The latest victim is: .honeywell
With respect I think victim is the wrong word,
@Kate
These are companies that selected not to continue with their branded name. It is a business decision that a brand name was not for them. They and no one else were victims (well maybe the people running the brand program or ICANN lose out, but even them not truly victims
). All the time companies take out options on things so that if they decide in future they want something they have rights to it - sometimes a store puts in an option on sales space then decide against using it. Sometimes they paid a lot for that right. The organizations that thought they might want/use their own branded name and then decide against it are not victims. Yes, they wasted some money, but that is absolutely true in countless ways every day.
Bob
ps here is Google definition results for 'victim' Unless you claim the entire brand TLD program is a hoax, I don't see how victim applies.
"a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
synonyms: sufferer, injured party, casualty, injured person, wounded person; More
a person who is tricked or duped.
"the victim of a hoax"
synonyms: dupe, easy target, easy prey, fair game, sitting target, everybody's fool, stooge, gull, "