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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt'><b>Dear Sir/Madam</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt'>This refers to the subject matter regarding the introduction of Two-Character SLDs. .IN Regsirty has the following observations:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>.IN Registry has noticed that non-Letter/Letter two-character ASCII labels in the second level may lead to confusion. For example “ln” or “1n” is very similar to India’s ccTLD “.IN”. We are also aware that certain other countries and Registries have similar concern on this subject matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt'>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>In this regard, .IN Registry would like to suggest that the certain similar and deceptively similar two character labels at the second level should be withheld from all Registries.<span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt'>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>The following change in the paragraph below, is proposed in italics:<span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt'>“Accepting objections to release the use of two-character labels at the second level which are the same<i> or similar or deceptively similar </i>as the ccTLD/s expressed by the respective government /Registry during the public comment periods. That is, the decision to allow the use of the label or not rests with the government, not with ICANN.”<span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt'>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>An additional paragraph may be added in continuation:<span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt'>“ccTLDs may submit a tentative list of two label characters which are objectionable and ICANN may consider withholding such two label characters in the second level,<i>ab initio</i>.”<span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=listparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt'> <span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Rajiv Kumar<br>Systems Analyst, NIXI (.IN Registry)<br>+91 9999945317<o:p></o:p></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>