<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://74/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Everyone: <div><br></div><div>I don't think a call is required before the providers have had a full opportunity to review the questions. We should furnish the questions to the providers, offer either a conference call or email exchange to provide clarifications on any or all of the questions, and ask for responses.</div><div><br></div><div>After the answers are formulated by the providers we should arrange for a conference call so that the providers can present the answers and respond to questions. </div><div><br></div><div>I think the clarifying questions below are largely good and the points should be incorporated into the questions. I have made a few comments below in italics but was not present at the formulation of the questions so will need others to comment. (I added my initials so that others can include theirs.)</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this is helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks & regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Kurt<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Nov 28, 2016, at 2:29 AM, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">We have not received any interest in the suggestion of a call to be arranged between this Sub Team, the TMCH Providers, and our GDD colleagues who have been assisting us with interfacing with the TMCH Providers and other contractors (e.g. Analysis Group).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Please let us know therefore if you have any comments concerning the suggested clarifications to the Sub Team’s original questions to the TMCH Providers</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– please see the emails below for these, which are indicated in red.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">As noted, the idea is to have all such comments or suggestions discussed by the Sub Team via this mailing list by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>tomorrow (Tuesday 29 November)</u>, so that a decision can be made as to whether it will be the original questions or amended ones that are sent to the TMCH Providers by the end of this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Thanks and cheers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 01:55<br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>PLEASE REVIEW & RESPOND: Clarifications requested on Sub Team questions to the TMCH Providers<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">The Working Group co-chairs have just held a planning meeting with staff, based on which they would like to request that Sub Team members please review the note and questions below, and respond with your views to this mailing list as soon as possible on the following points:</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><span>-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Whether you think a call with the TMCH Providers and GDD support staff to go through and clarify the questions is needed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>If you believe a call should be done, please let us know by this Friday 25 November if possible</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><span>-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">If you do not think a call with the Providers is necessary, please indicate whether you think the questions should be sent to the Providers as drafted by the Sub Team, or if clarifications along the lines suggested by GDD staff (or other adjustments) should be made.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>If you believe clarifications or amendments are needed, please send suggested edits to this list by next Tuesday 29 November</u>, to allow other Sub Team members time to comment and the finalized questions to be sent to the Providers by the end of the week if possible.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Thanks and cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Mary</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 02:36<br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Clarifications requested on Sub Team questions to the TMCH Providers</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Dear TMCH Data Gathering Sub Team members,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">We have received feedback from our GDD colleagues who we had asked to assist with forwarding the Sub Team’s questions to the TMCH Providers. As some of the clarifying questions seem to go toward substantive issues, we thought it preferable to send them back to the Sub Team for your confirmation and discussion. If it will help, we can arrange a call between the Sub Team, our GDD colleagues who are working with the Providers, and perhaps the Providers as well, to work through the questions so that the Providers have a good sense of what is being asked, and can tell us what they think they can provide in terms of data and input.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Please review the initial feedback from GDD below (in red), and let us know if you would like us to go ahead to arrange the suggested call, perhaps for next week or the week following</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; ">What is the rate of rejection of an attempted registration of a trademark into the TMCH by country/region?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#ff0000" style="font-style: normal; ">Is it safe to assume that the request here is referring to the country/region of the trademark</font><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-style: normal; color: red; "> </span><i style="font-style: normal; color: red; ">holder</i><font color="#ff0000" style="font-style: normal; ">?</font><span class="apple-converted-space"><font style="font-style: normal; " color="#ff0000"> (kp) </font><font color="#000000"><i>Yes, make this clarification.</i></font></span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; ">What were the most frequently asked questions? (Note – not necessarily what made it to the website but, rather, what questions did you get the most?)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font color="#ff0000" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Is this related to the use of the Trademark Clearinghouse (by trademark holders) or the Trademark Database (by Registries and Registrars)? </font><i><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri" size="4"> (kp) I believe (but can be corrected) that the original intent of this question was that it was to target trademark holders but I also think that we could ask this question of registries and registrars to obtain more complete information. Append to the question, "by trademark owners, by registries, and by registrars."</font></font></i><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><o:p></o:p></font></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">If you are able, please provide the number and/or percentages of SMD files that were used in Sunrise periods corresponding to specific time periods (e.g. Jan/June/Sept 2014; Apr/Sept 2015; Apr/Sept 2016).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Are the registration totals contained within the various monthly/quarterly reports made to ICANN cumulative?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">What is meant by the term ‘expired marks’ in the various monthly/quarterly reports made to ICANN?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">In relation to the statistics regarding the number of marks submitted to the TMCH, as noted in the various monthly/quarterly reports to ICANN, does this statistic relate to individual marks that are submitted, or the number of labels generated, or the number of SMD files created?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How are marks cancelled within national/regional registries handled at the TMCH level, if validation is only done annually? In other words, what is the TMCH process (if any) relating to marks that are cancelled or expire: reactive (e.g. TM owner/agent obligations) or proactive?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; ">If it is possible, please provide a break down of where the corporate headquarters of those registrants using TM agents are located.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Is this breakdown meant to be by country? </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#000000"><i>(kp) Country seems good to me because we can get regional distribution from that. There is an issue where a multinational corporation is likely to register in the TMCH from a location other than their headquarters but let's see how the providers respond. </i></font></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Some data has been provided regarding outreach efforts; if you can, please provide additional information on the precise nature of the activities undertaken and who was the audience for this? Were any outreach efforts made to potential registrants or trademark owners?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How much time and resources were expended on educating TM owners and/or registrants on the TMCH?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Was outreach and education part of the TMCH remit? What are the contractual obligations for education imposed by ICANN, if any?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">In what regions/languages were outreach sessions held?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many design marks have been submitted and validated? What is your criteria for validating these? How are you differentiating between design marks in the practical application of the TMCH guidelines?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">In relation to Claims Notice statistics, can any discernible trends be noted in relation to: (i) registrar gaming and (ii) registrant turn-back as a result of a possible “chilling effect” resulting from the issuance of a Claims Notice?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">The question seems to ask about the effect of displaying a Claims Notice Information Service (CNIS) service to a potential registrant. Can the Sub Team provide a definition for “registrar gaming”? The TMDB has no visibility to whether a label is registered by a registrant or not – only the registrar would know that. The TMDB only logs that there has been a CNIS request for a label. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; ">How many contracts are there for private uses of the TMCH? How many of them involve blocking mechanism services?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#ff0000">Is this asking about “Ancillary Services” that are allowed under Section 2.4 of the contract, or to services offered by the TMCH to third parties, i.e. contracts other than that with ICANN? </font><i><font color="#000000">(kp) This seems related to the 'DPML' question below and might be combined with it in a two-part question. </font></i></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Are there contracts for other uses, and if so, how many?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">If there are no such contracts, is the TMCH aware of other uses?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many "court-validated" marks are there currently in the TMCH?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many marks in the TMCH fall under the following category: "Other marks that constitute intellectual property and meet a registry's individual requirements"? Follow-up question: how would Deloitte keep these marks from being used in the Sunrise and Claims periods of other registries?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Did any trademarks that applied for entry into the TMCH fail in the “actual use” test? If so, how many? Did you receive any complaints of trademarks registered in the TMCH that they were not in actual use?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many TMCH records include a TM+50 list; and how many are on this list on average? How many registrations were made for entries on the TM+50 list?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Have any gTLDs used the TMCH option to limit registrations by goods and services in a particular registration period?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Does this refer to a given registry’s registration policies which are posted at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/sunrise-claims-periods" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); ">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/sunrise-claims-periods</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">prior to the start of Sunrise, Claims or Limited Registration Periods?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; ">How many marks were rejected? What is a breakdown of the reasons?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#ff0000">This question appears to be a superset of the question above related to “actual use.” Can we consolidate these two questions into this one and then handle the additional question about trademark complaints and again perhaps provide a breakdown if one is available? </font><i><font color="#000000">I think there are two questions: how many / what percentage of marks were rejected and, of those accepted, how many / what percentage failed the actual use test. Then there is a question asking how many marks that passed actual use resulted in complaints. </font></i></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many SMD files has the TMCH cancelled? How many TMCH disputes have been brought relating to SMD file validity for TMs that are cancelled/expired?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">On the TMCH page on the New gTLD microsite, the process of invalidating a trademark is described as below. Can the Sub Team clarify that this is what is being asked about and, if so, use the term “revocation?”</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: start; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">SMD Revocation</span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Revoking an SMD is the process of invalidating an SMD before its expiration date. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) may invalidate an SMD for several reasons, including security or data validation issues. The list (SMDRL) of revoked SMDs is maintained as part of the Trademark Database (TMCH) and published as specified in section 6.2 of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lozano-tmch-func-spec" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; ">TMCH Functional Specifications</span></a>. If your product uses SMDs, you must verify that the SMD has not been revoked as described in section 5.3.2 of the aforementioned Internet-draft.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Have there been any Sunrise DRPs relating to marks relied on at Sunrise which had already expired or been cancelled?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="color: red; ">The Dispute Resolution Process covers three types of disputes:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Disputes brought by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark" title="A registered trademark, a court validated trademark or a mark protected under statute or treaty or any other marks in accordance to the Clearinghouse Guidelines." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Holders or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark_Agents" title="Rights holders’ agents are entities or individuals that interface with the rights holders in order to maintain Clearinghouse records on behalf of the right holders and who may receive notifications in relation to the sunrise process or trademark claims se" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark Agents</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>alleging that the Clearinghouse<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>incorrectly rejected</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark_Record" title="A technically complete and correct record submitted to the Clearinghouse." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark Record</span></a>;</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Disputes brought by Third Parties alleging that the Clearinghouse<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>incorrectly accepted</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark_Record" title="A technically complete and correct record submitted to the Clearinghouse." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark Record</span></a>; and</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Disputes brought by Third Parties alleging that a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark_Record" title="A technically complete and correct record submitted to the Clearinghouse." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark Record</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>no longer valid</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>based on new information (i.e. information not available to the Verification Provider at the time it reviewed the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/lexicon/6/letter_t#Trademark_Record" title="A technically complete and correct record submitted to the Clearinghouse." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; ">Trademark Record</span></a>).</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: red; ">Would it be preferable to get a list of disputes by type? </span><font color="#000000"><u><i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">(kp) I think this question refers to the last </span><font face="Calibri" size="4">tip of dispute but I think it would be clearer and more informative to ask about all three types of dispute. </font></i></u></font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">Further clarity may also be needed regarding the “already been canceled” part of the question - the Registry is responsible for downloading the SMDRL every 24 hours and has to check against that prior to validating an SMD. Is the question related to the theoretical 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds during which that file is not refreshed by the registry? Or is the question asking about registries that did not check the SMDRL prior to issuing the sunrise registration?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">How many DPML services are you supporting?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: red; ">Assuming that DPML stands for Donuts offering the service called Domains Protected Marks List, there is only one DPML service called that. Minds+Machines has a similar service called Minds + Machines Protected Marks List or MPML. Both of these services are very similar in that they require the trademark holder to have a valid SMD file. Does the Sub Team consider that as being supported by the TMCH, or is this a broader question about blocking services in general? </span><i><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">(kp) I would change the question to, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font size="4">"How many blocking-type services (e.g., DPML) are you supporting."</font></span></font></i></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">What is the geographic distribution of those who record marks in the TMCH – bearing in mind that TMCH agents may be in a different country to the TM owner and that TM owners may record a mark registered in a different country to the one they are based in?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: start; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">What is the percentage of trademark registrations, Sunrise registrations and Claims Notices sent by country / region (bearing in mind that TMCH agents may be in a different country than the TM owner and that TM owners may record a mark registered in a different country from the one in which they are based)?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">There may be multiple questions here and perhaps a misunderstanding of terms.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">The first part of the question asks “What is the percentage of trademark registrations… by country/region?” By using the term “trademark registrations”, did the Sub Team mean a total of the Sunrise registrations and Claims registrations? </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#000000"><i>(kp) No, I think it means the number of marks registered in the TMCH.</i></font></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">The second part of the question asks for the percentage of Sunrise registrations… by country/region. Is this asking for the location of the registrant by country/region or the location of the trademark holder (or agent)? </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#000000"><i>(kp) I don't get the distinction. Isn't the registrant (or at least the beneficial registrant) in a Sunrise registration the trademark holder? If there is a difference, I would say the trademark holder.</i></font></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: start; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: red; ">The third part of the question asks for Claims Notices sent. By the phrasing, can it be assumed that this does not mean Claims Notice Information Service (CNIS) notices displayed to potential registrants, but rather the Notice of Registered Domain Name (NORN) files sent to trademark holders? </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font color="#000000"><i>(kp) I think that is right. Asked another way, I think this question means: "What is the percentage by country of trademark holders for all the Claims Notices displayed."</i></font></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Thanks and cheers</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Mary and David</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Gnso-rpm-tmch mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Gnso-rpm-tmch@icann.org</a><br><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-tmch" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-tmch</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>