[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] City names: "non-objection from all the relevant governments or public authorities"

[Alexander Schubert]

I have brought this up before but got no response so far: 

 

Question:  Would an applicant for “Oakland” need just ONE or SEVERAL letters
of non-objection (assuming he is only mentioning “Oakland , Iowa” in his
application).

The 2012 AGB 2.2.1.4.2  §4 (PDF page 69) states:

“In the event that there is more than one relevant government or public
authority for the applied-for gTLD string, 

   the applicant must provide documentation of support or non-objection from
all the relevant governments or public authorities.”

 

It refers to “STRING” and not “specific geo entity”. I am interpreting it
this way:
If somebody wanted to apply for “.oakland” and would explicitly recite that
they target the city community of Oakland in Iowa (1,500 people) then that
applicant would obviously need a letter of non-objection from Oakland in
Iowa. But as AGB 2.2.1.4.2  §4 states “must provide documentation of support
or non-objection from all the relevant governments or public authorities” I
would say that the applicant needs also letters of non-objection from OTHER
cities “Oakland” – e.g. “Oakland in California” (a real big city – really
rich, too).

Reason I am bringing this up:
It can’t be that profiteers acquire a letter of non-objection from some
“tiny place” that calls itself “city” – when in reality of course hopes that
the residents of the BIG CITY will register domains!

Thanks,

 

Alexander

 





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