[AfrICANN-discuss] Re: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 65, Issue 106
Baudouin Schombe
baudouin.schombe at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 19:07:17 SAST 2012
I join all you have to, Esam, my sincere congratulations for this
responsibility. You greatly merit.
BAUDOUIN
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> 1. Re: Help with .africa history (Kivuva)
> 2. Acting Director of Information Security Directorate
> (Esam Abulkhirat)
> 3. Re: Help with .africa history (Neil Dundas)
> 4. Re: Acting Director of Information Security Directorate
> (Badru Ntege)
> 5. Re: Help with .africa history (Badru Ntege)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:06:17 +0300
> From: Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history
> To: africann at afrinic.net
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> >
> > .Africa and .dotAfrica, although completely different strings from a
> > technical perspective, are undoubtedly confusingly similar to each other
> in
> > a legal context. It would be relatively easy to demonstrate this in
> > objection proceedings.
> >
>
> Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the
> confusing string come in?
>
>
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> --
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva (lordmwesh)
> For
> Business Development
> Transworld Computer Channels
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> twitter.com/lordmwesh
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:08:42 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Esam Abulkhirat <esamabulkhirat at about.me>
> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Acting Director of Information Security
> Directorate
> To: africann at afrinic.net
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> Dear Friends & Colleagues,
>
> I trust this email finds you well. This is to inform you that I have been
> assigned recently as the Acting Director of the Information Security
> Directorate in the Communications and Informatics Ministry of Libya. I hope
> we will continue our collaboration as I'm currently embarking in
> establishing and structuring this new Directorate.
>
> Best
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:27:52 +0200
> From: Neil Dundas <neild at dundas.co.za>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history
> To: africann at afrinic.net
> Message-ID: <435697A6-46C6-42A7-BA78-9C1E22859BEF at dundas.co.za>
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> Compare the following string applications:
>
> .africa :
> http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184
>
> to
>
> .dotafrica :
> http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276
>
>
> Notes:
> The above applied for strings are not identical. In simple terms,
> according to ICANN, DCA Trust has not applied for .Africa. This is a simple
> fact and can be verified against ICANN's application database.
>
> Now, if you accept the fact that UniForum and DCA Trust have applied for
> two different strings, the next step would be to determine whether those
> "different" strings are confusingly similar to each other. My view, having
> been a trade mark attorney, is that they are indeed confusingly similar.
>
> Regards
>
> ---
> NeilD
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Kivuva wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > .Africa and .dotAfrica, although completely different strings from a
> technical perspective, are undoubtedly confusingly similar to each other in
> a legal context. It would be relatively easy to demonstrate this in
> objection proceedings.
> >
> > Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the
> confusing string come in?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > ______________________
> > Mwendwa Kivuva (lordmwesh)
> > For
> > Business Development
> > Transworld Computer Channels
> > Cel: 0722402248
> > twitter.com/lordmwesh
> > www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing
> > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
> >
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:46:57 +0300
> From: Badru Ntege <badru.ntege at nftconsult.com>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Acting Director of Information
> Security Directorate
> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
> Cc: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
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> Congratulations Esam
>
> Wish you all the good luck but also rest assured the community is here to
> share and help whenever necessary.
>
> Regards
>
> Badru Ntege
> CEO
> NFT Consult Ltd
> Www.Nftconsult.com
>
> "Vision without execution is hallucination."
> -- Thomas A. Edison
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 30 Jul 2012, at 13:08, Esam Abulkhirat <esamabulkhirat at about.me> wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends & Colleagues,
> >
> > I trust this email finds you well. This is to inform you that I have
> been assigned recently as the Acting Director of the Information Security
> Directorate in the Communications and Informatics Ministry of Libya. I hope
> we will continue our collaboration as I'm currently embarking in
> establishing and structuring this new Directorate.
> >
> > Best
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:11 +0300
> From: Badru Ntege <badru.ntege at nftconsult.com>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history
> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
> Cc: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
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> Thanks Neil
> > The above applied for strings are not identical. In simple terms,
> according to ICANN, DCA Trust has not applied for .Africa. This is a simple
> fact and can be verified against ICANN's application database.
> >
> > Now, if you accept the fact that UniForum and DCA Trust have applied for
> two different strings, the next step would be to determine whether those
> "different" strings are confusingly similar to each other. My view, having
> been a trade mark attorney, is that they are indeed confusingly similar.
> >
>
> For a moment there i was trying to see if the term confusing has also been
> redefined.
>
> Still optimistic that a resolution can be found.
>
>
>
> >
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