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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Through my personal consultancy company, Ipracon Ltd, I have entered into an agreement to assist Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren BV ovve CVBA with their work on the implementation of ICANN’s TMCH. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You may recall that ICANN contracted or plans to contract separately with both Deloitte (Clearinghouse Services) and IBM (Database and Interface with Registries). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will work only with Deloitte, exploiting expertise I gained through both execution work on the .xxx sunrise and the subsequent RFI response I participated in on for the TMCH. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will not work with IBM and will not have anything to do with their work with registries or the pricing of that service.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accordingly, I have updated my ICANN SOI. <span style='color:black;background:white'>The full SOI can be seen here:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jonathan+Robinson+SOI">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jonathan+Robinson+SOI</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Thank-you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For reference, an extract from ICANN’s November 26 2012 blog (which I believe to be the most current public information) is copied below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:18.85pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ICANN has continued to negotiate the agreements for database services with IBM and for validation services with Deloitte to include additional terms that will provide ICANN with maximum operational flexibility and guaranteed stewardship of the trademark database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:18.85pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Here is an overview:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.85pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ICANN retains all intellectual property rights in the Trademark Clearinghouse data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.85pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Deloitte’s validation services are to be non-exclusive. ICANN may add additional validators after a threshold of minimum stability is met.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.85pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Trademark submission fees are capped at USD 150 per record. Discounts are available for bulk & multi-year submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.85pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>IBM will charge Deloitte for database access via an application processing interface (API), and will charge registries and registrars for real-time access to the database during the sunrise and claims periods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.85pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ICANN may audit Deloitte’s performance (and revenues/costs) to confirm that the costs and fees for validation services are reasonable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:18.85pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>We are moving to sign agreements as soon as possible and the agreements will be posted once signed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:18.85pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://blog.icann.org/page/2/">http://blog.icann.org/page/2/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:18.85pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>