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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As an observer to this string of debate,
it appears to me (and possibly other members) that you are obfuscating. You
have been asked on several occasions to declare your interests, but you parry
that question with more questions. What is holding you back from being up
front with the members and disclosing? Disclosure would, IMHO, lend more
credibility to your arguments. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Disclosure should be our first obligation
as members of the BC – considering the convoluted nature of our
membership today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>RA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Ronald N. Andruff</span></font><font
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com">RNA
Partners, Inc.</a></span></font><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>jscottevans@yahoo.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:58
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> icann@rodenbaugh.com;
icann@rodenbaugh.com; lhc@yahoo-inc.com; svg@stephanevangelder.com;
sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com;
sdelbianco@netchoice.org; bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oh, and as to a counter-argument to your position, I
refer you to the USPTO's disposition of the various .music trademark
applications. While not identical, the USPTO's reasoning is very solar to the
concerns I have heard from others.<br>
<br>
J. Scott <br>
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Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>icann@rodenbaugh.com <icann@rodenbaugh.com>; <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b><jscottevans@yahoo.com>;
<icann@rodenbaugh.com>; <lhc@yahoo-inc.com>;
<svg@stephanevangelder.com>; <sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com>; <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></b><Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com>;
<sdelbianco@netchoice.org>; <bc-gnso@icann.org>; <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent: </span></b>Thu, May 23, 2013 8:20:35 PM
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
name="_MailEndCompose"><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>All of my clients,
and my law firm, have business interests much broader than the domain
industry.</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Who are these people expressing grave concerns?
Because I am only hearing competitors to so-called closed generic TLD
applicants expressing concerns (including indirectly through their
ICANN-connected government reps), with no evidence or any real specifics as
to the parade of horribles they seem to envision. And certainly no
counter-argument to the points I am raising. Do you or anyone else have
any substantive response to any of those points?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Mike Rodenbaugh</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>RODENBAUGH LAW</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Tel/Fax: +1.415.738.8087</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank"><font size=2 color="#0563c1"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1'>http://rodenbaugh.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> jscottevans@yahoo.com
[mailto:jscottevans@yahoo.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013
1:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> icann@rodenbaugh.com;
lhc@yahoo-inc.com; svg@stephanevangelder.com; sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com; sdelbianco@netchoice.org; bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mike:<br>
<br>
We appreciate your pov. However, there are many of us in this constituency
that have business interests broader than the domain industry. In my
discussions with these non-ICANNers, they have voiced grave concerns and
want assurances similar to those put forward by Sarah and Laura in the
latest draft. Do others gave perspective here?<br>
<br>
<br>
Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><a href="javascript:return"
target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>
<<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>>; <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>'Laura Covington' <<a
href="javascript:return" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>>;
<<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>>;
'Deutsch, Sarah B' <<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>>;
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></b>'Elisa Cooper' <<a
href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>>;
'Steve DelBianco' <<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>>; <<a
href="javascript:return" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>>;
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent: </span></b>Thu, May 23, 2013 7:21:46
PM </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>We went through exercise of
trying to define categories like this, in 2006. Then in the Vertical
Integration WG. Then again recently in the IPC. It can’t
be done, as far as I know.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>The GAC didn’t bother to
provide a definition either. Making any response problematic as we
don’t really know what we are responding to.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Mike Rodenbaugh</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>RODENBAUGH LAW</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Tel/Fax: +1.415.738.8087</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank"><font size=2 color="#0563c1"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1'>http://rodenbaugh.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
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auto'><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> Laura
Covington [<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com">mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a href="javascript:return"
target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a>;
<a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>;
'Deutsch, Sarah B'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> 'Elisa Cooper'; 'Steve
DelBianco'; <a href="javascript:return" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hey, Mike, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>I'm totally open to considering other
definitions/terminology for "closed generics" if you have ideas
to propose. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>As to the separate issue of responding to
the GAC's advice, participants on the call the other day seemed interested
in including – or at least considering - language on closed generics
rather than being silent. It seems clear – and understandable -
what your point of view is. Anybody else? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
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auto'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>"</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>icann@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>icann@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Organization: </span></b>Rodenbaugh Law<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-To: </span></b>"</span></font>mike@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>mike@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></b>Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:13 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>"Yahoo! Inc."
<</span></font>lhc@yahoo-inc.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>>, "</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, "'Deutsch, Sarah B'"
<</span></font>sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></b>'Elisa Cooper' <</span></font>Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, 'Steve DelBianco' <</span></font>sdelbianco@netchoice.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, "</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>It seems that every dictionary
word is a ‘pre-existing trademark’ at least insofar as it is
registered as such somewhere (e.g. <st1:place w:st="on">Benelux</st1:place>,
in advance of the EU land rush). My examples are all registered at
the USPTO. Any of those registrations could be purchased or even be
previously registered by any so-called ‘closed generic’ TLD
applicant.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Why is it legitimate for Apple to
operate .apple to the exclusion of everyone else in the world that may have
a legitimate use for a .apple domain name? (Maybe better examples are
other new TLD applicants Abbott, Active, AFamilyCompany, Amazon,
AmericanFamily… and the list goes on past Apple….)
Yet it would not be legitimate for Weather.com to operate .weather
that way?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Mike Rodenbaugh</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>RODENBAUGH LAW</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Tel/Fax: +1.415.738.8087</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank"><font size=2 color="#0563c1"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1'>http://rodenbaugh.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
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auto'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'> Laura Covington [</span></font><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:54 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Mike Rodenbaugh; </span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>; Deutsch, Sarah B<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Elisa Cooper; Steve
DelBianco; </span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font color=black><span
style='color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sticking with the definition piece first,
doesn't second bullet cover your question? Pre-existing
trademark? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Laura Covington</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>VP, Intellectual Property Policy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Yahoo! Inc.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>lhc@yahoo-inc.com</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>408.349.5187</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>Mike Rodenbaugh <</span></font><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>icann@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-To: </span></b>Mike Rodenbaugh <</span></font>icann@rodenbaugh.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></b>Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>"Yahoo! Inc."
<</span></font>lhc@yahoo-inc.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>>, "</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, "Deutsch, Sarah B"
<</span></font>sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></b>Elisa Cooper <</span></font>Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, Steve DelBianco <</span></font>sdelbianco@netchoice.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, "</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Hi Laura,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Then what about all the trademarks
that exist for 'generic words'. Not just Apple, but also Sex, Drugs
and even Rock 'n Roll (all registered at the USPTO)?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Beyond that, what about the broader
notion that closed generic business models are more in the public interest
than open copycat business models? The BC is on record with the
position that restricted registries are preferred over open registries,
because abuse and consumer harm are far less likely.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Best,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Mike</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:
0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>
<hr size=1 width="100%" align=center>
</span></font></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> Laura Covington <</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>lhc@yahoo-inc.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> "</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>svg@stephanevangelder.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>; "Deutsch, Sarah B"
<</span></font>sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Elisa Cooper <</span></font>Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>; Steve DelBianco <</span></font>sdelbianco@netchoice.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>; "</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:23 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<div id=yiv2128043238>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I don’t know of any official
definition of a closed generic TLD, but perhaps a starting place would be
to say that it is a TLD that:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Consists
of a generic term/phrase which <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is
not intended to represent a pre-existing trademark, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
registry operator does not intend to sell/grant/give second level
domains to the (general?) public <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></b>Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:49 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>"Deutsch, Sarah
B" <</span></font>sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></b>Elisa Cooper <</span></font>Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, Steve DelBianco <</span></font>sdelbianco@netchoice.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>>, "</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>" <</span></font>bc-gnso@icann.org<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks Sarah, J. Scott and Laura for
this work. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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definition of what constitutes a closed generic TLD somewhere?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Failing that, what is to stop the
criteria suggested in this text being imposed on, say, a brand that has a
term resembling a generic term as its brand name and that would
understandably like to operate it for its own exclusive use?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Sarah B" <</span></font>sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>> a écrit :</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>All,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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To follow up on our BC call this morning, we discussed why the
existing draft asking ICANN to develop a non-specific public policy
exemption in the Registry Code of Conduct for closed generics was not a
good idea. Steve had encouraged me, J. Scott Evans and Laura
Covington from Yahoo to put pen to paper and propose specific ideas
(building on the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
earlier GAC recommendations on closed generics) rather than for the BC to
remain silent on this issue. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Our proposed
language is attached for Members’ consideration.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Sarah</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sarah B. Deutsch<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Verizon Communications<span class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Phone: 703-351-3044<span class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Fax: 703-351-3670</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:purple'>owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black'>[</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>mailto:owner-<font
color=purple><span style='color:purple'>bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>]<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></b>Elisa
Cooper<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, May 20, 2013
3:34 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><font
color=purple><span style='color:purple'>bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>[bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Steve,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Thank you so
much for all of your work on this.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Please find
attached my edits to Sarah’s draft.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>As previously
stated, I will recuse myself from comments related to Closed Generics. That
said, I am concerned that the proposed comments in this draft may be at
odds with our earlier position:</span></font><a
href="http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC%20Comment%20on%20Closed%20Generic%20TLDs.pdf"
target="_blank"><font size=2 color=purple face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:purple'>http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC%20Comment%20on%20Closed%20Generic%20TLDs.pdf</span></font></a><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Thank you again.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Best,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Elisa</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Elisa Cooper</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Director of
Product Marketing</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>ICANN Business
Constituency</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>208 389-5779 PH</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:purple'>owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black'>[</span></font><font size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black'>]<span class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></b>Deutsch,
Sarah B<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, May 20, 2013
12:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>Steve DelBianco;<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><font
size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:purple'>bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>[bc-gnso] RE: FOR
REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Steve, All,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><br>
Thanks for your work on this draft. My comments are attached.
One big issue I would flag for members is the paragraph dealing with
closed generics. Various BC members have grave concerns about
certain closed generics and formal objections have been filed. The
focus on applying for an exemption in the Final Guidebook does not fix
these fundamental concerns for the reasons outlined in the attached.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I’d suggest
that the BC either (a) refrain from taking a position on the closed generic
issue altogether or (b) support the GAC’s concerns about closed
generics and the need to show that an award of an exclusive right in a
generic term is in the larger public interest. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Sarah</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:purple'>owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black'>[</span></font><font size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:black'>]<span class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of<span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></b>Steve
DelBianco<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, May 15,
2013 4:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><font
size=2 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:purple'>bc-gnso@icann.org</span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span>[bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW:
draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>ICANN’s new
gTLD Board Committee has requested public comment on how it should address
GAC advice to establish safeguards for categories of new gTLDs. (</span></font><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gac-safeguard-advice-23apr13-en.htm"
target="_blank"><font color=purple face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri;color:purple'>link</span></font></a><font color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>The BC has have
held 3 conference calls on this topic (see minutes and transcripts on the
BC<span class=yiv2128043238apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home" target="_blank"><font
color=purple face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:purple'>Wiki</span></font></a><font
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>).
Several BC members provided input, including text from Ron Andruff,
Marilyn Cade, and Andrew Mack. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Comment period
closes 4-Jun. That allows our regular 14-day review and
approval period. So, please REPLY ALL with your suggested edits
and comments regarding this draft, before 29-May-2013.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Steve DelBianco</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Vice chair for
policy coordination</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Business
Constituency</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><BC Comment
on GAC Advice for new gTLDs DRAFT v1sd2 (2).docx></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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