Trademark Class B | |
| Trademark Class C | |
| Industry Keyword | geo |
| Remark | The mission of the proposed gTLD is to serve the Breton community (…) defined by all the people who feel attached to Brittany, its culture and its languages and who wish to display this attachment by using a domain name. Brittany is a western region of France with a specific culture and history, including two local languages (Breton and Gallo), and a strong identity. The members of the community are, first and foremost, the inhabitants of the cultural and linguistic Breton area (4,441,000 people in 2009) and its diaspora (between 4 and 6 million people), established across the globe, and in particular in France. The Breton language (brezhoneg in Breton) is one of the six Celtic languages still spoken in Europe alongside Welsh and Cornish ... The .bzh TLD is a so-called “community-based” Top Level Domain (TLD). Domain names under these TLDs may only be registered by a limited group of registrants and are subject to special conditions of use. To register (or renew) a .bzh domain name, applicants must in particular substantiate: • a place of residence, headquarters or office located in Brittany (Côtes d’Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistère, Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique), or • significant and original content of the website devoted to Brittany and the Breton culture, at most six (6) months after the allocation of the domain name, or • a significant and original part of the website in the Breton or Gallo language, at most six (6) months after the allocation of the domain name, or • regular membership of Association http://www.bzh, which gathers representatives of the linguistic and cultural community. Priority Ranking System: Four (4) categories of applications with prior rights will be accepted simultaneously and will be allocated according to the hierarchy of priority status of each category. 1. Priority 1 Category: TMCH-validated trademarks. The trademarks have to be valid in France for at least 6 months. 2. Priority 2 Category: Local trademarks = non TMCH-validated trademarks with effect in France (i.e. French trademarks, EU Community trademarks and WIPO International trademarks registered in France). The trademarks have to be valid in France for at least 6 months. 3. Priority 3 Category: Geographical indications with effect in France, recognized by International treaties, EU regulations or French legislation. 4. Priority 4 Category: Corporate names, including clear variations and/or abbreviations thereof, of corporations with a registered office or place of business in the Breton area (Finistère, Côtes d’Armor, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine and Loire-Atlantique). |
| Availability Data | |
| Sunrise Period: | from2014-09-04 to2014-11-03 |
| Landrush Period: | from2014-11-03 to2014-11-30 |
| GoLive: | 2014-12-04 |
| Registration Policy | |
| Restricted | yes |
| Restrictions | Only the community members will be eligible to register a second-level domain name (...) geographic place of residence, headquarters or office in Brittany (Côtes d’Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistère, Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique) OR A significant and original content of the website devoted to Brittany and the Breton culture OR A significant and original part of the website in Breton or Gallo OR Membership of the association www.bzh that gathers representatives of the linguistic and cultural community. |
| Backend Provider | AFNIC |
| Registry Website | |
| Keyword | |
| Keyword | no |
| English Meaning | -- |
| Appeal Ranking | 0 |
| Appeal Remark | Reserved for company and affiliate use only. |
| English | not applicable |
| Spanish | not applicable |
| Portuguese | not applicable |
| French | not applicable |
| Italian | not applicable |
| German | not applicable |
| Dutch | not applicable |
| Swedish | not applicable |
| Danish | not applicable |
| Mandarin | not applicable |
| Russian | not applicable |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country | France |
| Community (#19) | Yes |
| Geographic (#21a) | -- |
| Geographic Category | Region |
| IDN | |
| IDN (#14) | No |
| A-label (#14a) | -- |
| Translation (#14b) | -- |
| Script Code (#14d) | -- |
| Allows ASCII | yes |
| Applicant | |
| Applicant (#1) | Association www.bzh |
| Website (#5) | http://www.pointbzh.com |
| Applicant Address (#2) | 140 boulevard de Creac’h Gwen Quimper cedex 9 29561 France [FR] |
| Applicant Phone (#3) | +33298828778 |
| Applicant Fax (#4) | +33298828788 |
| Legal Form (#8) | Non-profit institution (incorporated association). |
| Exchange Symbol (#9a) | |
| Parent Company (#9b) | |
| Joint Venture Partners (#9c) | |
| Primary Contact | |
| Name (#6) | Mr. Matthieu Credou |
| Title (#6) | Business Manager |
| e-mail (#6) | tas-bzh@afnic.fr |
| Secondary Contact | |
| Name (#7) | Mr. David Lesvenan |
| Title (#7) | President |
| e-mail (#7) | tas@pointbzh.com |
| Mission / Purpose (#18a) | |
| Table of Contents 1 - Describe the mission⁄purpose of your proposed gTLD ------------------------ 1 - Describe the mission⁄purpose of your proposed gTLD The mission of the proposed gTLD is to serve the Breton community, to represent, characterize and display all of its cultural, economic and social productions on the internet. The Breton community is defined by all the people who feel attached to Brittany, its culture and its languages and who wish to display this attachment by using a domain name. Brittany is a western region of France with a specific culture and history, including two local languages (Breton and Gallo), and a strong identity. The members of the community are, first and foremost, the inhabitants of the cultural and linguistic Breton area (4,441,000 people in 2009) and its diaspora (between 4 and 6 million people), established across the globe, and in particular in France. The Breton language (brezhoneg in Breton) is one of the six Celtic languages still spoken in Europe alongside Welsh and Cornish, with which it forms the Brittonic branch of Celtic languages, and Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx. Today it is the Celtic language with the third largest number of speakers. It is recognized as a regional and minority language in France, one of the languages of the Brittany area as well as the Gallo and the French. It is deemed severely endangered by the UNESCO. A cultural language, the Breton has an extensive written literature. Its revival essentially occurred in the 1970s, when the population showed a renewed interest. It started being taught at that time, with the creation of the Diwan associative schools in 1977, then the network of bilingual schools in the national educational system and private schools around the parents’ associations Div Yezh (two languages) and Dihun (awakening). The Breton language also gained in visibility by appearing in public life (bilingual signs, communication…), leading to the creation of the Office for the Breton Language in 1999, a public institution for cultural cooperation since 2010. The Breton is practiced in the west of Brittany as well as in the large Breton cities (Nantes, Rennes…). Today, according to sources, since no official census has been made, the total number of Breton speakers could be 500,000 (including occasional speakers and those who understand without speaking). The number of active speakers is estimated to be close to 200,000. The Gallo is part of the langues d’oil languages - as is French -, a group that includes for instance the Picard, the Norman and the Walloon. In 2004, the Regional Council of Brittany has recognized the Breton and the Gallo as ‘languages of Brittany alongside the French language’. It is also recognized by governmental institutions (1998, 1999, 2001), such as the Department of the French language and languages of France, in charge of linguistic policy. The Gallo is spoken in Upper Brittany in the East. It is very difficult to determine the number of regular speakers. The National Institute for Statistics (INSEE, 1999) estimated this figure at 28,300, whereas other studies evaluated the number at 200,000 (including passive speakers). The Gallo is very close to other roman dialects such as Mayennais or Angevin. Brittany offers a rich and original cultural production (1st French region for the number of festivals, for its associative system, 2nd region for the production of music records), while a significant part of its economy relies on a strong regional and cultural identity. Brittany is the second French region in Information Technologies: it hosts 35% of French public research, 44,000 jobs are in this sector within 650 dedicated companies and 65 laboratories from 4 universities and higher education establishments (more than 3,500 high level researchers). Brittany ranks second for telecommunication engineering degrees and third for electronics, IT and communication degrees. Brittany is widely referenced on the internet both directly (144,000,000 search results for Bretagne, 134,000,000 for Brittany) and through domain names: 14,000 names are directly related to Brittany in the main registries (com, net, org, info and biz) with community keywords (Bretagne, Breton, breizh, bzh). The purpose of the proposed gTLD is to provide the community of Brittany with a specific Internet tool that will better reflect the specificity of its cultural, linguistic, economic and social activities and thus to : * Serve the needs and interests of the Breton community and promote its culture, its languages and its economy by highlighting its products and productions * Provide the online recognition expected by the community just as it benefits from this recognition offline * Develop Information Technologies in Brittany while reinforcing the local innovation ecosystem, increase the value of the know-how and regional capacities in IT * Work against the digital divide that separates high tech savvy users from the others. |
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