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<div>Good news. ICANN just issued memorandum on Strawman solutions and will implement 3 of the 4 improvements we advocated (<a href="
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/strawman-solution-memo-20mar13-en.pdf">link</a>)</div>
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<div>1. 30-day advance notice for Sunrise. Yes</div>
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<div>2. Extend TM Claim Notices from 60 to 90 days. Yes</div>
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<div>3. "Claims 2" extension of TM notices for 6-12 months. Not at this time.</div>
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<div>4. Issue TM Claim notices based on domains previously abused. Yes! </div>
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<div>The Limited Preventive Registration (LPR) was not part of Strawman, but ICANN said this would not be part of implementation.</div>
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
<div>Executive Director</div>
<div>NetChoice</div>
<div>http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org </div>
<div>+1.202.420.7482 </div>
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