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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">I agree with all the comments previously made on this point. Various GNSO representatives have spoken out very strongly about this since the singular/plural Board decision.
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<b>To:</b> Daniel Kalchev; ctn-crosscom@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctn-crosscom] Soft confusing similarity<br>
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<div>I completely agree. Still, as I remember it, ICANN Board decided that there was no contention. We´ll see how it ends. Take a look here and search for hotel.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"Daniel Kalchev .bg" <<a href="mailto:daniel@digsys.bg" target="_blank">daniel@digsys.bg</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday 30 March 2015 09:25<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Ctn-crosscom] Soft confusing similarity<br>
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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>I would like to share Mirjana's opinion. These two strings should be</div>
<div>considered confusingly similar.</div>
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<div>Perhaps a "solution" would be to threat them as "variants", even if they</div>
<div>are not, according to the current opinion what a variant is at ICANN.</div>
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<div>On 29.03.15 14:56, Mirjana Tasic wrote:</div>
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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>I was very astonished when I read this in the mail sent by Joke Braeken:</div>
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<div>"New gTLDs: Soft confusing similarity check. E.g.: Hotels and hotel are</div>
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<div>I have looked a little bit around about “Soft confusing similarity</div>
<div>check” on ICANN site and there is an explanation that the SWORD</div>
<div>algorithm is used in the first step in string similarity evaluation</div>
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<div>*<a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/evaluation-panels/geo-names-similarity-process-07jun13-en.pdf*" target="_blank">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/evaluation-panels/geo-names-similarity-process-07jun13-en.pdf*</a></div>
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<div>From my point of view there is no chance that “Hotels” and “hotel” could</div>
<div>be registered as TLD, for me these two strings are the same.</div>
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<div>On 16.3.2015 10:01, Joke Braeken wrote:</div>
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<div>Just a small “no objection” from my side in the attached documents, to</div>
<div>the suggestion to have .eu included as an example (page 3 – comment</div>
<div>number 8 – clean version). Moreover, I took the opportunity to add</div>
<div>in this context that an unchallengeable policy in terms of confusing</div>
<div>similarity throughout the TLD space would be highly desirable.</div>
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<div>Currently:</div>
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<div>· When requesting a new ccTLD corresponding to an ISO-code,</div>
<div>there is no confusing similarity assessment made at present. If the</div>
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<div>· New gTLDs: Soft confusing similarity check. E.g.: Hotels and</div>
<div>hotel are not deemed to be confusingly similar;</div>
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<div>· IDN ccTLDs: Strict confusing similarity check against ISO</div>
<div>codes and even gTLDs or applied for gTLDs.</div>
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<div>*From:<a href="mailto:*ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">*ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a></div>
<div>[<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a>] *On Behalf Of *Lars Hoffmann</div>
<div>*Sent:* maandag 16 maart 2015 8:15</div>
<div>*To:* <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a></div>
<div>*Subject:* [Ctn-crosscom] today's meeting</div>
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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>In preparation for our meeting, please find attached the latest</div>
<div>version of the Options paper – one clean version (with comments only)</div>
<div>and one redline version with comments received since our last call. We</div>
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<div>Many thanks and best wishes,</div>
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<div>*Proposed agenda, CWG on Country and Territory Names, Monday 16 March</div>
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