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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ICANN has posted the next version of the Applicant Guidebook. It is accompanied by a response to the GAC "Scorecard" and several Explanatory Memoranda that targeted GAC issues.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>15 April 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>Guidebook and Public Comment Forum</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In keeping with the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf">draft timeline</a> [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use)</span></a><span lang=EN-US> [PDF, 284 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr11-en.pdf">GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning</a> [PDF, 91 KB] <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11-en.pdf">Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments</a> [PDF, 331 KB] <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf">Root Zone Scaling</a> [PDF, 286 KB] <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>