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1. Re: Help with .africa history (Kivuva)<br>
2. Acting Director of Information Security Directorate<br>
(Esam Abulkhirat)<br>
3. Re: Help with .africa history (Neil Dundas)<br>
4. Re: Acting Director of Information Security Directorate<br>
(Badru Ntege)<br>
5. Re: Help with .africa history (Badru Ntege)<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:06:17 +0300<br>
From: Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history<br>
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> .Africa and .dotAfrica, although completely different strings from a<br>
> technical perspective, are undoubtedly confusingly similar to each other in<br>
> a legal context. It would be relatively easy to demonstrate this in<br>
> objection proceedings.<br>
><br>
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Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the<br>
confusing string come in?<br>
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> Regards<br>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:08:42 -0400 (EDT)<br>
From: Esam Abulkhirat <<a href="mailto:esamabulkhirat@about.me">esamabulkhirat@about.me</a>><br>
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Acting Director of Information Security<br>
Directorate<br>
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Dear Friends & Colleagues,<br>
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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.<br>
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Best<br>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:27:52 +0200<br>
From: Neil Dundas <<a href="mailto:neild@dundas.co.za">neild@dundas.co.za</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history<br>
To: <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a><br>
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Compare the following string applications:<br>
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.africa : <a href="http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184" target="_blank">http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184</a><br>
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.dotafrica : <a href="http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276" target="_blank">http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276</a><br>
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Notes:<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Regards<br>
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NeilD<br>
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On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Kivuva wrote:<br>
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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.<br>
><br>
> Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the confusing string come in?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> ______________________<br>
> Mwendwa Kivuva (lordmwesh)<br>
> For<br>
> Business Development<br>
> Transworld Computer Channels<br>
> Cel: 0722402248<br>
> <a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.transworldAfrica.com" target="_blank">www.transworldAfrica.com</a> | Fluent in computing<br>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:46:57 +0300<br>
From: Badru Ntege <<a href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Acting Director of Information<br>
Security Directorate<br>
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Congratulations Esam<br>
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Wish you all the good luck but also rest assured the community is here to share and help whenever necessary.<br>
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Regards<br>
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Badru Ntege<br>
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NFT Consult Ltd<br>
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On 30 Jul 2012, at 13:08, Esam Abulkhirat <<a href="mailto:esamabulkhirat@about.me">esamabulkhirat@about.me</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Friends & Colleagues,<br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
><br>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:11 +0300<br>
From: Badru Ntege <<a href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history<br>
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Thanks Neil<br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
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For a moment there i was trying to see if the term confusing has also been redefined.<br>
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Still optimistic that a resolution can be found.<br>
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