[twochar_comments] xn--czr694b, law, school, casino, bingo, coun try, airforce, navy, army, town, tax, city

ICANN_GAC dpt_02 at motc.gov.tw
Tue Mar 24 09:03:28 UTC 2015


To Whom It May Concern,

I’m writing to submit Taiwan government’s comments on the new TLDs numbered by ICANN from R000001 to R000374. 

We object to the release of “.tw.xn--czr694b”,“.tw.law”,“.tw.school”,“tw.casino”,“tw.bingo”,“.tw.country”,“.tw.airforce”,“.tw.navy”,“.tw.army”,“.tw.town”,“.tw.tax”,“.tw.city” for their registration by the Registry operator of the twelve corresponding new gTLDs, reserving the right to change position in the future.

Rationale of our objections:
“tw” is the country code for Taiwan and the twelve new gTLDs regarding the above-mentioned names are falling within the Category 1 Safeguard Advice in GAC Beijing Communique.

1. for “.tw.xn--czr694b”(R000369) : may be referred to Taiwan’s trademark
2. for “.tw.law”(R000348) : may be referred to Taiwan’s law
3. for “.tw.school”(R000313) : may be referred to Taiwan’s school, causing unnecessary ambiguity.
4. for “tw.casino” (R000304) : falling within the category 1 of GAC safeguards as agreed at the Beijing meeting in 2013. 
5. for “tw.bingo” (R000303) : falling within the category 1 of GAC safeguards as agreed at the Beijing meeting in 2013. 
6. for “.tw.country”(R000241) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".country ", and will probably derive political doubts
7. for “.tw.airforce” (R000207) : possible to make confusion with Air Force of Taiwan
8. for “.tw.navy”(R000206) : may be referred to Taiwan’s navy
9. for “.tw.army”(R000205) : may be referred to Taiwan’s army
10. for “.tw.town”(R000139) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".town ", and otherwise could derive national sovereignty dispute
11. for “.tw.tax”(R000133) : may be referred to Taiwan’s tax authority
12. for “.tw.city”(R000027) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".city ", and otherwise could derive national sovereignty dispute.

We look forward to being informed of the decisions taken as regards our comments.


Best Regards

Chen, Chung-Shu
Taiwan GAC Representative
Deputy Director
Department of Post and Telecommunications, 
Ministry of Transportation and Communications
Email:dpt_02 at motc.gov.tw




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