The rights to .Web - a new gTLD that some think could become the most popular of the hundreds issued to date - are scheduled to be auctioned off by ICANN Wednesday (July 25). There are eight contenders for the TLD and some of them want the sale postponed, including the largest operator of new gTLDs, Donuts, who filed suit Friday in an attempt to stop the auction. 

DomainIncite.com detailed what is 

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behind dispute in an article released over the weekend and DomainNameWire.com provided additional background today. You can also see some opinions on what is at stake in this piece at TheWhir.com. We are well past July 4th but there could be some more fireworks ahead in the next day or two while we wait to see what happens Wednesday.

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