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<p>Hi Brian,</p>
<p>we need to discuss this internally, but I see little chance for
such an automation proposal at this stage due to issues with the
request safeguards.</p>
<p>Trademark law is a very complex matter and does not lend itself
well to automated decision making. Trademark rights are not
all-encompassing. To the contary, they are limited both by
geographic scope as well as by the trademark categories. The use
of an identical string outside the scope is perfectly legal, and
even within the scope a legal use is usually possible. <br>
</p>
<p>In your example, a Mr. Nike who is a car dealer could very well
register domains that include the words cheap and Nike. If he is a
shoe seller, maybe even nike.shoes could be a legitimate use of
the string. Just like a Mr. Nissan who still owns Nissan.com. <br>
</p>
<p>So request safeguard 1 already falls short as it will usually
need an independant determination of that legal question, not just
a statement to that effect by the interested party.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Volker<br>
</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 27.01.2020 um 21:52 schrieb King,
Brian via Gnso-epdp-team:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello EPDP Team,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below our first proposal for
automated disclosure.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Trademark Infringement in Domain Name</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Requestor Safeguards</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Accreditation
Authority determines that the trademark is valid.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Accreditation
Authority determines that Requestor is the legal owner,
agent, or service provider of the trademark.
<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Request Safeguards</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Requestor
alleges that the domain name infringes Requestor’s
trademark.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Requestor
states its own legal basis and purpose for processing the
data. Requestor makes a syntactically correct and complete
request, including any/all required Authorization
Assertions. Requestor makes all representations required by
policy: use will be limited to stated purpose, data
retention, etc.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Domain
string contains exact match of trademark string<span
style="color:black"> (potentially including prefix or
suffix, e.g. “nike-shoes.TLD” or “cheap-nike.TLD”)</span>.
<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Additional Noteworthy Safeguards</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Registrant
committed not to infringe the rights of third parties in its
registration agreement, as required by the RA and RAA.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Registrant
was informed at the time that its data was collected that it
could be processed for third-party purposes, including
intellectual property protection.
<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In these cases, disclosure can be
automated. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Brian J.
King
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"
lang="EN-GB"> <br>
Director of Internet Policy and Industry Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"
lang="EN-GB">T +1 443 761 3726</span><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a
href="http://www.markmonitor.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#0563C1" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="color:#0563C1">markmonitor.com</span></a></span></u><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">MarkMonitor<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"
lang="EN-GB">Protecting companies and consumers in a digital
world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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