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Will do, thanks Phil.<div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 16, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" class="">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Mason:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Please let Mark know that the PDP WG that is reviewing all RPMs in all gTLDs is submitting questions to the TMCH as well as to registries and registrars to gather more data from all of them in regard to the operation of the TMCH-linked RPMs to date, and that we will be pleased to share that data with the GAC as it is received and analyzed.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Best, Philip<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;" class="">Philip S. 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font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;" class="">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mason Cole<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, October 14, 2016 7:34 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO Council List (<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>)<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[council] Fwd: [GAC] For GAC: Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse Available for Public Comment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Councilors —<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I was copied on the attached email from Mark Carvell, the GAC representative from the UK. I’m forwarding to you as a heads up on an issue the GAC will likely seek to put on the agenda for the council’s joint meeting with the GAC in Hyderabad.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Please let me know if you’d like me to return any information or concerns to Mark. I’m happy to do so.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Mason<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Begin forwarded message:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">Mark Carvell <<a href="mailto:mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">Subject: Re: [GAC] For GAC: Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse Available for Public Comment</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">October 7, 2016 at 12:29:02 PM PDT</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">"<a href="mailto:gac@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gac@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gac@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gac@icann.org</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">Mason Cole <<a href="mailto:mason@donuts.co" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mason@donuts.co</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch</a>" <<a href="mailto:thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch</a>>, Tom Dale <<a href="mailto:tom@acig.com.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tom@acig.com.au</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear GAC colleagues<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">aide memoire<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>I'm resending my e-mail of 14 August below which set out proposed action by the GAC on the draft report of the review of the Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) which has been undertaken in response to a GAC proposal before the launch of the current new gTLD application round in view of the criticality of the TMCH as a rights protection mechanism (RPM). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Responses received from stakeholders to the consultation on the draft report of the TMCH review are accessible at <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/tmch-review-2016-07-25-en" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/tmch-review-2016-07-25-en</a> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The GAC has a session in Hyderabad on the TMCH review scheduled for 6 November and it is possible that one of the authors of the report will be able to attend. I encourage colleagues therefore in the remaining time available before travelling to Hyderabad to familiarise themselves with this RPM, to review the responses to the draft review report and if necessary to seek comments and advice from intellectual property policy experts in your administrations.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Mark <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Mark Carvell<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Representative of the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories on the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">GAC Vice-Chair candidate for 2017 </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Global Internet Governance Policy<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Department for Culture, Media and Sport<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">tel +44 (0) 20 7211 6062<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On 14 August 2016 at 17:11, Mark Carvell <<a href="mailto:mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear GAC colleagues<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">One of the key parts of the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook as it was being written in 2009-11 that came under scrutiny by the GAC in its "scorecard" progressive review of the proposals was that relating to intellectual rights protection. This was in order to mitigate what was perceived to be a substantial<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">risk of escalation of the cybersquatting problem</b> <b class="">of bad faith registration of trade mark names in order to extort money from brand-owners<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>if there were to be a significant expansion in the number of top level domains. Cybersquatting costs business over a billion dollars annually.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The level of public policy concern relating to how the rights protection mechanisms (RPMs) were being developed to address this risk, is indicated in the detailed exchanges on rights protection at the time of the inter-sessional GAC meeting with the Board in Brussels on 28 February-1 March 2011 - see for example: <a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/ICANN+Board-GAC+Consultation+Brussels+28+Feb-1+Mar+2011?preview=/27131966/27198027/GACID_20110309-GAC_replies_to_ICANN_rights_protection_questions.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/ICANN+Board-GAC+Consultation+Brussels+28+Feb-1+Mar+2011?preview=/27131966/27198027/GACID_20110309-GAC_replies_to_ICANN_rights_protection_questions.pdf</a> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">There is also the statement of comments on the guidebook that issued on 25 May: <a href="https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may11-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may11-en.pdf</a> which in how it addresses issues such as community-based applications is a very interesting document from the archives, when read in the light of the experience of the new gTLDs round. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The key safeguard mechanism that emerged from these discussions is the "Trademark Clearinghouse" which is essentially a database of registered marks to which registrars need to refer when receiving registration enquiries and requests. This has been operational since the roll out of the new gTLD programme started in late 2013; the size of the database is described on pp5-6 of the draft review report. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The message to corporate brand-owners was that they needed to develop strategies to prepare for this rapidly growing TLD landscape and use the clearing house as the one-stop-solution for protecting their brand in the era of the massively expanded new gTLD system. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For its part the GAC after some of its recommendations and proposals had not been fully accepted, ultimately recommended in the 25 May 2011 statement that a comprehensive independent review of the TMCH be conducted that would be triggered at the one year point after the launch of the 75th new gTLD in the round. We are now at that point. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">As the topic lead of the RPMs at the time of the inter-sessional meeting with the Board, the GAC leadership<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">has asked me to coordinate the GAC's interaction and response</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the review report. I now propose to do this with a view to presenting a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">GAC statement of position at our next meeting in Hyderabad.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By the time of that meeting in November, we and the GNSO will have had the opportunity to review the stakeholder responses to the current public consultation which concludes on 3 September and it is likely that the planned revised report taking into account the responses will have issued. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The ICANN announcement summarises very succinctly the main conclusions of the draft report - including relating to few specific critical questions raised back in 2011 about TMCH not dealing with non-exact matches of trademarks (which had been rejected by the Board) and not handling notifications after 60 days limit - but not exclusively so as this should be a comprehensive evaluation of the TMCH's effectiveness including how unforeseen problems have been dealt with. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For further information and key links, Tom Dale has provided the attached GAC Secretariat briefing note.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class="">My proposed way forward for the GAC in preparing its response to the Independent Review of TMCH Services:</u><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">1. Colleagues<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>familiarise themselves with the draft report</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and its preliminary conclusions in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">preparation for consideration of the stakeholder consultation responses in September</b>. We should bear in mind what the GAC required of this comprehensive review in 2011. In particular we should question whether all the relevant issues relating to mitigating the cybersquatting risk have been covered in the draft report and whether all the emerging issues from the experience since the roll-out of new gTLDs commenced. have been taken into account. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Timeline:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">send me your initial responses to the draft report by 9 September</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>prior to my launch the main GAC exercise which is to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">review the stakeholder responses<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(with the help of ICANN staff)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">in the second half of September and first week of October. </b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""> </i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class="">How can you contribute? </i><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Few of us on the GAC are IPR experts. Back in 2011 several GAC members (including the UK) actively consulted their intellectual property policy expert leads in the respective ministries and agencies, for direction as to the position that the GAC should take on enhancing rights protection while also balancing the opportunity for new stakeholders in the domain name system. So I recommend at this time of the TCMH services review, that colleagues likewise consider<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">engaging their intellectual property policy colleagues</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- especially those familiar with the cybersquatting risk and complaints and so who would be in contact with brand-owners in particular - in order to develop your inputs into the GAC deliberations on the TMCH, well in advance of the Hyderabad.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">2. At the Hyderabad meeting, I propose I chair a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">substantive discussion with the aim of formulating a GAC statement of position<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>on the TMCH services and the revised review report. and as appropriate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">recommend adjustment</b>s both for the current round and the subsequent mechanisms should there be a community decision to extend further the domain name system with more gTLDs.. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">3. The TMCH services review will quite possibly be an issue for discussion with the GNSO in Hyderabad (I'm copying in our liaison Mason Cole so that he is aware). One further option for colleagues to consider is the potential value of inviting the review authors (Jiariu Liu of the Stamford Law School, Greg Rafert of Analysis Group, and Katja Seim of the Warton School Pennsylvania University) to present their findings to the GAC and take questions in open session.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Let me know what you think of that option in due course.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> I'm away on summer leave for the rest of August but will be happy to take questions and comments on the above proposed way forward on the Trademark Clearinghouse Services review, when I return to the office on 2 September.<b class=""> </b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Kind regards<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Mark<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br clear="all" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Mark Carvell<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">United Kingdom Representative on the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Global Internet Governance Policy<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Department for Culture, Media and Sport<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">tel<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29%2020%207211%206062" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">+44 (0) 20 7211 6062</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On 26 July 2016 at 06:44, Tom Dale <<a href="mailto:tom@acig.com.au" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tom@acig.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">Dear GAC<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">Please see the news alert from ICANN, below, advising that the draft report of the Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse has been released for public comment. The deadline for comment is 3 September 2016.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">This review is based on a GAC recommendation of May 2011 for a comprehensive post-launch independent review of the Clearinghouse to be conducted one year after the launch of the 75th new gTLD in the round. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">Further briefing will be provided in the near future.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">Tom Dale<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">ACIG GAC Secretariat<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN News Alert <<a href="mailto:no-reply@external.icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">no-reply@external.icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Reply-To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:no-reply@external.icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">no-reply@external.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:no-reply@external.icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">no-reply@external.icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 2:16 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thomas Dale <<a href="mailto:tom@acig.com.au" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tom@acig.com.au</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>ICANN News Alert -- Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse Available for Public Comment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="border: 1pt solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.icann.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-94x94.jpg" alt="ICANN" class=""></span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">News Alert<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-25-en" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-25-en</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 15pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></span></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse Available for Public Comment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">25 July 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">25 July 2016 – ICANN today announced the publication of the Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse. Specific considerations related to the matching criteria, Trademark Claims service and Sunrise period are assessed in the review, conducted by Analysis Group.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/tmch/draft-services-review-25jul16-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Read the report</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[PDF, 1.15 MB].<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The report is available for public comment through 3 September 2016. Feedback will be incorporated into a revised report.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/tmch-review-2016-07-25-en" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Comment on the Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Key Findings:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Expanding Matching Criteria to include non-exact matches may be of limited benefit:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The dispute rate of completed registrations that are variations of trademark strings is very low.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Extending the Trademark Claims Service may have diminishing value:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Registrations of names matching trademarks decline after the required 90-day Claims service period ends.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Few trademark holders utilize the Sunrise period:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Most users of the Trademark Clearinghouse submit proof of use to gain access to the Sunrise period. However, across eligible trademark holders, fewer than 20 percent have used the Sunrise period to date.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Additional Information<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">An independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may11-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">recommended</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[PDF, 110 KB] by the GAC in May 2011 to be completed after the launch of the New gTLD Program. 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