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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:maroon">Anjali Karina Hansen</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"> |
<i>Associate General Counsel</i></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Tel: 703-247-9340</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 | Start With Trust</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext"> Elisa Cooper [mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 07, 2012 8:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hansen, Anjali; 'Benedetta Rossi'; bc - GNSO list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: TAS Interruption - Update (4 May 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Just an FYI &#8211; I&#8217;ve been told by the ICM registry that if a brand has been blocked in .xxx that they will also block that brand in the other TLDs that they are
 applying for at no additional cost.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]">
[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hansen, Anjali<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 07, 2012 8:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Benedetta Rossi'; bc - GNSO list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: TAS Interruption - Update (4 May 2012)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Thanks Benedetta.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">2091 new TLDs to be prepared for.&nbsp; My major concerns about this are below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">The first thing that I am up in arms about is that the ICM Registry responsible for the .xxx is also applying for .sex and .adult.&nbsp; ICM will &nbsp;allow all of
 those trademark owners who registered for domains in .xxx to now do the same in .sex and .adult.&nbsp; As you recall, ICM made many millions off of anyone who didn&#8217;t want to be associated with its .xxx and now they will be allowed to make millions more.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">It seems as if the brilliant business model in domaining is to apply for a registry everyone is afraid of being associated with and
 then take their money .&nbsp; I am hoping this committee might want to insist that ICANN put an end to such trademark blackmail.&nbsp; I&#8217;d like to get my money back for the trademarks I&#8217;ve had to block in .xxx.&nbsp; Not to mention that ICM has reserved BBB.xxx for their
 own use despite not holding the trademark thereto.&nbsp; Thus, we couldn&#8217;t block our most famous trademark from .xxx.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I believe the legal and fair approach is to have everyone file their trademarks in a central Trademark Clearinghouse and the registries and registrars will
 thereby put on notice not to sell those trademarks, or deviations thereof, to anyone except the actual trademark holders.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]">
[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Benedetta Rossi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 06, 2012 4:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bc - GNSO list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: TAS Interruption - Update (4 May 2012)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><a href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The TLD Application System, or TAS, held 2091 applications - either submitted or in progress - when it was taken offline on 12 April 2012.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">In addition, there are 214 potential applications that were registered prior to the 29 March cut-off date, but whose payments have not yet been received or reconciled.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ICANN has received approximately USD $350 million in fees for applications for new gTLDs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As we have reported, we are in the process of notifying applicants whether they were affected by the software glitch, and plan to complete this process on or before Tuesday, 8 May. Shortly after that process
 is complete, we will announce the schedule for reopening TAS and completing the application period. Once the system is reopened, we will keep it open for at least five business days.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We appreciate your understanding as we work to bring the TLD application system back online.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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