Hewlett Packard,a technology corporation well known as HP,wants ICANN to reconsider its rule that new top level domain names must be at least three characters.
Although .hp is only two characters Hewlett-Packard still wants to applyat it.Moreover ,they think they are in disadvantage to their competitors,who can get their own TLD.An example may be .IBM .
"We believe that ICANN’s proposed rule puts HP in the disadvantaged position preventing Hewlett Packard from securing .hp while our competitors will be able to apply for their respective specialized new gTLDs…In addition, we would like to ensure that HP will also be able to acquire IDNS without 2-character limit".On the other shore ,a number of companies envy HP's position.They say they feel obliged to apply for their brand to lock it up.