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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">See my <font color="#ff0000">
initial </font>comments on behalf of ICA below --</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Zahid Jamil [zahid@dndrc.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'BC gnso'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] FW: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Will be sending out a draft of our position on the STI.<span>
</span>Here’s something helpful Mike R put together.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US"> Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Zahid Jamil'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Philip Sheppard'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">TM Clearinghouse:</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Sunrise processes must be standardized and mandatory.</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">TM notices (misnamed “IP claims”) must be mandatory:</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>a.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">All applications for newTLD domain registrations will be checked against the TMC, regardless whether application is during sunrise period or thereafter</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>b.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">If applied-for domain string anywhere contains text of trademark listed in TMC, then TM notice given to applicant per proposal listed in Staff recommendation, if domain is registered then TM owner is notified</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>c.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">TM owners will have option also to trigger notices in the event that applied-for domain string includes the trademark string altered by typographical errors, as determined by an algorithmic tool. For example, yaho0.new
would trigger a notice if Yahoo! elected to exercise this option. -- <font color="#ff0000">
The range of typos must be narrowly circumscrined/otherwise a single trademark will show up against tens of thousands or more potential registrations, and a registrant may receive notice that his sought after domain bumps up against multiple marks.</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>d.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Domain applicant must affirmatively respond to the TM notice, either on screen or email, and registrar must maintain written records of such responses for every domain name. TM owner must get notice of every registration
that occurs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">URS:</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Process as detailed by Staff must be mandatory in all newTLD registries --<font color="#ff0000">As we think the "optional" nature of URS as proposed is illusory because of the evaluation point loss and the heightened
potential liability, no objection if the URS is a narrowly defined supplement to rather than substitute for the UDRP that preserves registrant due process.</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.25in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>a.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Substantive standard of UDRP must be exactly replicated in URS --
<font color="#ff0000">Thank you. The unexplained "and/or" in the staff version is unacceptable and must be repleaced by just "and".</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Successful complainant must have option to transfer the name or cancel, if no appeal filed within 90 days from date of URS decision. --
<font color="#ff0000">Stll thinking about this one, as we have some concern that a transfer option heightens the potential for URS to displace UDRP.</font>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.25in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>a.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Successful complainant must also have option to have domain suspended until end of its current registration term, and then indefinitely flagged--<font color="#ff0000">Indefinite flagging problematic -- a given domain
could well be used in a noninfringing way by a future registrant -- but again, our position is dependent on the scope of the URS.</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.25in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>b.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Flag shall be recorded in clearinghouse so that if anyone seeks to register such name(s) again, they would get a notice.<span style="COLOR: #1f497d"></span></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>3.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Complainant abuse shall be defined same as Reverse Domain Name Hijacking under UDRP.--</p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="calibri"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">We continue to be very concerned that the sanctions for complainant abuse are inadequate -- especially
since 5 abusive complaints in an initial batch of 25 domains charged against a single registrant would only count as 1 abuse.</font></font></font></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><span>4.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Meaningful appeal process required, Staff hasn’t made any proposal on that yet, so we cannot comment. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US">Mike Rodenbaugh</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US">RODENBAUGH LAW</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US">548 Market Street</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US">San Francisco, CA 94104</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://service.ringcentral.com/ringme/callback.asp?mbid=57178438,0,&referer=http://rodenbaugh.com/contact" target="_blank">(415) 738-8087</a></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://rodenbaugh.com/" target="_blank">http://rodenbaugh.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US"> Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 26, 2009 11:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Zahid Jamil'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Philip Sheppard'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">BC position on TM Clearinghouse and URS, notes for preliminary statement:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Note the attendance at the meeting (Philip has it).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">TMC -- sunrise processes must be standard AND mandatory IP claims, POST-launch – unanimous except Palage -- scope of what triggers a hit, proposal is vague as to ‘yahoo’, or ‘yahoomail’ or ‘yaho0’ or ‘yahhoo’?? We
require notice if TM string is replicated anywhere in the domain name that is applied for (except Palage). TM owners can elect how widely the notices would be sent, either to exact matches anywhere in the name, or also algorithmic typos. Domain applicant
MUST affirmatively respond to the notice, either on screen or email. TM owner must get notice of every registration that occurs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">URS – mandatory in all newTLD registries (unanimous except for ICA, who thinks in effect it will be adopted by everyone anyway); substantive standard of UDRP must be exactly replicated in URS; procedural elements and
evidentiary threshold of Staff proposal; sanctions for complainant abuse (abuse defined same as Reverse Domain Name Hijacking under UDRP); meaningful appeal process required, Staff hasn’t made any proposal on that yet, so we cannot comment. Successful complainant
must have option to transfer the name or cancel, if no appeal filed within 90 days from date of URS decision. Some members also would support an indefinite suspension, recorded in clearinghouse so that if anyone seeks to register again, they would get a notice.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">GPML – VRZN, Nokia, NetChoice & Marilyn think it should still be on the table, but not a deal-breaker, nobody else supports leaving it on the table.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mike Rodenbaugh</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RODENBAUGH LAW</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">548 Market Street</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">San Francisco, CA 94104</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://service.ringcentral.com/ringme/callback.asp?mbid=57178438,0,&referer=http://rodenbaugh.com/contact" target="_blank">(415) 738-8087</a></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://rodenbaugh.com/" target="_blank">http://rodenbaugh.com</a></span></p>
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