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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Brand Registry Group (BRG) is grateful for the opportunity
to provide comments on the </span><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Name
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appreciate the extensive work of the NCAP Discussion Group and the contractor to fulfil the objectives of Study 1, providing
</span><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">a valuable resource on the topic of name collision based on existing knowledge and understanding from prior work in the area. </span></font></div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The conclusions and recommendations presented in Study 1 strongly indicate that controlled
</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">interruption was an appropriate and effective mitigation in the
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">2012 round of New gTLDs and should continue. Whilst further but more focused studies may be warranted, for example, in relation to .home, .corp, and .mail, the BRG believes that these
</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">should</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> not be a cause of delay for any subsequent application rounds. As such, future studies must be
well-defined, scoped and prioritised effectively, with recommended and approved enhancements taken forward as part of a continuous programme of improvements.
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