<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://10384/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jeff,<div>I fully agree. However, my recollection is that we would stand by and wait for information on the basis of which we can then decide how to move forward (at least that is what I have proposed). Having people ready to take action (whatever that might be) does not do any harm. </div><div><br></div><div>Thomas</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Am 25.10.2012 um 22:11 schrieb "Neuman, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us">Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">All,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I am not sure why we are giving this request any credibility. Sorry for my bluntness, but no one answered my questions during the GNSO session or afterwards. We seem to be conceding to ICANN that a team is necessary to revise URS policy even before seeing any of the results of the RFI which we now know there is at least one bidder that will propose doing the URS in accordance with the current policies laid out in the Guidebook for the price expected.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">To concede now that policy work needs to be done is conceding that the ICANN is in fact held hostage by the current vendors providing existing UDRP services. If we do indeed need to develop new policies around the URS (which at this point in time, there is no evidence that this needs to be done), I think we should address it then. But aren’t we putting the cart before the horse?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">All of those caveats aside, if we are forced to set up a group, you can count on my participation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Jeffrey J. Neuman</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 134, 88); ">Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs</span></b><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(125, 125, 125); "><br><br></span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: gray; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">council@gnso.icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thomas Rickert<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:17 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jonathan Robinson<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Petter Rindforth';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [council] URS follow-up<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I would like to join this, too!<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Thomas<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Am 22.10.2012 um 22:35 schrieb Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Many thanks Peter. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Good to have you on board for this and other items.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Best wishes,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Jonathan</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">council@gnso.icann.org</a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Petter Rindforth<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>22 October 2012 00:38<br><b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">council@gnso.icann.org</a>; Jonathan Robinson<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [council] FW: URS follow-up</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Dear Jonathan and All new Colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Just to express my interest in participate in the further work with URS (as it seems we now have to).</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">I have experience as an .xxx Arbitrator and also created the Swedish ADR Accelerated Proceeding, so I hope I can therewith add some ideas - and questions - in order to have a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>fast as possible final solution</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>regarding the URS.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Best,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Petter</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">-- </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Petter Rindforth, LL M</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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Please delete it immediately and notify us by return e-mail.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Fenix Legal KB, Sweden, <a href="http://www.fenixlegal.eu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">www.fenixlegal.eu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Thank you</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">On 21 okt 2012 23:44 "Jonathan Robinson"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; "><jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">All,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please be aware of the following note from Olof Nordling when we next consider the URS and associated issues.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Jonathan</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Olof Nordling [<a href="mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>21 October 2012 15:33<br><b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@iprota.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">jonathan.robinson@iprota.com</span></a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Kurt Pritz<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>URS follow-up</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Dear Jonathan,<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Congratulations to your recent election as GNSO Council Chair and many thanks to you and to all Council members for the constructive discussions we had on URS matters on 18 October! The willingness to consider a drafting team to address URS implementation questions and issues is much appreciated.<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">The subsequent URS session the same day in Toronto proved most interesting. In addition to presentations from NAF and WIPO as potential URS providers, we had the advantage of a very late addition to the agenda – a presentation from a “new entrant”, Intersponsive, intending to respond to the RFI with a proposal within the target fee, although with some adjustments of the URS provisions. Also NAF clarified that they would be able to stay within the target fee, provided reasonable limitations could be established to the current translation requirements and to the number of domain names covered by a single complaint.<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I realize that you and other Council members couldn’t attend this session, as it partially overlapped with the GNSO Council session, but the recording is available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://audio.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/urs-18oct12-en.mp3" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">http://audio.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/urs-18oct12-en.mp3</span></a>. Furthermore, there are a number of relevant documents posted on our recently established URS web page at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs</span></a>, notably contributions from NAF, WIPO and CAC, with considerations, proposals, some costing aspects and, most importantly, questions needing to be resolved (the NAF contribution is of particular interest in that regard).<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I believe these recent developments further clarifies the need for a drafting team to establish realistic implementation measures based on the URS text. I look forward to further contacts with you and the Council on this matter in the near future.<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Very best regards<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Olof<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">___________________________________________________________<br>Thomas Rickert, Rechtsanwalt<br>Schollmeyer & Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft m.b.H. (i.e. law firm)<br>Geschäftsführer / CEO: Torsten Schollmeyer, Thomas Rickert<br>HRB 9262, AG Bonn<br><br>Büro / Office Bonn:<br>Kaiserplatz 7-9, 53113 Bonn, Germany<br>Phone: +49 (0)228 74 898 - 0<br><br>Büro / Office Frankfurt a.M.:<br>Savignystraße 43, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany<br>Phone: +49 (0)69 714 021 - 56<br><br>Zentralfax: +49 (0)228 74 898 - 66<br><br>mailto: <a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">rickert@anwaelte.de</a><br>skype-id: trickert<br>web: <a href="http://www.anwaelte.de" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">www.anwaelte.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">___________________________________________________________<br>Thomas Rickert, Rechtsanwalt<br>Schollmeyer & Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft m.b.H. (i.e. law firm)<br>Geschäftsführer / CEO: Torsten Schollmeyer, Thomas Rickert<br>HRB 9262, AG Bonn<br><br>Büro / Office Bonn:<br>Kaiserplatz 7-9, 53113 Bonn, Germany<br>Phone: +49 (0)228 74 898 - 0<br><br>Büro / Office Frankfurt a.M.:<br>Savignystraße 43, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany<br>Phone: +49 (0)69 714 021 - 56<br><br>Zentralfax: +49 (0)228 74 898 - 66<br><br>mailto: <a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de">rickert@anwaelte.de</a><br>skype-id: trickert<br>web: <a href="http://www.anwaelte.de">www.anwaelte.de</a></div></span></span>
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