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<p>Hi All, <br>
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<p>In follow-up to my email earlier today, here is the near-final
text of the Supplemental Recommendation, as approved by the Subpro
Small Team Plus today (and headed back to you in Council soon).
Staff is making final tweaks based on the conversation today, and
this is 99.99% of the final text. For our discussion tomorrow!
Best, Kathy<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"
style="font-size:19.5pt;line-height:115%">---------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"
style="font-size:19.5pt;line-height:115%">New
gTLD Subsequent Procedures Supplemental Recommendations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Background</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">On 10 September 2023, the ICANN
Board resolved
(see scorecard) to not adopt select</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">recommendations from amongst
five topics
contained in the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Final Report. On 26 October
2023, the ICANN
Board resolved (see scorecard) to not adopt</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">recommendations related to one
additional
topic. As indicated in the ICANN Bylaws, the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Council, “shall meet to affirm
or modify its
recommendation, and communicate that conclusion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">(the "Supplemental
Recommendation")
to the Board, including an explanation for the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">then-current recommendation.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The GNSO Council convened the
Small Team Plus
in April 2024 to draft Supplemental Recommendation(s) to address
the Board’s
concerns with the non-adopted New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
(SubPro) PDP
recommendation on Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>See the <u><span
style="color:#1155CC"><a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+2024-04-18"><span
style="color:#1155CC">motion</span></a></span></u>.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In particular, “[t[he Board
remains
concerned, as previously voiced as part of its comment on the
Draft Final
Report, over the wording in section (a) and (c) of this
Recommendation as they
stipulate ‘intended use’ of a gTLD, which implies that ICANN
will have to
enforce the ‘intended use’ post delegation, which could be
challenged as acting
outside its mission.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Herein contained are the GNSO
Council’s
conclusions related to recommendations not adopted</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">by the ICANN Board.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Supplemental
Recommendations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#434343">Topic 24:
String Similarity
Evaluations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#666666">Supplemental
Recommendation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Supplemental Recommendation
24.3: The GNSO
Council recommends prohibiting the delegation of singulars and
plurals of the
same word in the same language in order to reduce the risk of
end user
confusion. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">This prohibition applies in two
distinct
situations: 1) where an applied-for gTLD string is a singular or
plural of an
existing gTLD or those Blocked Name<a
style="mso-comment-reference:_1;
mso-comment-date:20240830T1134">s on Annex A</a><a class="msocomanchor"
id="_anchor_1" href="#_msocom_1" name="_msoanchor_1">[1]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>
and 2) where an <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>applied-for
gTLD<a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_2" href="#_msocom_2"
name="_msoanchor_2">[2]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>
string is a singular or plural of another applied-for gTLD
string:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_6;mso-comment-date:20240830T1122"></a><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_5;mso-comment-date:20240827T0316"></a><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_4;mso-comment-date:20240904T0000"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:5"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:6"><span lang="EN"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN">If ICANN org is i</span></span></span></a><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_3;mso-comment-date:20240903T1441"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:6"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:5"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:4"><span lang="EN">nformed</span></span></span></span></a><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:6"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:5"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:4"><span lang="EN"><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_3" href="#_msocom_3"
name="_msoanchor_3">[3]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>,
and verifies by reference to a dictionary</span></span><span
lang="EN"><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_4"
href="#_msocom_4" name="_msoanchor_4">[4]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>,
that an application for a string that is the singular or
plural version of <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the
same word <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>in the
same language during the same
application window, of an existing gTLD or Blocked Name</span></span></span><a
style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"
title=""><span style="mso-comment-continuation:6"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:5"><sup><span
style="mso-special-character:footnote"><sup><span
lang="EN"
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">[1]</span></sup></span></sup></span></span></a><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:6"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:5"><span lang="EN"> has been
submitted, such application will not be permitted to
proceed.
<a
style="mso-comment-reference:_8;mso-comment-date:20240903T1434"></a><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_7;mso-comment-date:20240903T1021"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:8">For the avoidance of
doubt, this does not
include names other than those on the list in Annex A.</span></a></span></span><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:7"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:8"><span lang="EN"><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_5" href="#_msocom_5"
name="_msoanchor_5">[5]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span></span></span></span></span><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:7"><span
style="mso-comment-continuation:8"><span lang="EN"><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_6" href="#_msocom_6"
name="_msoanchor_6">[6]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>
</span></span></span><span style="mso-comment-continuation:8"><span
lang="EN"><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_7"
href="#_msocom_7" name="_msoanchor_7">[7]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN"><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_8"
href="#_msocom_8" name="_msoanchor_8">[8]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>ICANN
org will treat all other applications for the same strings in
the same manner .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
lang="EN"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN">If ICANN org is informed,
and
verifies by reference to a dictionary, that there is an
application for the
singular version of a word and an application for a plural
version of the same
word in the same language during the same application window,
the relevant
applications will be placed in a contention set.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ICANN org will treat all
other applications
for the same <a
style="mso-comment-reference:_9;mso-comment-date:20240827T0318">string</a><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_9" href="#_msocom_9"
name="_msoanchor_9">[9]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>s<a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_10" href="#_msocom_10"
name="_msoanchor_10">[10]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>
in the same manner. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
lang="EN">Explanation
for Recommendation</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The GNSO Council sought to
address the
concerns of the ICANN Board by making the following amendments
to the original
recommendation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">To assist in addressing the
Board’s concerns, ICANN
org developed a proposed text which <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>provided
a reporting mechanism for singulars and plurals of the same word
in the same
language but did not contain any exceptions. The Small Team Plus
began with
deliberation on this proposal and spent considerable time
discussing various
exception details, such as exceptions for trademark owners using
Specification
13 for .brands and exceptions for non-profit and civil society
organizations
using <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>registry voluntary
commitments.
After extensive deliberations, including suggesting that an
evaluation for
non-confusion could include an “intended registrant” or
"eligible
registrant” instead of the problematic “intended use”, the Small
Team Plus
agreed that it could not agree on the details of any exceptions
process and
instead chose to recommend to the GNSO Council that there should
be no
exceptions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_11;mso-comment-date:20240826T2056"><span
lang="EN">The GNSO Council recommends to prohibit new
delegations of gTLDs
consisting of singulars and plurals of the same word in the
same language
without exceptions</span></a><span lang="EN"><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_11" href="#_msocom_11"
name="_msoanchor_11">[11]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>.
Nothing in this Supplemental Recommendation is meant to have any
effects upon
the rights of pre-existing gTLDs. The Council notes that
non-adoption by the
Board of this recommendation risks potentially reverting the
policy to 2012
practice where singulars and plurals are allowed to coexist and
applicants may
use the string confusion<a
style="mso-comment-reference:_12;mso-comment-date:
20240827T1704"> </a><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_12"
href="#_msocom_12" name="_msoanchor_12">[12]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>objection
process if concerned about consumer <a
style="mso-comment-reference:_13;
mso-comment-date:20240827T1704">confusion</a><a class="msocomanchor"
id="_anchor_13" href="#_msocom_13" name="_msoanchor_13">[13]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>.<b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
lang="EN">Minority
Statement: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
lang="EN">Two
members </span></b><span lang="EN">have significant
reservations regarding the
majority Supplemental Recommendation. The Recommendation is
overly broad. Such
a broad approach is not consistent with the principles of (1)
Applicant Freedom
of Expression as confirmed by the Sub Pro Final Report, (2)
promotion of
competition, or with (3)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Recommendation
24.3 from Sub Pro which was intended to moderate the effect of
the proposed
prohibition. The Small Team Plus worked hard to develop a
Supplemental
Recommendation based on verification of objective criteria
substantiating
restricted registrant eligibility clearly enforceable by ICANN
such as meeting
Spec 12 or Spec 13 commitments or licensing or other
professional
qualifications. These restrictions were viewed as too narrow by
some and
perhaps too broad by others. Full consensus was not achieved.
Accordingly, the
minority favors non-adoption of the total ban on singulars and
plurals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
style="mso-comment-reference:_14;mso-comment-date:20240830T1600"><span
lang="EN">NCSG Plurality Statement:</span></a><span lang="EN"><a
class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_14" href="#_msocom_14"
name="_msoanchor_14">[14]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>
<a
style="mso-comment-reference:_15;mso-comment-date:20240903T1027">A
different
minority </a><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_15"
href="#_msocom_15" name="_msoanchor_15">[15]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>had
openness to exceptions, but only if they could be fair and
balanced. The
proponents of a .BRAND exception, however, insisted that no
noncommercial
exception could be properly bounded to avoid abuse while also
maintaining that
the requirements for .BRANDS would not pose risks of abuse. This
was unbalanced
given the minimal restrictions on .BRANDS in practice. Thus, the
majority
Supplemental Recommendation is superior to special treatment for
.BRANDS,
although balanced exceptions would have been preferable.</span><span
lang="EN"
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#242424"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-comment-continuation:16"><span
lang="EN"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-comment-continuation:16"><span
lang="EN">Annex
A: </span></span><span lang="EN"><a class="msocomanchor"
id="_anchor_16" href="#_msocom_16" name="_msoanchor_16">[16]</a><span
style="mso-special-character:comment"> </span>LIMITED
BLOCKED NAMES LIST</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Top-Level BlockedNames List</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">AFRINIC<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>IANA-SERVERS<span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>NRO</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">ALAC<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>ICANN<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>RFC-EDITOR<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">APNIC<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>IESG<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>RIPE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">ARIN<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>IETF<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>ROOT-SERVERS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">ASO<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>INTERNIC<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>RSSAC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">CCNSO<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>INVALID<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>SSAC</span></p>
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style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>IRTF<span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">GAC<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>ISTF<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>TLD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">GNSO<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>LACNIC<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>WHOIS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">GTLD-SERVERS<span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>LOCAL<span
style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>WWW</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">IAB<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>LOCALHOST<span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">IANA<span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>NIC<span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">*Note that in addition to the
above strings,
ICANN will reserve translations of the terms “test” and
“example” in multiple
languages. The remainder of the strings are reserved only in the
form included
above.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">In addition, the following
names should also be
included:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span
lang="EN"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN">Per SubPro Affirmation
21.3: ONION</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span
lang="EN"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN">Per SubPro Recommendation
21.4:
PTI</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span
lang="EN"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN">Per SAC113: INTERNAL</span></p>
<div style="mso-element:footnote-list"><br clear="all">
<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%">
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style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1"
title=""><sup><span lang="EN"><span
style="mso-special-character:footnote"><sup><span
lang="EN"
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">[1]</span></sup></span></span></sup></a><span
lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN">A
“Blocked Name”
(formerly the “Top-Level Reserved Names List”) as defined in
the then-current
Applicant Guidebook.</span><span lang="EN"
style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<hr class="msocomoff" align="left" size="1" width="33%"><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/3/2024 11:49 AM, Kathy Kleiman
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:3085e2de-1134-4231-b338-bbf99e6824c4@KathyKleiman.com">
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<p>To our NCSG Councilors,</p>
<p>This has been a very difficult summer. We fought for a fair
and balanced creation of exceptions for Singulars and Plurals,
and yet almost no one wanted to listen. The only exception
everyone on the team wanted to create was one for Brands, and
the more Cara and later Rebecca (as our Subject Matter
alternates and experts) thought about it, the more dangerous it
became. <br>
</p>
<p>In a few minutes, I'll be able to share the final text of the
proposed SubPro Recommendation on Singulars/Plurals. It's still
being finalized by Staff based on last wording changes in our
final meeting that ended half an hour ago.</p>
<p><b>But before then, I want to share with you the memo that
Professor Rebecca Tushnet (a world expert on international
trademark laws and free speech and expression laws and
protections), about our utter frustration that few in the
Small Team cared about the real and genuine problems of the
proposed .BRAND Exceptions. Almost no one cared about the far
higher integrity and credibility of Noncommercial and
Non-Profit organizations in their applications for new gTLDs.
</b><br>
</p>
<p>History: We (NCSG and NCUC before NCSG existed) fought this
battle at second level and now at the top level. Trademark
owners <i>do not have a better right to words than we do -- </i>in
fact under traditional trademark laws and balances,
noncommercial uses of organization and individuals are
protection, for example, as our names (Wendy & McDonald),
for descriptions of our activities like baseball, art, and
poetry - and for our criticisms, concerns, and arguments. Words
like liberty and freedom are also gas stations and blood glucose
monitors! <br>
</p>
<p>In preparation for our meeting tomorrow, I share our final memo
to the Small Team after weeks of seeking support for an equal
and equivalent exception for noncommercial and non-profit
organizations. We have to share that we felt very beaten up in
this process - it was not fun. A lot of power was given in this
experimental Small Team and many people served as active and
unwavering advocates for their clients. </p>
<p>That said, Paul McGrady did a good and fair job as Chair. He
worked very hard to make sure all voices were heard, including
ours.<br>
</p>
<p>Best, Kathy</p>
<p>-------------------------------------</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All [SubPro Small Team Plus],</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please put away the knives and sheath the
spears…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are coming in to support Kurt’s concerns
and proposals: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“I think
it is much better to take a conservative approach for this
round and seek to avoid user confusion to the extent possible
and eliminate exceptions at this point. I also believe we
should deliver to ICANN an implementable policy that will
avoid vagueness and litigation, i.e., creating policy that
facilitates the implementation of a smooth running process.
This is incredibly important for the reputation of the
multi-stakeholder model.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Kurt,
4 Aug.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Efficiency, clarity, fairness. It’s not a
perfect solution to consumer confusion since we know that .MOBIL
can coexist and with .MOBILE and .MOBI and .NEW and .NEWS, but
it is clear and understandable to everyone coming into the
process.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Yes, it favors
incumbents, but it serves the overall goals of the SubPro
Working Group: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“Specifically,
the Working Group recommends prohibiting plurals and singulars
of the same word within the same language/script in order to
reduce the risk of consumer confusion.”</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the current exceptions language, now added
to our many Strawmen, we have strayed from any anchor point to
the SubPro Small Team recommendation language.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We are no longer evaluating
new gTLDs against each other for meaning, or for confusion. We
seem to have left these ideas completely behind. [1]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">We
cannot support rules that allow a trademark, from anywhere in
the world, registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse and used
for a .BRAND application, to get a complete “pass” from all
evaluation and examination of meaning – that is a clear
formula for consumer confusion.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Further, the current language and many prior
Strawmen are premised on assumptions that are not fair or valid,
including that the rest of the world will use “generic words”
for their new gTLDs. But that is not the case. Organizations,
companies and individuals around the world will apply for the
gTLD strings that are the most meaningful to them – some will be
fanciful, some will be arbitrary as applied to their activities,
some will be descriptive, and some will be generic. There is no
reason that trademarks should take priority over everyone else’s
applications for new gTLD strings. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">If we
don’t evaluate the meaning of all gTLD strings identified in
as Singulars or Plurals of other applications or existing
gTLDs in a clear and transparent way, and if we don’t have
fair and balanced exceptions that equally support legitimate
noncommercial and commercial use,</i> <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>then we must revert to
Kurt’s language.</i> As long as the gTLDs are the same word,
in the same language, in some legitimate dictionary, we should
put them into a contention set. This is a clear and efficient
way to avoid the risk of consumer confusion over the gTLDs. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are happy to explain further.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>There is nothing magical about trademarks.</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We oppose the exceptions language for five
reasons and can certainly provide more:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It
assumes a high standard of review for trademarks, and that is
not true internationally. Trademarks in many countries are
granted without “use” requirements. The Trademark Clearinghouse
(TMCH) must accept marks from every country, and although it
requires a showing of use, the showing is de minimis. As long as
the product or service appears somewhere on the website, even in
a footer, the .BRAND requirements are satisfied. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP Working
Group found a pattern of registration in the Trademark
Clearinghouse that shows trademark owners in Switzerland
actively using their TMCH registrations to “game the system” to
gain early access to valuable domain names in Sunrise. The
stakes for gaming in the TMCH will be much higher when someone
can get an automatic pass out of a contention set for a
Singular/Plural gTLD.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It
assumes that the trademark owners have better rights to new
gTLDs than other applicants, and that is certainly not the case.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Every Applicant for a New
gTLD, and especially those coming from the Global South,
tribes and indigenous peoples, non-profits and civil society –
groups that ICANN will go to great lengths to recruit to the
New gTLD program and to help through the application process –
should have the same right and opportunity to a new gTLD
string.</b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Just
because there is a trademark for the word “rotary” does not mean
that the .BRAND owner should prevail in a grouping of
applications for .rotary and .rotaries by Rotary International
and a group posting on the research of traffic circles
(.rotaries) around the world. <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">New gTLDs are important
and central to each and every applicant.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It
does not protect Sensitive Strings, and we need to. The GAC has
told us that certain gTLDs are important to <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Consumer Protection and
Regulated Markets, </b>as <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“These strings are likely
to invoke a level of implied trust from consumers, and carry
higher levels of risk associated with consumer harm.”</i> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">We
respect this GAC Consensus Advice and urge a wall be built
around the Sensitive String they identified for us.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No Singular/Plurals of
these words should be allowed: </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Children:
.kid, .kids, .kinder, .game, .games, .juegos, .play, .school,
.schule, .toys; Environmental: .earth, .eco, .green, .bio,
.organic; Health and Fitness: .care, .diet, .fit, .fitness,
.health, .healthcare, .heart, .hiv, .hospital,, .med,
.medical, .organic, .pharmacy, .rehab, .surgery, .clinic,
.healthy (IDN Chinese equivalent), .dental, .dentist .doctor,
.dds, .physio; Financial:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>capital,
. cash, .cashbackbonus, .broker, .brokers, .claims, .exchange,
.finance, .financial, .fianancialaid, .forex, .fund,
.investments, .lease, .loan, .loans, .market, . markets,
.money, .pay, .payu, .retirement, .save, .trading,
.autoinsurance, .bank, .banque, .carinsurance, .credit,
.creditcard, .creditunion,.insurance, .insure, ira,
.lifeinsurance, .mortgage, .mutualfunds, .mutuelle, .netbank,
.reit, .tax, .travelersinsurance, .vermogensberater,
.vermogensberatung and .vesicherung. Gambling: .bet, .bingo,
.lotto, .poker, and .spreadbetting, .casino; Charity: .care,
.gives, .giving, .charity; Education: degree, .mba,
.university; Intellectual Property<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>.audio, .book (and IDN
equivalent), .broadway, .film, .game, .games, .juegos, .movie,
.music, .software, .song, .tunes, .fashion (and IDN
equivalent), .video, .app, .art, .author, .band, .beats,
.cloud (and IDN equivalent), .data, .design, .digital,
.download, .entertainment, .fan, .fans, .free, .gratis,
.discount, .sale, .hiphop, .media, .news, .online, .pictures,
.radio, .rip, .show, .theater, .theatre, .tour, .tours, .tvs,
.video, .zip;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Professional
Services: .abogado, .accountant, .accountants, .architect,
.associates, .attorney, .broker, .brokers, .cpa, .doctor,
.dentist, .dds, .engineer, .lawyer, .legal, .realtor, .realty,
.vet; Corporate Identifiers: .corp, .gmbh, .inc, .limited,
.llc, .llp, .ltda, .ltd, .sarl, .srl, .sal; Generic Geographic
Terms: .town, .city, .capital; .reise, .reisen; .weather;
.engineering; .law; Inherently Governmental Functions .army,
.navy, .airforce.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Beijing
Communique, ICANN46</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Currently
there is no protection for these strings and plural/singular
gTLDs will be allowed, including .BRAND exceptions – and lead
to consumer confusion. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4) It assumes that all .BRAND Registries will
monitor their licensees closely, and that is not the case. There
is no assurance that all .BRAND Registry Operators will closely
oversee their affiliates and trademark licensees once they
register domain names. The only requirement is that a user
licensed by the .BRAND must also possess a trademark license,
which can be incorporated into the .BRAND agreement. But, while
trademark licenses in the US and some other countries require
quality control, this type of oversight is not required in many
parts of the world and not needed to maintain a trademark:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The majority of countries
(roughly 2/3) don’t require quality control in licenses. (Mary
M. Squyres and Nanette Norton, Trademark Practice Throughout
the World | September 2023 Update Appendix 23(G)). </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">“European trademark law does
not require the licensor to exercise control over the use of
the trademark in order to ensure the quality of the goods or
services in question.” (Anne Lauber-Rönsberg, in The
Commercial Exploitation Of Personality Features In Germany
From The Personality Rights And Trademark Perspectives, 107
Trademark Rep. 803, 843 (2017)).</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">In Germany and France, “there
is no concern for preserving the source function of trademarks
by means of the provision and exercise of quality control.”
(Neil Wilkof, in Trademark licensing: the once and future
narrative, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property
Licensing 216 (2013)).</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The European Court of Justice
held in 2017 that failure to monitor licensees doesn’t
invalidate a registration, though the mark can be cancelled if
its use was deceptive. (W.F. Gözze Frottierweberei Gmbh,
Wolfgang Gözze GmbH v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse, case
C-689/15, </span><u><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:blue"><a href="https://perma.cc/554Z-8TYD"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://perma.cc/554Z-8TYD</a></span></u><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">).</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span>If many countries do
not require oversight of trademark licensees and such oversight
can be lax or non-existent, then without more, we have no
assurance of close oversight domain names by their affiliates
and licensees around the world. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal">5) <span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">The
remedies that our Small Team have discussed for termination of
a .BRAND that receives a Singular/Plural exemption are not
consistent with Specification 13.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Jeff and
Susan reasonably proposed the remedy of termination for a
.BRAND receiving a Singular/Plurals exemption, and then
ceasing to operate as a .BRAND: <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">“<span style="color:black">If at any time ICANN reasonably
determines that the TLD no longer qualifies as a .Brand
TLD, Registry Operator shall be considered in material
breach of the Registry Agreement. If the .Brand TLD is
unable or unwilling to cure such breach, ICANN shall have
the right to terminate the Registry Agreement.”</span></i><span
style="color:black"> We do not disagree. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">But Specification 13 dictates a
different outcome. If a .BRAND cease to operate as a .BRAND
then it becomes an open gTLD. <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i></span></b><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Spec 13: “</span></i><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">If at any time ICANN determines, in its
reasonable discretion, that the TLD no longer qualifies as a
.Brand TLD, … then (i) the TLD shall immediately cease to be
a .Brand TLD, (ii) Registry Operator shall immediately
comply with the provisions of the Agreement as no longer
modified by this Specification 13 (other than Section 2
hereof) and (iii) the provisions of this Specification 13
(other than Section 2 hereof) shall thereafter no<br>
longer have any effect.”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Truly such a change would
immeasurably complicate consumer confusion issues, and be
fundamentally unfair to all who did not receive their new
gTLDs in the exemption process. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>If we really wanted a fair and balanced
exception, we would have had one by now.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this incredibly talented group of Small
Team members, if we had wanted a fair and balanced exception, we
would have found it weeks ago. <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Early on, we talked about
the high standard we wanted for those receiving exceptions and
that, consistent with the policies of ICANN, exceptions should
be fair and balanced.</i> But that is not what has happened. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Non-profits
and Civil Society organizations are at least as driven to
monitor who receives their domain names as any .BRAND
applicant.</b> The motivation for Non-profits and Civil
Society diligence comes from their special status with their
governments, their communities, their donors, and the people at
the local, national and international level who benefit from
their services. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Their reputations, and therefore their existences, are
intricately bound to serving their missions.</b> <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">As a trademark owner can
bind their affiliates and licensees who receive domain names,
Non-profits and Civil Society clearly delineate their eligible
registrants, based on specific, objective eligibility criteria
and enforceable mechanisms in Registry Voluntary Commitments
that are strong and binding. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">-----------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">A parallel exception would have been very fair and easy for us
to accept:</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Exception: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">in the
event that an entity applies for a string that is either the
plural or singular of an existing string in any language,
that entity’s application shall be allowed to proceed
through the application process and be delegated provided
that it meets the criteria for a Non-Profit and Civil
Society Organization pursuant to the presented and signed
Registry Voluntary Commitment.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">If at
any time ICANN reasonably determines that the TLD no longer
operates pursuant to its commitments in the RVC, then
Registry Operator shall be considered in material breach of
the Registry Agreement. If the Non-Profit or Civil Society
TLD is unable or unwilling to cure such breach, ICANN shall
have the right to terminate the Registry Agreement.</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">_____________________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><u><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Defining Non-profit and Civil Society gTLDs</span></u><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Non-profit and Civil Society gTLDs: </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">A
non-profit or civil society gTLD meets the general definition
of a civil society organization under the UN, namely:
Non-State, not-for-profit, voluntary entities formed by people
in the social sphere that are separate from the State and the
market. Civil society groups are community-based organizations
as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs).”)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Methods
of verification, to be provided to ICANN, include:</span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="1">
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Certification
as a non-profit or civil society organization under the
laws of the country in which the organization is
registered; or</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Confirmation
of equivalence determination by a reputable group, e.g.
TechSoup (making a good-faith determination that a
non-U.S. organization is equivalent to a U.S. public
charity); or </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Recognition
by an international organization such as the United
Nations. </span></li>
</ol>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:
-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>iii.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The Applicant must document
that it has been in continuous existence for over a year prior
to the filing of its TLD registry application with ICANN.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:
-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>iv.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The TLD string should be <span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">a key term or identifier
that the organization associates with itself and its
mission. </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:
-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>v.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">It should be owned and used
continuously by the Registry Operator or its Affiliates in
connection with the Registry Operator’s or its Affiliates’
offering of their non-profit/civil society services. Such
services shall not include services related to the provision
of TLD Registry Services.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:
-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>vi.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">only Registry Operator, its
Affiliates or members in good standing are registrants of
domain names in the TLD and control the DNS records associated
with domain names at any level in the TLD; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:
-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>vii.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the TLD is not a Generic
String TLD (as defined in Specification 11).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But our Small Team could not do that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>In closing, we note there is another new
idea floating around the Small Team that ICANN cannot look at
the meaning of the words in gTLDs, and that cannot be right or
accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NCSG was very involved in the call for ICANN
to not allow content to be placed in Registry Voluntary
Commitments, including the type of content that would require
ICANN to monitor the text, videos and pictures placed on
websites. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">But
that does not mean that ICANN can never again look at the
meaning of the word or the purpose of a word in a gTLD. That
would invalidate much of ICANN’s mission and purpose. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN’s mission is and remains: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Section
1.1. MISSION</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">(a) The
mission of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers ("ICANN") is to ensure the stable and secure operation
of the Internet's unique identifier systems as described in
this Section 1.1(a) (the "Mission"). Specifically, ICANN:</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(i) Coordinates the
allocation and assignment of names in the root zone of the
Domain Name System ("DNS") and coordinates the development and
implementation of policies concerning the registration of
second-level domain names in generic top-level domains
("gTLDs"). In this role, ICANN's scope is to coordinate the
development and implementation of policies:</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For which uniform
or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to
facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience,
security and/or stability of the DNS including, with respect
to gTLD registrars and registries, policies in the areas
described in Annex G-1 and Annex G-2; and</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That are developed
through a bottom-up consensus-based multistakeholder process
and designed to ensure the stable and secure operation of the
Internet's unique names systems.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">----------</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The
limits of Bylaws 1.1 sections (b) and (c), include not
imposing rules on the content that domain names carry and
provide, but does not stop ICANN from looking closely at top
level and second level domain names. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Saying
otherwise would eliminate the URS and UDRP. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The basis of the UDRP and URS <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">is looking at the meaning of the second level domain name, who
has registered it and how they are using it. </i><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Although ICANN has delegated
the authority for the review and decision, the URDP and URS
decisions are enforced by ICANN under its Registry Agreements
and Registrar Accreditation Agreements. This is ICANN’s
responsibility.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Similarly
at the top level, ICANN must examine the nature of the
applicant, who they are, and how they intend to use the
applied-for gTLD. ICANN will review comments from the
Community on these same issues. This is part and parcel of the
application process. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Three objection processes are based on these
same substantive factors: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>String
Confusion, Community and Legal Rights objections. All decided
via delegated authority from ICANN and all enforced by ICANN.
Even reviewing a .BRAND application to see, among other things,
if it is a generic word involves ICANN looking closely at the
Applicant, the New gTLD, and its meaning. It’s all consistent
with a much wider range of exemptions, for Non-profits and Civil
Society as well as .BRANDs, that we could have created had we
chosen to do so. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">----------------------------------- </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As shared above, we have come to support
Kurt’s concerns and proposals: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“I
think it is much better to take a conservative approach for
this round and seek to avoid user confusion to the extent
possible and eliminate exceptions at this point. I also
believe we should deliver to ICANN an implementable policy
that will avoid vagueness and litigation, i.e., creating
policy that facilitates the implementation of a smooth running
process. This is incredibly important for the reputation of
the multi-stakeholder model.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Kurt, 4 Aug.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not a perfect solution, but it is
efficient, clear and fair.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathy and Rebecca</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[1] <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VIPAxR5OYAzgTvSiaWCBTzYT0siLC2mpt-1Tm3JxTA/edit#heading=h.oc222usgafq2"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VIPAxR5OYAzgTvSiaWCBTzYT0siLC2mpt-1Tm3JxTA/edit#heading=h.oc222usgafq2</a></span>
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