<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I support Google's comments here.<div><br></div><div>As I have said before, I strongly oppose any delay to the GNSO review as this can only prolong a situation which is detrimental to the NCPH in general, and the BC in particular.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>Le 29 août 2013 à 17:35, Aparna Sridhar <<a href="mailto:aparnasridhar@google.com">aparnasridhar@google.com</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">All, <div><br></div><div>For your reference, Google's comment on postponement of the GNSO review can be found here: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-gnso-review-15jul13/msg00001.html">http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-gnso-review-15jul13/msg00001.html</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>I also note that the ISP constituency has filed a comment recommending that the review not be delayed.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">
Aparna Sridhar<div>Policy Counsel</div><div>Google Inc.</div><div>1101 New York Avenue N.W.</div><div>Second Floor</div><div>Washington, DC 20005</div><div>tel: 202.346.12<span>61</span></div><div>e-mail: <a href="mailto:aparnasridhar@google.com" target="_blank">aparnasridhar@google.com</a></div>
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<div><b>Channel 4. BC statements and responses during public </b><b>meetings (outreach events, public forum, etc.)</b></div>
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<div><i>What shall we do to stop the madness of allowing both singular and plural forms of the same TLD?</i></div>
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<div>This is an issue on which the BC has been vocal since Beijing, along with advice from the GAC to "reconsider" the singular/plural decisions.</div>
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<div>ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee "reconsidered" in its 25-Jun Resolution: “NGPC has determined that no changes are needed to the existing mechanisms in the Applicant Guidebook to address potential consumer confusion resulting from allowing singular
and plural versions of the same string.”</div>
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<div>As many BC members have discussed on list, the Dispute Resolution panels are generally upholding the originally flawed findings of the experts. In one case, Dispute Resolution providers disagreed on the exact same string. (<a href="http://unitedtld.com/icann-must-now-decide-string-similarity-question/" target="_blank">link</a>)</div>
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<div>There's been an impressive discussion on BC list. Question is, What can the BC do now?</div>
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<div>This element of GAC Beijing advice was never posted for public comment, so we could insist upon that as a matter of process. Moreover, events indicate that experts and dispute resolution panels are not uniformly interpreting the Guidebook standard (“so
nearly resembles another that it is likely to deceive or cause confusion.”) So it's time to clarify the guidebook and re-do the string similarity evaluations. There's a limited class of strings at issue, and the same panels could act quickly once they receive
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<div>Also, we could enlist ALAC support to ask GAC to reiterate its concern over user confusion among singular and plural forms of the same TLD. It was disappointing that GAC didn't mention singular/plural in its Durban Advice, but events now vindicate the
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