Hello Gabi, I am not sure whether a comprehensive answer is needed but a classic case is .PW (Professional web, palau) kind of scenario. I think there is need to protect ccTLD moreso from developing countries from Commercial interests. We have seen recent manouvers in the African continent targeting .ml, .cf and .ga, who knows if this is the direction they will take in the near future, the bigger question is ho do we safeguard ccTLDs from cannibalisation? I apologise for the language used. On Mon, August 19, 2013 6:18 pm, Gabriella Schittek wrote:

Dear Councillors,

Below is a summary of a request for input on the Proposal to Mitigate Name Collision Risks. The Triage committee has not decided on how to deal with this topic, but the general recommendation is "None". If you do not agree on this, please, send your proposed way forward to the Council email list by 21 August.

Thanks!

Gabi

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Topic: Proposal to Mitigate Name Collision Risks

Originator: ICANN

Summary of request: ICANN has published a document, suggesting mitigation measures to the community to minimise the likelihood of any potential impact resulting from name collisions as New gTLDs are delegated into the root zone: http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/new-gtld-collision-mitigati on-05aug13-en.pdf

Date received: 5 August

Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 27 August 2013

Recommended action, if any: (alternatives: None, letter from Chair/ Council, ccNSO statement/position paper, WG, PDP): None

Expertise needed, if any: Technical

Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low

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