[gnso-contro-wg] issue of confusing similar

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

(i thought i sent this before the meeting, but it was sitting on my  
desktop)

In trying to think about the IDN report consideration of confusing  
similar, I had two thoughts.

1. there should be nothing special about controversial names in terms  
of confusingly simlar.

2. oops.  do we need to deal with names that are confusingly similar  
to names that would be controversial or on the disputed list.  to put  
it bluntly, would the brand name 'fcuk'  be a problem because it was  
confusingly similar to something that would be controversial - would  
we have a situation where it was both protected and prohibited.  more  
simply, would a name like .natzi be a confusingly similar to a  
controversial name?

this is a different variation on the confusingly similar issue and is  
one that shows how slippery the slop we are on actually is.

a.