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Spec 13 Application by .food
by Volker Greimann Oct. 7, 2015

Oct. 7, 2015

Dear ICANN, thank you for providing me with the opportunity of commenting on this application, which I am doing on a personal capacity. The application should be rejected as the TLD string does not qualify under the requirements of the specification as it is: "a string consisting of a word or term that denominates or describes a general class of goods, services, groups, organizations or things, as opposed to distinguishing a specific brand of goods, services, groups, organizations or things from those of others" Food is as generic as it gets, describing a general class of goods every living being on earth needs to survive on a daily basis. Allowing such a string to be monopolized by a single service provider in the food industry would contrary to the claims of the applicant cause more user confusion and allow one provider to dominate the public presentation and outreach regarding such an important ressource. Having negotiated with the Brand Applicant Group with regard to the initial comment rejecting Spec 13 altogether, I feel confident in stating that both the Brand Applicant Group and the participating registrars issuing the comment critical of the initial Spec 13 intended to prevent use cases of the specification like this. We therefore kindly request that ICANN refuse the application on the grounds of the applied-for string not meeting the requirements of the spec. Best regards, Volker Greimann GNSO Counsellor (RrSG)

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.food PIC
by Leroy, Natalie Oct. 7, 2015

Oct. 7, 2015

Hello, I am writing to share my comments on .food, whose applicant Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. has expressed the intention to operate a closed gTLD under Spec.13. Spec. 13 which allows registries to operate a closed TLD, only applies if a certain number of requirements are met, one of which is that a TLD must not be generic string - I fail to see therefore how LifeStyle Domain Holdings can even entertain the notion that they qualify. I also fail to see why ICANN, who has been keen to show that they take trademark rights seriously, even indulges LifeStyle Domain Holdings in their intention not to modify their application. Trademark rights should be protected under the new gTLD programme, but it should certainly not swing the over way to allow common terms to be used exclusively as though they benefitted from trademark protection. Yes in all likelihood there will be some cybersquatting under .food, but no more than currently under .com - allowing .food to be a closed TLD would impede healthy competition with genuine registrants. I see generic string new gTLDs as an extension of international trademark classifications under the Nice Agreement - in that respect they are a fantastic opportunity to allow products and services that share matching or similar names to operate in the domain name space under various TLDs that will differentiate between them in an intelligent and intuitive manner for end users. A TLD such as .food represents this exactly - it cannot be closed, otherwise it makes a farce of the whole programme and ICANN will lose all credibility. Best regards, Natalie Leroy European Brand Advisor [cid:image006.jpg@01D03989.0FF128B0] ________________________________ NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me via reply email or at (800) 927-9800 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout.

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.man Specification Application
by question Nov. 30, 2014

Nov. 30, 2014

To whom it may concern, I believe .MAN should not be restricted to a .Brand TLD. If instead it were made a gTLDN it would allow for many domain hacks. There are many superheros which have had movies about them in recently (bat.man, super.man spider.man, …) In Australia (where is reside) there is an iron man competition (iron.man) There are some spokes people for brands that could benefit (duff.man (fictional character from "The Simpsons" cartoon)) Some people have a nickname that ends in man (boogie.man, rain.man) There are pop culture references some people may want to register (ender.man, sand.man) In conclusion, please consider making .man generic instead of restricting it to a brand name. Thank you for your time. *** Security Note *** ************************************************************************** Scanned by MDaemon SecurityPlus v4.0 and deemed to be virus free at this time Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:49:02 +1100 **************************************************************************

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test
by John Luc May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

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