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color=#0000ff size=2>Is the IDNG willing to revise its motion to substitute
"detrimental user confusion" for "detrimental harm"?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Gomes,
Chuck<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO
Council<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] IDNG Motion<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>Please note the following from
DAG3 that is pertinent from a substance point of view regarding the IDNG
motion under consideration by the Council today. I added the yellow
highlighting and the bold font for emphasis of what I think are critical
points in the current DAG.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><B><I></I></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><B><I></I></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><B><I><FONT
face=BookAntiqua-BoldItalic color=#808080>2.1.1.1 String Similarity
Review</FONT></I></B></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>This review involves a preliminary comparison of each</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>applied-for gTLD string against existing TLDs and
against</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>other applied-for strings. The objective of this review is
to</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>prevent user confusion and loss of confidence in the
DNS.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000 size=2>The review is to
determine whether the applied-for gTLD</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>string is so similar to one of the others that it would create
a</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>probability of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><B></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><B> <FONT face="Century Gothic"
color=#000000 size=2>detrimental user confusion</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#000000 size=2> if it were to be</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>delegated into the root zone.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#000000 size=2> The visual similarity
check</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>that occurs during Initial Evaluation is intended to
augment</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>the objection and dispute resolution process (see
Module</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>3, Dispute Resolution Procedures) that addresses all
types</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>of similarity.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000
size=2>This similarity review will be conducted by an
independent</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000000 size=2>String Similarity
Panel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>Here’s the URL for
DAG3:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-04oct09-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Calibri
color=#0000ff>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-04oct09-en.pdf</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>As you can see, Staff has
already included the factor of ‘detrimental user confusion’. I believe
that is the key issue that the IDNG identified and wanted to ensure proper
handling in initial evaluation process. It seems to me that the above
language tasks the independent String Similarity Panel to evaluate not only
visual similarity in the initial evaluation but also whether in cases of
string similarity whether there is the probability of detrimental user
confusion. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>One thing the Council could do
is ask Staff if this is a correct conclusion. If so, then I think the
concern communicated by the IDNG is at least partially addressed, because I
believe that this evaluation step would appropriately satisfy the GNSO
recommendations. But the question still arises as to whether there
should be some sort of appeal mechanisms for applicants when there strings are
denied in the string similarity initial evaluation step. That does not
appear to be the case now because extended evaluation is not permitted for
string similarity decisions.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>I hope this helps regarding the
substance of the motion and what I think is the intent of the IDNG. I am
not sure whether it helps in any way regarding the process issues that have
been raised.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>Chuck</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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