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<br><div><div>Le 14 août 2013 à 11:12, "Marie Pattullo" <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">This is beyond depressing. Is there anything we can actually do, though?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Marie<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [mailto:owner-<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>J. Scott Evans<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mercredi 14 août 2013 6:39<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:abrams@google.com">abrams@google.com</a>; <a href="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>; <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [bc-gnso] BC comment on singular plural<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I think ICANN should stay out of trademark law.<br><br>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_origMsg_"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Andy Abrams <<a href="mailto:abrams@google.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">abrams@google.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mike Rodenbaugh <<a href="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>J. Scott Evans <<a href="mailto:jscottevans@yahoo.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">jscottevans@yahoo.com</a>>; Steve Delbianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>>; bc - GNSO list <<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [bc-gnso] BC comment on singular plural<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wed, Aug 14, 2013 3:49:39 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hi Mike,<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Attached are copies of the two decisions. We'll see if the other ICDR cases follow suit, but in these two cases, it seems that a decision was made up front to not find string confusion unless the strings were identical (in which case there is no need to bring an objection) or the strings were symbolic or visual equivalents (e.g., com v. c0m, which does not exist at the top level as far as I know, or unicorn v. unicom, which again, was already placed by ICANN into a contention set). Then it appears that the somewhat tortured reasoning was applied retroactively. If this is the case, then it will literally be impossible to win a string confusion case, and I agree that the entire process is rendered completely superfluous/useless. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Andy<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:07 PM, <<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a name="1407ae68759bd81e_1407add508b5c6a1_1407a2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">That paraphrasing of the reasoning makes it seem like the experts are entirely shirking their duty as independent neutrals, and are making the String Similarity Objection completely superfluous/useless.</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Andy can you send copies of the decisions please? Or are they posted somewhere?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thanks,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Mike</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Mike Rodenbaugh</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">RODENBAUGH LAW</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Tel/Fax: +1.415.738.8087</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); ">http://rodenbaugh.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>J. Scott Evans<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:22 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">abrams@google.com</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [bc-gnso] BC comment on singular plural<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Ridiculous.<br><br>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Andy Abrams <</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">abrams@google.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Steve DelBianco <</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>bc - GNSO list <</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="javascript:return" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">bc-gnso@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [bc-gnso] BC comment on singular plural<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tue, Aug 13, 2013 11:08:58 PM</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; "><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Update: the first singular-plural decisions have come in.<span style="font-size: 10pt; "> Both singular-plural decisions have gone <i>against </i></span>a finding of string confusion (our car/cars objection against Donuts, and a Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l. v. <a href="http://Booking.com">Booking.com</a> B.V. for hotel/hotels). In the car/cars decision, the Panel stated: "It is true that <o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">the ICANN visual similarity standards appear quite narrow, but it is not the role [of] this Panel to substitute for ICANN’s expert technical findings." In the hotel/hotels decision, the Panel similarly stated: "I find persuasive the degrees of similarity or dissimilarity between the strings by use of the String Similarity Assessment Tool, that ICANN did not put the applications for .HOTEL and .HOTELS in the same contention set." In other words, the early results suggest that the ICDR may give complete deference to ICANN's earlier refusal to essentially find any instances of string confusion, no matter how close the strings.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Andy<o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt; margin: 5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt; "><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Here's what we just told the Board at the Public Forum, on behalf of the BC<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">ICANN’s String Similarity Panel was to place into contention sets any strings that create a possibility of user confusion.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">But in late February ICANN published contention sets that did NOT include 24 pairs of singular-plural forms of the same string (English and Spanish) Sport(s) Loan(s) Web(s) Game(s) Hotel(es)</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Risks of allowing both singular and plural TLDs for the same word are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>well understood</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">-confusion</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">-precedent for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>next</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>round</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">-ICANN looking pretty ridiculous</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">What’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>not understood</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is how it happened and what we can do about it.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">First response is to ask if the panelist follow GNSO Policy on confusingly similar.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Second response is “Chong” ( Chinese for “Do-over” )</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">-Do-over on just these 24 pairs</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">- WIPO Mediation Rules, Article 1 says, “Words used in the singular include the plural and vice versa, as the context may require.”</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Guess we could correct the Guidebook (plurals<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>are</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>confusingly similar)</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">String Confusion Objections on 7 of these pairs are in the hands of the ICDR rightnow. If ICSR does the right thing and finds these pairs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>should</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be contention sets, The Board can apply this rule to ALL 24 pairs</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Failing that, there’s Formal Reconsideration. </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">We all worry about threat from inter-governmental groups just waiting for ICANN to stumble.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">We have enough vulnerability to stumble with so many unknowns in the new gTLD launch.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">No need to add to our vulnerability with this self-inflicted wound</span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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