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<DIV><SPAN class=571512812-14012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Actually, I might just explain on Philip's initial comment. The
"typical motivations" of business uses are very broad, and first and foremost,
involves using the names that we, as business users, register to communicate
with customers, market products, provide customer service, provide actual
products to users, manage our own internal communications, etc. etc.
:-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=571512812-14012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One
motivation of some business users, from time to time, is to take defensive
registration, when compelled to do so, to ensure against customer/user confusion
and misleading communications, trademark infringement, protect against misuse of
a domain name that is similar to a service or trademark use, etc. Bad faith is
one critical concern of business users. But their interests are varied, just as
their business models, strategy, and "reach" and products/services are. :-)
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<DIV><SPAN class=571512812-14012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=571512812-14012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As to
ICANN's role in ensuring a stable and predictable environment in the Internet's
technical functioning, we may have differences about how to achieve that, or the
exact scope, but it is a primary concern to business users. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marilyn S. Cade</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Philip Sheppard
[mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 14, 2004
3:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B> council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] NCUC
statement on Approval Process for Registry Services<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Marc,</DIV>
<DIV>while I think there is much to commend in the NCUC statement on the
registry services I feel impelled to make one remark to this part of your
statement:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>" we note that ICANN invested most of its effort in
protecting trademarks ... interests, and has shown very little interest
in protecting consumers and users".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>ICANN's UDRP is all about protecting consumers and users. The typical
motivation for a brand owner to seek ownership of a domain name is
to prevent the bad faith use of the domain name. Bad faith use includes
consumer fraud and deception. There maybe individual cases where other
motivations are apparent but please do note that the fundamental reason for
trademarks at all is as a guarantee of origin - and that is a consumer as well
as a brand-owner benefit. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Philip</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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