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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AIM supports too – thanks for the work on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Marie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>martinsutton@hsbc.com<br><b>Sent:</b> mardi 5 février 2013 12:28<br><b>To:</b> Steve DelBianco<br><b>Cc:</b> bc - GNSO list; owner-bc-gnso@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] BC Reply Comment on Strawman proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks Steve - I support the reply.</span> <br><br><a href="http://directory.global.hsbc/cgi-whitepages/search-entry.pl?attribute_extramail=mail&operator_extramail=sw&unused_searching=no&co=*&value_extramail=martinsutton@hsbc.com"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Martin C SUTTON</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Group Risk </span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ<br>Group Security & Fraud Risk<br>8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom</span> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>________________________________________________________________</span> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="15%" style='width:15.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td width="84%" style='width:84.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F4F4F'>Phone</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F4F4F'>+44 (0)20 7991 8074 / 7991 8074</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F4F4F'>Mobile</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F4F4F'>+44 (0) 7774556680</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F4F4F'>Email</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:martinsutton@hsbc.com"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>martinsutton@hsbc.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>________________________________________________________________</span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Protect our environment - please only print this if you have to!</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve DelBianco <</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org"><span lang=IT>sdelbianco@netchoice.org</span></a></span><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><span lang=IT> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>bc - GNSO list <<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>></span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>05/02/2013 03:22</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[bc-gnso] BC Reply Comment on Strawman proposal</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#ACA899' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On 15-Jan, the BC filed substantive comments on the TM Clearinghouse Strawman solution. (</span><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/tmch-strawman/msg00070.html"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>link</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>)</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We did not anticipate needing to also file a "Reply" comment. But the ExCom now believes we should file, since we heard last week about the CEO's wavering support for the Strawman proposal.</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Feb 5 is deadline for "Reply" comments on this topic. So we are proposing a brief Reply comment summarizing comments filed and re-emphasizing key parts of our initial Strawman comments. </span><br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Below are DRAFT Reply Comments from the Business Constituency, regarding TM Clearinghouse Strawman Solution (</span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch-strawman-30nov12-en.htm"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>link</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>)</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Of the 88 comments filed on the Strawman solution, 67 supported the Strawman solution and/or called for even stronger rights protection mechanisms, such as Limited Preventive Registrations (LPR). In other words, 76 percent of commenters favor implementation changes such as advance Sunrise notice and enhanced TM claim notices.</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Unsurprisingly, these supporting comments came from businesses that are negatively affected by having to purchase defensive registrations and engage in other expensive and often inadequate mechanisms to protect their consumers against confusion or outright fraud using second level domain names. </span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>While the BC does not believe that new gTLD operators will proactively solicit fraudulent registrations, we believe the comments submitted show that present anti-abuse mechanisms are simply inadequate. That is why commenters from around the world have endorsed the minimal implementation improvements proposed in the Strawman.</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The additional Strawman suggestion for Limited Preventive Registrations (LPR) also found wide support in comments filed. We believe that LPR could be done as a matter of implementation. But if ICANN determines that LPR is new policy, we believe that GNSO Council should embark on a fast-track policy development process (PDP). The gNSO Council has in the past done at least one fast-track PDP, which entailed face-to-face working sessions and significant time commitment from Councilors. ICANN should also commit to provide support for a fast track PDP, such as consulting services and travel funding for PDP participants.</span> <br><br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Unless we see objections from at least four BC members, we will file the above comment before end of day tomorrow, 5-Feb-2013.</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-- </span><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Steve DelBianco</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Vice chair for policy coordination</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Business Constituency</span> <br><br><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>************************************************************<br>HSBC Holdings plc<br>Registered Office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom<br>Registered in England number 617987<br>************************************************************<br></span>----------------------------------------- SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! 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