[Comments-ctn-release-tlds-08may17] India Comments on Release of Country and Territory Names within the .PIONEER, .FUJITSU, .OBI, .SHARP, .TOYOTA, and .LEXUS TLDs

[T Santhosh]

Please find below India Comments on Release of Country and Territory Names within the .PIONEER, .FUJITSU, .OBI, .SHARP, .TOYOTA, and .LEXUS TLDs


 


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> a.  Country and Territory Names as all-levels domains in new gTLDs/IDN new gTLDs should requisite relevant Government or public authority support.
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>   i.  Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names must be accompanied by documentation of support or non-objection from the relevant governments or public authorities.
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> b.  India should continue to be the part of Category R . Category R is comprised of countries/territories that are required to be notified of all requests (R)
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> c.  Application Guide book should be amended to stop the abuse of “Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names” at all levels.
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> d.  It is recommended to create a Rapid Relief Mechanism as a safety measures to avoid abuse of country and territory names where domain name have strings at any level, representing Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names :
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>   i.   Identical or confusingly similar to an Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names acronym or names and
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>   ii.   Registered and used in situations where the registrant is pretending or likely to result in fraud or deception; and
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>   iii.   There is obvious risk of imminent harm from the claimed abuse of the domain
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> e.  As given the geographic nature of a domain,on implementing recommendations (a),(b),(c) and (d), above, user confusion as to any connection between a government and a domain name incorporating the corresponding country or territory name is likely to be low.
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Warm Regards 

T.Santhosh 
Scientist 'E' / Additional Director
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, 
New Delhi - 110003 (India) 
Tel: +91-11-24364741, 24301831
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