[gnso-pednr-dt] usage of "plain language"

[Ron Wickersham <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

we've discussed the inclusion of "plain language" when communicating with 
registrants or prospective registrants instead of/or in addition to/ 
legaleze (with excellent examples presented before).
here is another indication that plain language is becoming an accepted
requirement:

    Friday, August 6, 2010

   (Reuters) - Japan's trade ministry has ordered Apple Inc's Japan unit to
   state on its website that users who are concerned about their iPod nano
   portable music player catching fire can receive a replacement battery.

   The ministry ordered Apple to publish an "easy to understand" statement
   online explaining how users of the devices -- responsible for four cases
   of minor burns in Japan -- can receive replacement batteries and obtain
   advice, a spokesman for the ministry said on Friday.

   The Japan arm of Apple, the world's biggest technology company by market
   value, came under scrutiny last week when it was ordered to explain 27
   incidents of overheating in some models of its first-generation iPod nano
   portable music players.

   Apple said last week that the issue had been traced to a single battery
   supplier.

   The company said on Friday that safety is the highest priority.

   "We've worked closely with METI to make sure first-generation iPod nano
   customers who are concerned with their battery have the latest
   information," said Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr.

   (Reporting by Benjamin Shatil and Gabriel Madway, editing by Matthew
   Lewis)



-ron