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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'>Hello All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'>I was wondering if the BC had any comment on WIPO’s comments that
calls for an administrative process whereby trademark owners can bring a claim
against an ICANN accredited registrar?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'>Unlike the current IRT proposal that appears focused on ICANN
accredited “REGISTRIES” this process seems to proposal an expanse to ICANN
accredited “REGISTRARS”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'>We recommend an analogous dispute resolution procedure for
ICANN-accredited registrars. </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>The WIPO proposal
for a post-delegation procedure was at first instance intended for registries
within the context of ICANN’s New gTLD Program, and motivated in part by a
perception of converging registry, registrar, and registrant roles in the DNS.
That same argument also applies to registrars in their potential relationship
to trademark abuse. A recent illustration is the observed conduct of one
particular registrar, reported in a WIPO Center <u>letter of April 9, 2009 </u>to
ICANN, and the latter’s subsequent <u>Notice of Breach</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>See <a
href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/wilbers-to-pritz-18jun09-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/wilbers-to-pritz-18jun09-en.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Will the BC
leadership be reaching out to develop a constituency position on this
recommendation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Michael</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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