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<p>Hi Jeff, <br>
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<p>Tx you for the close and rapid reading of my materials. Much
appreciated! As you know, the criteria for Community Objection (an
objection procedure) and Community Priority Evaluation (a category
of applicant in the first round) are close but not identical. And
we are working to create a new category of applicant: closed
generic. I think earlier work can be useful. <br>
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<p>You are right to point out .POLO could be an issue if only the US
Polo Association brought the proceeding. As with .mobile (CTIA
joined with GSMA), the US Polo Association (which brought this
Community Objection against Ralph Lauren Corporation with its
men's, women's and children's clothing line under the "Polo" name)
joined with related groups. The Expert who decided this
proceeding wrote in his decision: "USPA is a full member of the
Federation of International Polo ("FIP"), which has been
recognized as the worldwide body of the sport of polo,
representing the interests of over 85 polo associations around the
globe... According to the Objector, FIP and seven other polo clubs
(Austrian Polo Association, Dutch Polo Association, Federacion
Mexicana de Polo, Monte Carlo Polo Club, Northern Ireland Polo
Club, Polo de Paris, and Quito Polo Club) as well as ten U.S.A.
polo clubs join the Objection as "related parties.""</p>
<p>But you have identified a key question before us: You wrote
below=> "Stated another way, operating as closed generic does
not benefit the community necessarily, but rather benefits the
organization and its users (which may be some of the community,
but not all)." I'm not sure this is true, but it is certainly an
important issue for us to figure out. <br>
</p>
<p>In other words, Should a company/organization/association who
chooses to register a future closed generic gTLD represent a <span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style=""><i style="">significant portion of the community to
which the string may be explicitly or implicitly targeted</i><span
style=""> (drawing from language of the US Polo Association
proceeding, among others)? This seems to be a key question
for us to resolve. <br>
</span></span></span></p>
<p>Best regards, Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/12/2023 11:00 PM, Jeff Neuman
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you for this Kathy. But the criteria you
have given are for "Community TLDs" which is not synonymous
with a closed generic. If a community wanted to operate
for the benefit of that community, it would not need this
new "closed generic" category. It would simply apply as a
community.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">If your use case is that the US Polo
Association that applied as a community for .polo said it
represents the entire polo community, but it will only allow
registrations by the US Polo Association members and no one
else, then that in theory could be a "Closed Generic", but
by definition it would fail a community analysis because the
eligibility requirements for a string are not reasonably
related to the community (which is polo in general).
Stated another way, operating as closed generic does not
benefit the community necessarily, but rather benefits the
organization and its users (which may be some of the
community, but not all).<span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">My point is that we should not be using the
community criteria in the closed generic discussion. They
are two separate concepts that need to be destinct. <span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I would encourage us to look more at the
proposed use of the TLD and how a closed generic can be used
in a manner that can serve a public interest goal. Focusing
on the WHO I believe takes us down a rabbit hole in my view.<span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">In that vein it occurred to me that we have
spent a lot of time on the who because our examples were all
established institutions, associations, IGOs, etc. But
today I came up with a cool Closed Generic idea which I have
much more flushed out. But the short version is this:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I start a company to compete with ancestry.com
and I want a TLD for .familytree. I set up a portal that is
able to aggregate data from each of the DNA/genealogy
services, census data, newspapers, cemeteries, etc. when a
user signs up for my service and consents to link their
accounts to those other services. I set up my family tree
on neuman.familytree and I grant access to whomever I want
to be able to see my data, but also where applicable to
import portions of my family tree into theirs and I can
export their family tree data into mine. So my
aunt/uncle/cousins whose last name is Lynn has
Lynn.familytree where I can find their data and import the
potions that relate to my family tree. Domain Names are
only owned by my company that licenses the use of the
.familytree domain names to paid subscribers of my service.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">This example has some unique aspects that we
previously have not really focused on:</div>
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<li><span> The benefit to the registry is purely
commercial</span></li>
<li>I am a new start up business and not an association or
large commercial player</li>
<li>Benefits are accrued to my members because they are
satisfied customers and can easily enable others to find
them (when they want to be found).</li>
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<div dir="ltr"> Sincerely,</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Founder & CEO</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [gnso-gac-closed-generics] Kathy's Use
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi All,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I
presented what sounded like a rather complex use case
on Monday, and it’s much simpler than it sounds! The
ICANN Community has already discussed many of terms
and concepts we are pondering in our Small Group via a
process called the <i style="">Community Objection</i>
to new gTLD applications. Let me share more details in
writing<i style="">.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lawyers
love “precedent” and there is a lot of valuable
precedent in how the ICANN Community created rules to
allow Communities to stop applications for new gTLD
strings they felt involved words or terms <i style="">strongly
associated</i> with which a group, association, set
of companies, or set of organizations. Specifically,
our ICANN rules allowed (and will continue to allow in
future gTLD rounds) the filing of a Community
Objection defined as follows: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“<b
style="">Community Objection</b> – There is
substantial opposition to the gTLD application from a
significant portion of the community to which the gTLD
string may be explicitly or implicitly targeted.” <i
style="">Applicant Guidebook 3.2.1</i>
<a href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title="" style=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></span></p>
</div>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To challenge
an Applicant’s choice of a proposed new gTLD, the
group/association/</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">company/organization
had to show its qualifications as an <i style="">established
institution and level of global recognition</i> and
<i style="">ongoing relationship with a clearly
delineated community</i>, and <i style="">
strong association between the applied-for gTLD string
and the community</i>, and
<i style="">a likelihood of material detriment to the
rights or legitimate interests of a significant
portion of the community</i> if the applied-for gTLD
string was delegated to the applicant(s) as registry.<span
style="">
</span><span style=""> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The
International Centre for Expertise of the International
Chamber of Commerce (chosen by ICANN to run these
proceedings) picked an Expert who then decided whether
the group/ association/company/organization could stop
the new gTLD application. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Of the
Community Objections filed in the first round, the
groups/associations/companies/ organizations below
prevailed</span><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">and these
are the “Use Cases” I shared on Monday:<a href="#_edn2"
name="_ednref2" title="" style=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">[ii]</span></span></span></span></a>
<span style=""> </span></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" width="200"
valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.architect</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:236.7pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-left:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in
5.4pt" width="316" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">International
Union of Architects</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.<span
style="color: black;">banking</span></span></p>
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<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
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1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" width="316"
valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">International
Banking Federation</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="">
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1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;">.mobile</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext
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padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" width="316"
valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;">CTIA The Wireless Assoc. joined by GSMA</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;">.polo</span></p>
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<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
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valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;">US Polo Association</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;">.rugby</span></p>
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<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" width="316"
valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;">International Rugby Board (now World
Rugby)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.85pt"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;">.ski</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" width="316"
valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;">Federation International de Ski</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="">
</span>.sport</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
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1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;"><span style="">
</span><span style=""></span>SportAccord </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:150.3pt; border:solid windowtext
1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
width="200" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: black;"><span style=""> </span><span
style="">
</span>.sports</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:236.7pt; border-top:none;
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1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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valign="top">
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
black;">SportAccord</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style=""><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For future
closed generic gTLDs, this process gives us a good
model, namely that the
group/association/company/organization filing for a
closed generic gTLD should show that it is: </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.75in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">an <b
style="">
<i style="">established institution with global
recognition</i></b>, and <b style="">
</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.75in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">an <b
style="">
<i style="">ongoing relationship with the clearly
delineated community</i></b>, and
</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.75in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a <b
style="">
<i style="">strong association with the applied-for
gTLD string, </i></b>and<b style=""><i style="">
</i></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.75in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a
clear proposal to use the gTLD for the benefit
<b style=""><i style="">of a significant portion of the
community to which the string may be explicitly or
implicitly targeted.</i></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(Quick
note that the burden of proof must be with the group,
association, company, or organization applying for a new
gTLD closed generic application and they must show this
proof clearly in the public portion of their application
to ICANN and the Community.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I
look forward to discussing with you!</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kathy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Background
information:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">New gTLD
Applicant Guidebook Rules for Community Objections</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(New gTLD
Applicant Guidebook 2012)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Key Terms
and Criteria for Proving Them<a href="#_edn3"
name="_ednref3" title="" style=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">[iii]</span></b></span></span></span></a></span></b><b
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Below are
the key terms that the
group/association/companies/organizations in the table
above use in their proceedings before The International
Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of
Commerce to stop a proposed gTLD string and application.
<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“<b style=""><i
style="">It is an established institution</i></b> –
Factors that may be considered in making this
determination include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;
text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Level of
global recognition of the institution;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;
text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Length of
time the institution has been in existence; and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Public
historical evidence of its existence, such as the
presence of a formal charter or national or
international registration, or validation by a</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">government,
inter-governmental organization, or treaty. The
institution must not have been established solely in
conjunction with the gTLD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">application
process.”
<i style="">Applicant Guidebook 3.2.2.4</i></span><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b style=""><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It has
an ongoing relationship</span></i></b><i style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<b style="">with a clearly delineated community </b>–
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Factors that
may be considered in making this determination include,
but are not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• The
presence of mechanisms for participation in activities,
membership, and leadership;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">•
Institutional purpose related to the benefit of the
associated community;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">•
Performance of regular activities that benefit the
associated community; and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• The level
of formal boundaries around the community.<i style="">
</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><i style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applicant
Guidebook 3.2.2.4</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If the group
met this “standing” requirement, the Expert would hear
the rest of their arguments, and the Community had to
show:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b style=""><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Substantial
Opposition</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> – The
objector must prove substantial opposition within the
community it has identified itself as representing. A
panel could balance a number of factors to determine
whether there is substantial opposition, including but
not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Number of
expressions of opposition relative to the composition of
the community;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• The
representative nature of entities expressing opposition;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Level of
recognized stature or weight among sources of
opposition;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">•
Distribution or diversity among sources of expressions
of opposition, including:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="margin-left:1.5in; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regional</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-left:1.5in; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subsectors
of community</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-left:1.5in; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Leadership
of community</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-left:1.5in; text-indent:-.25in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Membership
of community</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Historical
defense of the community in other contexts; and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Costs
incurred by objector in expressing opposition, including
other channels the objector may have used to convey
opposition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If some
opposition within the community is determined, but it
does not meet the standard of substantial opposition,
the objection will fail.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="">
</span><span style=""> </span><i style="">Applicant
Guidebook 3.5.4</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b style=""><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Targeting</span></i></b><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> –
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The objector
must prove a strong association between the applied-for
gTLD string and the community represented by the
objector. Factors that could be balanced by a panel to
determine this include but are not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Statements
contained in application;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Other
public statements by the applicant;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">•
Associations by the public.
<i style="">Applicant Guidebook 3.5.4</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b style=""><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Detriment</span></i></b><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> –
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The objector
must prove that the application creates a likelihood of
material detriment to the rights or legitimate interests
of a significant portion of the community to which the
string may be explicitly or implicitly targeted. An
allegation of detriment that consists only of the
applicant being delegated the string instead of the
objector will not be sufficient for a finding of
material detriment. Factors that could be used by a
panel in making this determination include but are not
limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Nature and
extent of damage to the reputation of the community
represented by the objector that would result from the
applicant’s operation of the applied-for gTLD string;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Evidence
that the applicant is not acting or does not intend to
act in accordance with the interests of the community or
of users more widely, including evidence that the
applicant has not proposed or does not intend to
institute effective security protection for user
interests;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">•
Interference with the core activities of the community
that would result from the applicant’s operation of the
applied-for gTLD string;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Dependence
of the community represented by the objector on the DNS
for its core activities;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Nature and
extent of concrete or economic damage to the community
represented by the objector that would result from the
applicant’s operation of the applied-for gTLD string;
and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Level of
certainty that alleged detrimental outcomes would occur.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><i style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applicant
Guidebook 3.5.4</span></i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span
style="font-size:9.0pt"> 3.2.1 Grounds for
Objection, gTLD Applicant Guidebook, Module 3, <a
href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/objection-procedures-04jun12-en.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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ICC: ICANN New gTLD Dispute Resolution, <a
href="https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/icann-gtld-process/expert-determinations/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/icann-gtld-process/expert-determinations/</a>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt">New gTLD Applicant
Guidebook 4 June 2012, Module 3 Objection
Procedures,
<a
href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb</a></span></p>
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