Re: [gnso-idng] 3rd Draft on Sting Similarity

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 15 Dec 2009, at 15:23, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> What in my rewrite assumes that translation is the primary cause for 
> 'confusingly similar'? 


the example of "duck soup" and "鸭汤" (yā tāng)  is a meaning based example 
(assuming '鸭汤' refers to the same thing as 'duck soup' and not "fooled you with 
a silly example")

as i expect are: 

> .arab and an Arabic version of the same; 2) The DotAsia Registry would not be 
> allowed to  offer a Chinese version of .asia;

since they could not be consider beneficially similar if they weren't also 
considered confusingly similar, but the confusing similarity would then be 
based on having the same meaning.

assuming that they are not simalar based on meaning would indicate that they 
could be applied for without any problem.

this is omitting the fact that because they are geographical they have other 
issues attached to them - the geographical  issues.

a.