<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>No objections on my part either. Good luck to the staff members working on putting the report together.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><br><div><div>On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Thomas Rickert <<a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de">rickert@anwaelte.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://162/"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mary and Brian,<div>I have no objection either.</div><div><br></div><div>Thomas</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Am 07.01.2014 um 05:02 schrieb "Winterfeldt, Brian J." <<a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; 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-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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear Mary:<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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thank you for the heads up. The IPC has no objection to this extension.<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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Best regards,<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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Brian<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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Brian J. Winterfeldt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Head of Internet Practice<br></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(131, 166, 189); ">Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">2900 K Street NW, North Tower - Suite 200 / Washington, DC 20007-5118<br>p / (202) 625-3562 f / (202) 339-8244<br><a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>/<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.kattenlaw.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">www.kattenlaw.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </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; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>January 6, 2014 at 11:15:20 AM EST<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>" <<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><b>[council] Request for extension of time for IGO-INGO Issue Report on Curative Rights Protection</b><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><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; ">Dear Councilors,<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; ">We trust that you enjoyed a merry and festive holiday break, and extend a warm welcome back to you for the Council activities for 2014!<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; ">As you will recall, the Council approved all the consensus recommendations made by the IGO-INGO PDP Working Group at the Council meeting in Buenos Aires on 20 November 2013. One of these recommendations was for an Issue Report relating to possible modifications to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) process in order to enable protected IGOs and INGOs to access and utilize these curative rights protection mechanisms.<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; ">Staff has been engaged in preparing the Preliminary Issue Report, as requested; however, due to the holiday break and the need for internal coordination of several questions posed by the issue under consideration, we find that we cannot complete the full report within the 45 calendar day requirement specified in the GNSO PDP Manual. As a result, I hereby write to request an extension of the time period. My expectation is that staff will be able to complete and publish the full Preliminary Issue Report before the end of January 2014 for public comment, following which a Final Issue Report will be prepared and submitted to the GNSO Council for your review and action.<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; ">Please let me know if there are any objections to the requested extension. Thank you.<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; ">Cheers<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Mary<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><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mary Wong</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Senior Policy Director</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Telephone: +1 603 574 4892</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mary.wong@icann.org</a></span><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; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">* One World. 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