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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">So - no formal objection filed though, like a few others, this was filed as a public comment on the last day that the formal objection period is open (which can, but doesn't have to be, considered by a panel in the event someone else files an objection to the same string).</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Is NABP's community-based application considered a closed string to be operated "exclusively for its own benefit" (per ICANN Board resolution on the issue) by those who filed public comments on that general issue to ICANN? They're not single-registrant and are claiming restricting registrations will serve the public interest (on the opposite side to PK's argument on the same basis) but will determine who can register. </font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">On a related note: </font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- So far only 1 objection on the basis of string confusion has been filed with the ICDR (for .immobilien); nothing published yet from WIPO or ICC.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- The Independent Objector has filed objections against 24 strings: </font> </p>
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<i><font color="#0000ff" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><a href="http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/news/"><u>http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/news/</u></a></font></i><font face="Lucida Grande" size="3"></font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- And has issued general comments about some others: </font><br><i><a href="http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independent-objector-s-comments-on-controversial-applications/"><font color="#0000ff" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><u>http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independent-objector-s-comments-on-controversial-applications/</u></font></a></i><font face="Lucida Grande" size="3"></font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">(Sorry if someone else has already posted this and I didn't see it!)</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Cheers</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Mary</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><br>Mary W S Wong
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<BR>Email: mary.wong@law.unh.edu
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</a><BR>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a>
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William Drake <william.drake@UZH.CH> </p>
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[NCSG-Discuss] Public Citizen's comment opposing NABP's .pharmacy application </p>
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of interest from another public list...<br> </p>
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<b><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"black" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">From: </span></SPAN></b><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">Rashmi Rangnath <<a href="mailto:rrangnath@publicknowledge.org">rrangnath@publicknowledge.org</a>><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<b><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"black" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">Subject: </span></SPAN><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">[governance] Public Citizen's comment opposing NABP's .pharmacy application</span></SPAN></b><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<b><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"black" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">Date: </span></SPAN></b><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">March 14, 2013 3:11:18 PM GMT+01:00<br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<b><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"black" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">To: </span></SPAN></b><a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></SPAN></a><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<b><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"black" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">Reply-To: </span></SPAN></b><a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></SPAN></a><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Helvetica" ;FONT-SIZE:"medium"'><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium">,Rashmi Rangnath <<a href="mailto:rrangnath@publicknowledge.org">rrangnath@publicknowledge.org</a>><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium"></span></SPAN> </p>
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I thought many of you may be interested in this application that Public Citizen filed in opposing the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's (NABP) application of the .pharmacy TLD. Public Citizen is concerned that the registration would allow the NABP to exclude licensed pharmacies located in Canada from acquiring domain names under .pharmacy. This would prevent access to affordable medicines for many in the US. </p>
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A link to Public Citizen's comments is here: <a href="https://gtldcomment.icann.org/comments-feedback/applicationcomment/commentdetails/12145">https://gtldcomment.icann.org/comments-feedback/applicationcomment/commentdetails/12145</a> </p>
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Director, Global Knowledge Initiative and Staff Attorney<br>Public Knowledge<br>1818 N Street NW<br>Suite 410<br>Washington, D.C. 20036<br>202 861 0020<br><a href="mailto:rrangnath@publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">rrangnath@publicknowledge.org</a><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </p>
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