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On Oct 6, 2016, at 7:21 PM, Paul Tattersfield <<a href="mailto:gpmgroup@gmail.com">gpmgroup@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">Thank you for posting the letter from Dr. Crocker & the proposal from the Small Group, Mary.<br>
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Are not most of the ambitions of the proposal are already available to IGOs and INGOs through URS?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy"><span>(1)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">There is no requirement for registration of service marks within URS (clause 1.2.5)*<br>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">There is a rapid suspension mechanism
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy"><span>(3)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">The costs are substantially lower than UDRP or the Courts</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy"><span>(4)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">There is an appeals process available without recourse to the courts
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy"><span>(5)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy">URS covers 99% (and increasing %age) of gTLDs<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*Clause 1.1.1 may need rewording to make the URS procedures document internally consistent with clause 1.2.5<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:navy"></span> but this should only be a minor drafting matter.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Mary Wong <span dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear WG members,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As mentioned on the WG call earlier today, the Board’s reply to the GNSO Council enclosing the final “small group” proposal on IGO acronyms has just been sent. A copy is enclosed for your review and further
discussion.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff will work with Petter and Phil to confirm the agendas for our next two meetings before ICANN57, in light of our receipt of this proposal and the status of the WG’s ongoing discussions over preliminary
recommendations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 17:02<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:steve.crocker@board.icann.org" target="_blank">steve.crocker@board.icann.org</a><wbr>>, Chris Disspain <<a href="mailto:chris@disspain.uk" target="_blank">chris@disspain.uk</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank">bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.<wbr>au</a>"
<<a href="mailto:bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank">bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.<wbr>au</a>>, Markus Kummer <<a href="mailto:markus.kummer@board.icann.org" target="_blank">markus.kummer@board.icann.org</a><wbr>>, Becky Burr <<a href="mailto:Becky.Burr@neustar.biz" target="_blank">Becky.Burr@neustar.biz</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] Board reply letter on IGO/RC issues and proposal on IGO acronyms protection from the IGO "small group"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Councilors,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find attached the ICANN Board’s reply to the GNSO Council’s letter of 31 May 2016 on the topic of protections for IGOs and the Red Cross. The letter also includes the final proposal on IGO acronyms
protection that was worked on by the IGO “small group” of IGO, Board and GAC representatives, facilitated by ICANN staff as appropriate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will also transmit a copy of this to the co-chairs of the GNSO IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protections PDP Working Group and the GAC.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Mary Wong</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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