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    <p>Er dhould also remember that the auctions were offered / enforced
      by ICANN as last resort and the preference was always that the
      parties work it out amongst themselves. Whether that took the way
      of a private auction or a backroom deal, or even a cooperation
      between the applicants was of no difference to the last program,
      it was the intended process, even though those that wrote and
      agreed to it did likely not imagine all the different forms this
      process would take. <br>
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    <p>Best,</p>
    <p>Volker<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 20.01.2020 um 23:13 schrieb Jeff
      Neuman:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Christopher.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Collusion is <a
            href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/collusion"
            moz-do-not-send="true">
            defined</a> as “agreement between people to act together
          secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone.” I
          am not sure we can say for a FACT that collusion occurred “in
          order to deceive or cheat someone.”  Yes, parties did work in
          secret and came up with “agreements”, but the second element
          or deceit or cheat is just as important.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">In the last round the Applicant Guidebook
          not only allowed working in private to resolve contention
          sets, but it encouraged it.  The mere act of having private
          auctions does not equate to there being collusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">That said, we still may want to list
          collusion as an “undesirable activity”; but collusion would
          include the “in order to deceive or cheat someone.”<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
          The second question, however, is do we believe that private
          auctions, in and of themselves, for the New gTLD Program,
          should be considered “undesirable activity.”  Although not
          “collusion”, we could still attempt to disallow them.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">That is what we are trying to get a sense
          of from the group.  Are Private Auctions (whether done
          legitimately or not) undesirable for resolving contention
          sets?  Does it harm the reputation of ICANN or the program?  <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Please note, as one of the Co-Chairs, I am
          not taking a position on this, other than to note that many of
          the comments (including from the GAC, ICANN Board, NCSG, some
          registries, BC, Gov’t of India, etc.) stated in their comments
          that private auctions where funds are distributed back to the
          losing applicants, may not be desirable.  Other groups,
          including some registries, the RrSG, the IPC, Neustar, BRG,
          etc. however, did support private auctions where are
          applicants agree to participate.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"
              lang="EN-GB">Senior Vice President <o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"
                lang="EN-GB">Com Laude | Valideus</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"
              lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"
              lang="EN-GB">D: +1.703.635.7514<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"
              lang="EN-GB">E:
            </span><u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"
                lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gnso-newgtld-wg
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org"><gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org></a>
              <b>On Behalf Of </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a><br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 20, 2020 3:44 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] What behaviors would
              we consider undesirable?<o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Good evening:<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">I strongly 'suggest' that we do not want
            to replace the word 'Collusion' in this context.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">1. Collusion took place in the last
              round, otherwise there could not have been any private
              auctions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">2. The fact that we are discussing this
              at all strongly suggests - to the outside world - that we
              would prefer to dissimulate that fact.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">3. ICANN is the regulator of the
              conditions of competition in this sector; if we cannot
              deal with this matter, it severely undermines the original
              rationale for having ICANN at all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">CW<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                <br>
                <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">On 17 Jan 2020, at 17:30,
                    Aikman-Scalese, Anne <<a
                      href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>>
                    wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">I put some
                        suggested language in the Google doc to replace
                        the word “Collusion”:</span><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16qDoiK6vydQp6a0v9tMvU2l5fcypJY24hCzTIVTjKwk/edit?usp=sharing"
                        moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                          style="color:#0563C1">https://docs.google.com/document/d/16qDoiK6vydQp6a0v9tMvU2l5fcypJY24hCzTIVTjKwk/edit?usp=sharing</span></a><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Anne<span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span
                            class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg
                          <<a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="color:purple">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>><span
                            class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
                            Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Rubens
                          Kuhl<br>
                          <b>Sent:</b><span
                            class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday,
                          January 17, 2020 2:58 AM<br>
                          <b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Dorrain,
                          Kristine <<a
                            href="mailto:dorraink@amazon.com"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="color:purple">dorraink@amazon.com</span></a>><br>
                          <b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="color:purple">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</span></a><br>
                          <b>Subject:</b><span
                            class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
                          [Gnso-newgtld-wg] What behaviors would we
                          consider undesirable?<span
                            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                            New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                        New Roman",serif">Kristine,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif">This is a not a
                          reasonable business adjustment. If the
                          contention set seems "unbeatable", one could
                          withdraw or simply wait the appropriate
                          refund. A similar way to see #2 is a
                          participant in a race that starts extorting
                          other racers when it realises it won't win the
                          race. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif">It doesn't matter that
                          the original intent had good faith; if someone
                          switches to a bad behaviour on the fly, then
                          it's now up for a new assessment of its
                          attitude. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif">Rubens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                          New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                                New Roman",serif">On 16 Jan 2020,
                                at 20:57, Dorrain, Kristine <<a
                                  href="mailto:dorraink@amazon.com"
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                    style="color:purple">dorraink@amazon.com</span></a>>
                                wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                              New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="color:#1F497D">Hi Rubens, with
                                  respect to #2, you admit good faith
                                  intent at the time of application.  At
                                  what point would an applicant’s
                                  reasonable business adjustment
                                  reacting to the unforeseen business
                                  impact of third party applications and
                                  business decisions switch the first
                                  applicant’s good faith to bad faith? 
                                  It seems like the community would get
                                  to use the benefit of hindsight to
                                  judge the reactionary business
                                  decisions made by other applications
                                  in their business strategy.<span
                                    class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span
                                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span
                                      class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg
                                    <<a
                                      href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                        style="color:purple">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>><span
                                      class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
                                      Behalf Of<span
                                        class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Rubens
                                    Kuhl<br>
                                    <b>Sent:</b><span
                                      class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,
                                    January 16, 2020 1:14 PM<br>
                                    <b>To:</b><span
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href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
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                                    <b>Subject:</b><span
                                      class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
                                    [Gnso-newgtld-wg] What behaviors
                                    would we consider undesirable?<span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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                                    New Roman",serif">I will start
                                    with two different although similar
                                    bad behaviours:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
                                    New Roman",serif">- Apply with
                                    no intention to actually run the
                                    TLDs, just to get into private
                                    auctions and profit from losing
                                    them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    New Roman",serif">- Apply with
                                    intent to run the TLDs, but after
                                    contention sets are revealed, change
                                    strategy to profit from losing some
                                    TLDs instead of fighting to get
                                    them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
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                                          Jan 2020, at 17:17, Jeff
                                          Neuman <<a
                                            href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
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                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">On the call
                                          early this morning (for some
                                          of us), while we were
                                          discussing the
                                          goals/objectives to consider
                                          when selecting a mechanism of
                                          last resort to resolve string
                                          contention, a very important
                                          question was asked by a
                                          participant on the call.  The
                                          question demonstrated that
                                          what one person believes is
                                          “Bad Faith” other people may
                                          not believe is “bad faith”
                                          with respect to mechanisms to
                                          resolve contention sets.<span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">So, with
                                          the e-mail chain, I would like
                                          for members of the Working
                                          Group to discuss what
                                          behaviors they would consider
                                          to be of the type that we
                                          would like to preclude?  And
                                          by the same token, what are
                                          the types of activities that
                                          we know we would like to
                                          allow.<span
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">For
                                          example, we believe from most
                                          of the comments that have come
                                          in as well as in our
                                          discussions, that some forms
                                          of private resolution have
                                          been deemed acceptable.  This
                                          includes the creation of joint
                                          ventures between applicants
                                          (assuming public comment,
                                          etc.), potentially revising
                                          applications to address
                                          concerns (eg., trademark owner
                                          agrees to withdraw its
                                          application if other applicant
                                          agrees to mitigate trademark
                                          abuse), 2 trademark owners
                                          agree to modify strings to
                                          enable both to have their own
                                          TLDs (eg., .deltafaucets or
                                          .deltaair)), etc.<span
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">We have
                                          also heard from the ICANN
                                          Board that they may believe
                                          that participating in private
                                          auctions with the sole purpose
                                          of losing and using those to
                                          fund other auctions may not be
                                          as desirable. <span
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                                            New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Though the
                                          next call with not be on this
                                          topic, we did want to put this
                                          issue out on e-mail.  Please
                                          discuss.<span
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<span
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