Applicant Support for Indigenous Peoples Owning Trademarks

["Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <AAikman@xxxxxxxxx>]

The second bullet point of Paragraph 3 of the Second Milestone Report states:

 "The application must NOT have any of the following characteristics...

A TLD string explicitly based, and related to, a trademark (i.e. a "dot brand" 
TLD)"

This bullet point should be deleted and the concern should be addressed on a 
case-by-case basis.  For example, in North America there are numerous sovereign 
nations and tribes of indigenous peoples with limited resources, developing 
economies, and legitimate cultural and linguistic identities to protect.  These 
tribes may own trademarks and yet may need Applicant Support in establishing a 
gTLD which is identical to a trademark in the name of the tribe or its native 
language.

Respectfully submitted,
Anne Aikman-Scalese



[cid:807352018@29072011-288E]Anne E. Aikman-Scalese
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