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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-26feb13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-26feb13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New gTLD Program: String Similarity Contention Sets<br><span class=date-display-single>26 February 2013</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN is publishing today the contention sets identified by the string similarity review for applications submitted as part of the New gTLD Program. Review the full list of contention sets here: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/similarity-contention-26feb13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PDF</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [162 KB], </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://icann.box.com/shared/static/zhomj6atxakcv80iope5.csv"><span lang=EN-US>CSV</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [65 KB] or from the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/corner"><span lang=EN-US>Applicants' Corner</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> page on the new gTLD microsite.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Overall statistics about Contention Sets<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 Non-Exact Match Contention Sets <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.hotels & .hoteis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.unicorn & .unicom<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>230 Exact Match Contention Sets<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>754 Total Applications in contention<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus"><span lang=EN-US>Current Application Status</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> page on the new gTLD microsite will be updated to reflect these contention sets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The role of the String Similarity Panel is to assess whether a proposed gTLD string creates a probability of user confusion due to similarity with any reserved name, any existing TLD, any requested IDN ccTLD, or any new gTLD string applied for in the current application round.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Per the Applicant Guidebook, a contention set is a group of two or more applications containing identical or visually similar applied-for gTLD strings. For more information on string contention procedures, please refer to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/string-contention-procedures-04jun12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Module 4</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 428 KB] of the Applicant Guidebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a reminder, the objection filing period is open until 13 March 2013. For more information refer to the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/odr"><span lang=EN-US>Objection & Dispute Resolution</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>