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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Trademark Claims Sub Team members,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is to let you know that by the deadline of COB Wednesday, 27 March, a total of five (5) individual proposals pertaining to Trademark Claims were submitted. Please note that two out of these five individual
proposals (#1, #11) are also concerned with Sunrise. You may download all individual proposals here
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg">https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg</a> (bottom half of the table on the wiki page includes the Trademark Claims related individual proposals)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Per Section 7 of the Co-Chairs’ Proposed Process, the next steps for the Trademark Claims Sub Team are:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sub Team conducts the initial vetting of individual proposals, determines the level of support within the Sub Team (e.g., based on data collected), and recommends to the full
WG whether to include each of the individual proposals in the Initial Report for the solicitation of public comment, along with an accompanying rationale;
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Sub Team’s Summary Tables and reports to the WG should note which individual proposals constitute Sub Team recommendations for inclusion in the Initial Report (using the
same standard of wide support as for Sub Team proposals, above) and which do not.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary, Julie, Berry, Ariel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, March 29, 2019 at 12:23 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Closing Tomorrow: Individual Proposal for Sunrise & Trademark Claims<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear RPM Working Group members,
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is to let you know that by the deadline of COB Wednesday, 27 March, a total of 13 individual proposals pertaining to Sunrise and Trademark Claims have been submitted via the SurveyMonkey form. The form
is now closed. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can download all individual proposals (including a consolidated document) from the wiki page here:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg">https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff will forward the individual proposals to the Sunrise and Trademark Claims sub teams, who are tasked to conduct the initial vetting of the individual proposals.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you to the Working Group members who made contributions/input via the proposal submission.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary, Julie, Berry, Ariel </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 11:49 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Closing Tomorrow: Individual Proposal for Sunrise & Trademark Claims
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear RPM Working Group members,
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please be so kind to note that George Kirikos submitted six (6) individual proposals pertaining to Sunrise and Trademark Claims. You may access the proposals here:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg">https://community.icann.org/x/R6EWBg</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Furthermore, staff would like to take the opportunity and remind you of the individual proposal submission deadline, which is EOB tomorrow (Wednesday, 27 March 2019).
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please submit your proposal via the online form here:
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SunriseClaims">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SunriseClaims</a>. If you have technical difficulty accessing the online form, please contact
<a href="mailto:ariel.liang@icann.org">ariel.liang@icann.org</a> for assistance. </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Detailed requirements for individual proposals are included below.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary, Julie, Berry, Ariel </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">==<span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As noted in Section 7 of the Co-Chairs’ Proposed Process for Sunrise and Trademark Claims Sub Teams:
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Individual WG members may submit their additional proposals, on behalf of one or more members, (including any specific proposals that were raised during earlier discussions,
e.g., during the WG’s previous (January to July 2017) discussions of the TMCH when proposals relating to its structure and operations were solicited) to the relevant Sub Teams:
</span><o:p></o:p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The submission period will open on 31 January 2019 and remain open till 27 March 2019;
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WG members do not necessarily need to rely on Sub Team proposals to develop individual proposals (this is why the submission period for individual proposals opens before the
Sub Teams complete their discussion of and make decisions on Sub Team proposals);
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Each individual proposal shall be succinct and specific, and may be accompanied by a justification statement of no more than 500 words. It should state the operational or policy
rationale for the proposal, and should also cite any evidence in support of it. Such evidence may be information developed by the relevant Sub Team, or documented in other sources;
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sub Teams conduct the initial vetting of individual proposals, determine the level of support within the Sub Teams (e.g., based on data collected), and recommend to the full
3 WG whether to include each of the individual proposals in the Initial Report for the solicitation of public comment, along with an accompanying rationale;
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Sub Teams’ Summary Tables and reports to the WG should note which individual proposals constitute Sub Team recommendations for inclusion in the Initial Report (using the
same standard of wide support as for Sub Team proposals, above) and which do not.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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