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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796351313-12122009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Mike, Zahid and members of the BC for working
diligently on your minority statement and for sending this end in advance of
final approval by your membership. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796351313-12122009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-gnso-sti@icann.org
[mailto:owner-gnso-sti@icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike
Rodenbaugh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 11, 2009 7:25 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'GNSO Council'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'gnso sti'; 'bc - GNSO list'; 'Margie
Milam'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [gnso-sti] Special Trademark Issues Work Team
Report to the GNSO Council<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks Margie and everyone
else in the STI group, it was a monstrous effort in a ludicrously short
timeframe. The BC Minority Statement is attached. Zahid and I
believe it reflects the consensus of our membership, after active consultation
with them throughout the STI process. However the document is out for
comment within our Constituency, so may be modified and may not be a final
version for up to three weeks, per the terms of our Charter.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We do not object to nearly as
many things as are reflected in the .pdf charts from Margie this morning, so
hopefully they will be updated online at least. On those charts, our
Minority Statement is relevant to sections 3, 4, 6.1, 7 and 10.1 re the
Clearinghouse, and section 7.1 re the URS.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We object to only two aspects
of the Clearinghouse as it is devised within the STI Initial Report: 1)
the breadth of data allowed into the Clearinghouse, and 2) required use
of information within the Clearinghouse, beyond Sunrise Periods, to serve
notices to registrants or would-be registrants that there is a potential
trademark conflict related to their registration. We believe that
businesses ought to get more benefit from the Clearinghouse, than merely the
right to buy domain names during sunrise periods – which most do not want to
do. We believe businesses should get more protection than the right to
buy exact matches only of registered trademarks. If they wish to
purchase other trademark names during sunrise, because they believe squatters
otherwise will, then they should be allowed to do so (as in .asia, .tel and
.eu launches, at least). Further, we believe that broadening the use of
the Clearinghouse in these ways would be beneficial to everyone in the
community insofar as pertinent information would be available, which could be
used to notify registrants of potential domain name disputes at the point of
sale, thereby avoiding a substantial percentage of those domain
disputes. The ICANN community ought to demonstrate this commitment to
avoiding these costly and frequent disputes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We object to only one failing
of the URS as stated in the STI report -- that it would not provide successful
complainants the option to have the clearly infringing domain name
registration(s) transferred. We believe that, after all appeal
timeframes have lapsed, the successful complainant will have demonstrated a
clear and convincing burden of proof, and so should be allowed to put the
formerly infringing domain names to beneficial use. We believe the
absence of this remedy will result in underutilization of this process, and
thus continued overutilization of the more expensive UDRP, in many more
obvious cases of cybersquatting. At minimum, we believe some sort of
feasibility study should be conducted before a decision is made to include it,
or not, as an available remedy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We hope, at least, that these
potential future modifications would be possible within a flexible design of
these new systems, so they are not costly to add if the community later sees
any wisdom in doing so.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Mike
Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">GNSO Councilor, Business
Constituency<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Mike
Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">RODENBAUGH
LAW<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">548 Market
Street<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">San Francisco, CA
94104<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="http://service.ringcentral.com/ringme/callback.asp?mbid=57178438,0,&referer=http://rodenbaugh.com/contact"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">(415) 738-8087</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A href="http://rodenbaugh.com/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://rodenbaugh.com</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
owner-gnso-sti@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-sti@icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Margie Milam<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 11, 2009 9:20
AM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO Council<BR><B>Cc:</B> gnso sti<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[gnso-sti] Special Trademark Issues Work Team Report to the GNSO
Council<BR><B>Importance:</B> High<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>On behalf of David Maher, the Chair of the STI Work
Team, I am pleased to forward the Report from the Special Trademark
Issues Work Team describing recommendations for the GNSO Council to consider
at its meeting on 17 December 2009.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please note that there are several minority reports that
are currently under development, as referenced in Annex 4, that will be sent
separately to the GNSO Council as they are completed.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Margie Milam<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'">_________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'">Margie
Milam<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'">Senior Policy
Counselor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'">ICANN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'">_________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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