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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Katrin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Per section 2.2.1.4.2 of the Applicant Guidebook, the lists available to the Geographic Names Panel in 2012 (excluding country and territory names) included:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ISO 3166-1 for capital city names<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>No established list</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, as noted, for non-capital city names<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ISO 3166-2 for sub-national place names, such as a county, province, or state name.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>UNESCO Regions here: <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/</a> and “Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings” here: <a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm</a>, which now redirects to: <a href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/">https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I would like to emphasize that my responses have been in relation to the Geographic Names Panel and the Applicant Guidebook for the 2012 New gTLD Program. If the Work Track believes that errors may have been made or that additional terms require protections, that is of course for the Work Track to determine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In regards to your recommendation, I would note that the Work Track put forth a number of suggested sources for development of a list of non-capital city names to potentially be used in subsequent procedures, including the one you’ve linked to below. Please see section f.2.3.2 Non-Capital City Names of the draft Initial Report to ensure it has been properly accounted for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Katrin Ohlmer | DOTZON GmbH <ohlmer@dotzon.com><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, November 16, 2018 at 3:47 AM<br><b>To: </b>Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, "gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Ext] AW: Action Item - City Name (i.e., non-capital city name) Definition Research<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Steve,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>thanks for your input!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>One observation on the work of the Geographic names panel, though: Can you please clarify which lists have been used by the panel for the determination if the string is a geographic name? It seems to me that for instance .java has been overlooked and we might want to avoid this outcome in round 2.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>One recommendation: To determine whether the applied-for string equates a city name, there are objective references available, e.g. by the UN: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__unstats.un.org_unsd_demographic_products_dyb_dyb2015_Table08.xls&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=UAy6fqdE7uFkRCc7uzN4yui8bwTtqofadZHiQEIO1vw&m=xYAFj2yE89VwG-waJqHtEy1NqfoW65Zk1zoqi3RWZWQ&s=hkY610gKrXHwvvLcaqbnA9myGq4J-ZgrGhloxac_kgo&e=">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2015/Table08.xls [unstats.un.org]</a> So I would recommend to add this list to their due diligence.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Katrin</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>DOTZON GmbH - digital identities for tomorrow<br>Akazienstrasse 28<br>10823 Berlin<br>Deutschland - Germany<br>Tel: +49 30 49802722<br>Fax: +49 30 49802727<br>Mobile: +49 173 2019240<br><a href="mailto:ohlmer@dotzon.consulting"><span style='color:blue'>ohlmer@dotzon.consulting</span></a><br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dotzon.consulting_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=UAy6fqdE7uFkRCc7uzN4yui8bwTtqofadZHiQEIO1vw&m=xYAFj2yE89VwG-waJqHtEy1NqfoW65Zk1zoqi3RWZWQ&s=L-Fcm1u5VTaM-qbxs0Whij72r_haEu4vinknnJmyK9U&e="><span style='color:blue'>www.dotzon.consulting</span> [dotzon.consulting]</a><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>DOTZON GmbH<br>Registergericht: Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 118598<br>Geschäftsführer: Katrin Ohlmer<br>Sitz der Gesellschaft: Akazienstrasse 28, 10823 Berlin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org> <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Steve Chan<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 16. November 2018 01:03<br><b>An:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org<br><b>Betreff:</b> [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Action Item - City Name (i.e., non-capital city name) Definition Research</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Dear Work Track 5 Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>During the Work Track 5 sessions at ICANN63, some participants expressed the belief that the Geographic Names Panel must have utilized a definition to identify applied-for gTLDs that were non-capital city names. Determining if there was a definition, and tracking it down, was an action item from this session.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>As a first step, staff reviewed the Evaluation Panel Process Documentation for the Geographic Names Panel (here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newgtlds.icann.org_en_program-2Dstatus_evaluation-2Dpanels_geo-2Dnames-2Dprocess-2D07jun13-2Den.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=UAy6fqdE7uFkRCc7uzN4yui8bwTtqofadZHiQEIO1vw&m=xYAFj2yE89VwG-waJqHtEy1NqfoW65Zk1zoqi3RWZWQ&s=ke29Y_NQR3ra70DInpbI4PSruJj4ecChZ698vBAnExA&e="><span style='color:#954F72'>https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/evaluation-panels/geo-names-process-07jun13-en.pdf</span> [newgtlds.icann.org]</a>). Here, we understand that all applications are checked against country or territory names (or other lists that would cause the applied-for TLD to be ineligible for delegation), regardless of whether the applicant believes the string is Geographic Name.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Assuming the applied-for string passes this initial lookup, the panel will then review the application and the applied-for gTLD to determine whether or not the string is a Geographic Name (again, regardless of whether the applicant believes the string is Geographic Name).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>In some circumstances, where there is a precise list for the Geographic Names Panel to use as a reference (e.g., capital city names, sub-national place name, UNESCO region or appearing on the “Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings” list), this process is relatively straight-forward.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>However, for city names (or non-capital city names as they are being referred to in Work Track 5), there is no<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><u>objective reference</u><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to utilize</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>. In this circumstance,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>per the Applicant Guidebook,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='color:black'>the string AND the applicant’s statements in their application were considered collectively to determine whether the applied-for string should be subject to the geographic names requirements. As such, there does not appear to be a definition that can be leveraged by Work Track 5. For your convenience, the city name Geographic Names criteria is reproduced below.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Please let us know if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Best,<br>Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>2. An application for a city name, where the applicant declares that it intends to use the gTLD for purposes associated with the city name.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>City names present challenges because city names may also be generic terms or brand names, and in many cases city names are not unique. Unlike other types of geographic names, there are no established lists that can be used as objective references in the evaluation process. Thus, city names are not universally protected. However, the process does provide a means for cities and applicants to work together where desired.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>An application for a city name will be subject to the geographic names requirements (i.e., will require documentation of support or non-objection from the relevant governments or public authorities) if:</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>(a) It is clear from applicant statements within the application that the applicant will use the TLD primarily for purposes associated with the city name; and</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>(b) The applied-for string is a city name as listed on official city documents. [**see footnote below]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>**<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>City governments with concerns about strings that are duplicates, nicknames or close renderings of a city name should not rely on the evaluation process as the primary means of protecting their interests in a string. Rather, a government may elect to file a formal objection to an application that is opposed by the relevant community, or may submit its own application for the string.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Steven Chan</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"'>
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