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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear RPM Trademark Claims Sub Team members,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please see below the draft agenda for the meeting on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Wednesday, </b></span><b>02 January <span style='color:black'>at 1700 UTC for 60 minutes</span></b><span style='color:black'>.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please also see the following action item, references, and links from the meeting notes below.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Mary, Ariel, Berry, and Julie</span></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><b>ACTION ITEM:</b> <u><span style='color:black'>By 1300 UTC,</span></u><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><u><span style='color:black'>Wednesday, 02 January 2018</span></u><span style='color:black'>, analyze whether / how the data in "Actual & Potential Registrants", “Registry & Registrars”, and “Trademark Owners” tabs answer the agreed question 1 and its sub questions (a) and (b),<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>in the spreadsheet at:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905"><span style='color:#954F72'>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>add your comments/suggestions in the summary table (to be provided, see action item 1) [BY 02 Jan]</b> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><i>See:</i></b></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='color:black'>Question 1 (Final Charter Questions for Trademark Claims)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span style='color:black'>Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect? Consider the following questions specifically in the context both of a Claims Notice as well as a Notice of Registered Name:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>a) Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect of deterring bad-faith registrations and providing Claims Notice to domain name applicants?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>b) Is the Trademark Claims service having any unintended consequences, such as deterring good-faith domain name applications?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Draft Agenda:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>1. Review agenda/Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>2. Select Sub Team Leader</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>3. Continue survey analysis</span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:black'>4. AOB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>NOTES & ACTION ITEMS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Actions:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Staff will extend the nominations for Sub Team leaders/co-leaders to <u>COB 21 December</u> and also send to the Working Group for reference. [DONE]<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>For consistency with the Sunrise Sub Team: Staff will create Google documents for each question to which Sub Team members can add comments/suggestions. [ONGOING]<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Sub Team members: <u><span style='color:black'>By 1300 UTC,</span></u><span style='color:black'> <u>Wednesday, 02 January 2018</u>, analyze whether / how the data in "Actual & Potential Registrants", “Registry & Registrars”, and “Trademark Owners” tabs answer the agreed question 1 and its sub questions (a) and (b), </span>in the spreadsheet at: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905</a> and <b>add your comments/suggestions in the summary table (to be provided, see action item 1) [BY 02 Jan]</b> <b><i>See:</i></b><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b>Question 1 (Final Charter Questions for Trademark Claims) </b>Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect? Consider the following questions specifically in the context both of a Claims Notice as well as a Notice of Registered Name:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>a) Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect of deterring bad-faith registrations and providing Claims Notice to domain name applicants?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>b) Is the Trademark Claims service having any unintended consequences, such as deterring good-faith domain name applications?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Notes:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. Review agenda/Statements of Interest: Susan Payne has taken the position of Secretary of the Intellectual Property Constituency.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. Select Sub Team Leader<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Griffin Barnett and Kristine Dorrain were nominated but were unable to accept.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Martin Silva Valent has volunteered to be a Co-Chair.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Keep the nomination time period open until COB Friday, 21 December. Revisit as of 02 January. Forward to full WG.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3. Begin survey analysis:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Question 1 (Final Charter Questions for Trademark Claims): Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect? Consider the following questions specifically in the context both of a Claims Notice as well as a Notice of Registered Name:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>a) Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect of deterring bad-faith registrations and providing Claims Notice to domain name applicants?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- E12 and F12 answer whether they are receiving, but not on the deterring bad-faith registrations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Seems inconclusive on data bad-faith registration, but some evidence that it is causing people to think.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Comes down to where the trademark and brand owner data come from.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- One respondent did say that he analyzed claims against trademark data.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Look at the tab Registrant Q11 (in the data) -- shows a lot of people stopping to consider.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Seems to be deterrence but we don't know who is being deterred.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- The Claim is supposed to have people pause and consider, that is the intended effect.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Could say (cautiously) that there is some deterrence of registrations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Responses E and F 23 -- people are responding that they were confused/intimidated (15).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- We don't have to have a firm recommendation for every question -- we could say probably some users are deterred. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Form was a little formal/legal and stiffly worded. Careful on what we infer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- From staff: Can the group agree that the results show that the Claims Notice does affect the decision whether or not to proceed with a registration; and that various reasons were cited by respondents for not proceeding?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Agree that the wording of the notice is causing confusion so we can recommend improving the wording of the notice to decrease confusion and improve future results.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>b) Is the Trademark Claims service having any unintended consequences, such as deterring good-faith domain name applications?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Other tabs that may apply: e.g. Registry Q26, cells B8-B13 (higher costs); Registry Q29 - claims/sunrise should be optional; Registrar Q4i (decrease in costs by eliminating claims); Registrar - Q10 - decrease in costs; Registrar - Q11 (costs again); Also stuff in the TM owner tabs, e.g. F52, comment that TMCH should be public, and not just notice via claims.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Goal is to answer the refined charter questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Staff had matched questions to help bring some organization. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>