Draft Changes to String Similarity Review Proposed by GNSO Council - Public Comments Requested

[Robin Gross]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: June 13, 2010 10:15:05 AM PDT
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Draft Changes to String Similarity Review  
> Proposed by GNSO Council - Public Comments Requested
>
>
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun10-en.htm
>
> Draft Changes to String Similarity Review Proposed by GNSO Council  
> – Public Comments Requested
>
> 11 June 2010
>
> On 10 June, the GNSO Council passed a resolution requesting that a  
> 21-day public comment period
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007- 
> en.htm#string-similarity-amendment
> be opened regarding a proposal to send the following letter be sent  
> to Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Services, copy to the ICANN  
> Board, recommending that the Draft Applicant Guidebook version IV  
> section on “Outcomes of the String Similarity Review” be amended to  
> allow applicants to request an Extended Review under applicable  
> terms similar to those provided for other issues such as “DNS  
> Stability: String Review Procedure”. The GNSO Council further  
> recommends that a section be added on “String Similarity – Extended  
> Review” that parallels other such sections in Module 2.
>
> The text of the GNSO Council resolution and draft letter may be  
> found here
> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/council-resolution-proposed- 
> letter-dagv4-ext-rev-11jun10-en.pdf [PDF, 12 KB].
>
> Background Information
>
> The GNSO Council is concerned that the Draft Applicant Guidebook,  
> Version 4 does not include an Extended Review option for strings  
> that fail the initial evaluation for confusing similarity and  
> likelihood to confuse. The GNSO Council in Recommendation #2 of the  
> GNSO Final Report on the Introduction of New gTLDs in September  
> 2007 intended to prevent confusing and detrimental similarity and  
> not similarity that could serve the users of the Internet. More  
> recently, the IDNG Drafting Team established by the GNSO Council  
> has discussed various circumstances where applicants for strings  
> that may be designated as confusingly similar in the initial  
> evaluation may be able to present a case showing that the string is  
> not detrimentally similar to another string. The Council proposes  
> that a letter be sent recommending changes to the Draft Applicant  
> Guidebook to address this concern.
>
> Further Information
>
> Full information about the new gTLD program may be found at:  
> www.icann.org.
>
> Comments are due by 2 July 2010.
>
> Staff Responsible: Liz Gasster
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org




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