I am very concerned about the notion of having yet another race to TLDs...<div><br></div><div>On one hand, I agree with Avri, things should be as open and free as possible. But, on the other side, one should never poke the tiger with a short stick(*), meaning, we may be wakening a beast that we have not yet learned how to control. </div>

<div><br></div><div>Best regards from Portugal,</div><div><br></div><div>Nuno</div><div><br></div><div>(*) in Brazil they have the saying &quot;cutucar a onça com pau curto&quot; which I translated to the above expression, although a tiger is not a &quot;onça&quot;.<br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/3/17 &quot;Kleinwächter, Wolfgang&quot; <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3D1003%26L%3DNCSG-DISCUSS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D1673016%26B%3D--0016e6d641774f26100482021837%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span><br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">FYI have a look into the letter from the Vatican in its capacity as GAC member to the ICANN CEO.<br>
<a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/polvani-to-twomey-20feb09.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/polvani-to-twomey-20feb09.pdf</a><br>
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Von: Non-Commercial User Constituency im Auftrag von Marc Perkel<br>
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Betreff: Re: Interesting challenge - .reality<br>
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Wonder who will get the .god TLD?<br>
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        the domain name was supposed to be the way for heaven for some people , but with trademark issues is becoming a hell :)<br>
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                How would this be evaluated? I&#39;m the owner of the Church of Reality and I have a trademark on the word &quot;reality&quot; itself. (In the religious and spiritual counseling class) - So - if (when) I apply for .reaity - what would be the process of evaluating that?<br>


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