[ALAC-Announce] New gTLD Program: String Similarity Contention Sets | ICANN

[At-Large Staff]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-26feb13-en.htm

New gTLD Program: String Similarity Contention Sets

26 February 2013
ICANN is publishing today the contention sets identified by the string
similarity review for applications submitted as part of the New gTLD
Program. Review the full list of contention sets here: PDF
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/similarity-
contention-26feb13-en.pdf>  [162 KB], CSV
<https://icann.box.com/shared/static/zhomj6atxakcv80iope5.csv>  [65 KB] or
from the Applicants' Corner <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/corner>
page on the new gTLD microsite.
Overall statistics about Contention Sets
* 2 Non-Exact Match Contention Sets
> * .hotels & .hoteis
> * .unicorn & .unicom
* 230 Exact Match Contention Sets
* 754 Total Applications in contention
The Current Application Status
<http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus>  page on
the new gTLD microsite will be updated to reflect these contention sets.

The role of the String Similarity Panel is to assess whether a proposed gTLD
string creates a probability of user confusion due to similarity with any
reserved name, any existing TLD, any requested IDN ccTLD, or any new gTLD
string applied for in the current application round.

Per the Applicant Guidebook, a contention set is a group of two or more
applications containing identical or visually similar applied-for gTLD
strings. For more information on string contention procedures, please refer
to Module 4 
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/string-contention-procedures-04
jun12-en.pdf>  [PDF, 428 KB] of the Applicant Guidebook.

As a reminder, the objection filing period is open until 13 March 2013. For
more information refer to the Objection & Dispute Resolution
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/odr>  page.

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Regards,


Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
Peregrine and Julia Charvolen
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org


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