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3. The Application must NOT have any of the following characeristics:
- From a Developing Country Governmental governmental or para-statal applicant (subject to negotiation, see below)
- A TLD string explicitly based, and related to, a trademark (ie, a "dot brand" TLD)
- A string that is, or is based on, a geographic name
- Sponsors or partners who are bankrupt or under bankruptcy protection
- Sponsors or partners who are ubject of litigation or criminal investigation
- Otherwise incapable of meeting any of the Applicant Guidebook's due diligence procedures
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To address the needs of these groups, partial (but not consensus) support has been expressed for concept of “bundling” -- that is, reducing the price of a TLD string in an “underserved” IDN script that accompanies a conventional application for the similar string in a Latin script. The WG achieved a consensus that as long as the Applicant is providing build-out of a language whose web-presence is limited and they meet the other criteria, price support should be recommended.
The WG did achieve consensus that as long as the Applicant is providing build-out of a language whose web-presence is limited and they meet the other criteria we should give support.
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