This was one of the arguments offered by Donuts/Foggy Beach LLC and rejected by the panelist (send in the lifeguard):
The Applicant argues that the addition of one letter to a short word such as "game with that letter located on a
different row on a typewriter keyboard does not equal visual similarity. I do not find this to be a persuasive
argument.
From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of J. Scott Evans
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That applicants are having to file objections on this type of issue shows how the evaluation systems is broken. This decision is right on. |
From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>;
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Subject: [bc-gnso] {String similarity decision -- 5e2cea81-3212-45ed-b422-8e47a2b5364e}_50_504_T_00243_13_determination.pdf
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Google has prevailed in its string similarity objection against Donuts' .games... |