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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Trademark Claims Sub Team members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In relation to the discussion under Agreed Charter Question 1 Individual Proposal #6 (“If the TM Claims Notices are retained … ICANN shall provide open source software in the top 5 programming languages used by registrars to assist in integration
of the TM Claims notices with registrar systems”), staff had the action item to seek information about possible difficulties that registrars may have experienced in implementing the Claims Notice requirements from our GDD and other operations-focused colleagues.
Here is our report based on the questions that were asked by Sub Team members during the discussion of this proposal.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b>Does Compliance validate whether a Registrar is implementing the TM Claims Notice? If so, how?<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Answer: Compliance does not proactively validate if a Registrar is implementing TM Claims Notices. If Compliance receives a complaint regarding this issue, it will be reviewed based on the applicable process and approach, described here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/approach-processes" title="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/approach-processes">http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/approach-processes</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2"><b>Does ICANN Org know how many Registrars are currently not implementing the TM Claims Notice, if any?<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Answer: We do not have this information and Compliance has not received any complaints concerning Registrars not implementing the TM Claims Notice. In their Registrar audits, Compliance does not look at Trademark Claims handling by Registrars;
however, all Registrars that have been certified by IBM on the Trademark Clearinghouse Database (TMDB) are able to support Claims Registrations. You can find the list of Registrars that have fully executed the 2013 RAA and received certification from IBM (updated
by ICANN Org on a regular basis) on the New gTLD microsite: <a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/scsvcs/db-registrar-certified-latest.pdf" title="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/scsvcs/db-registrar-certified-latest.pdf">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/scsvcs/db-registrar-certified-latest.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b>Has ICANN Org provided assistance/guidance to Registrars in implementing the TM Claims Notice? If so, what assistance/guidance?<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Answer: Besides the TMCH User Manuals, there is a variety of resources available on the New gTLD microsite that provide guidance to Registrars on how to connect to the TMDB, what Registrars are required to test during the testing process
before full access to functionalities are granted, etc. Please see: <a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/registries-registrars" title="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/registries-registrars">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/registries-registrars</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, IBM also hosted webinars to help Registrars learn about the TMDB, testing Claims function certification, compliance with the Functional Specification in implementing the Claims Services, etc. Those were recorded and are available
for additional information and/or assistance on the New gTLD microsite.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b>Did ICANN Org provide “TMCH-related software” to Contracted Parties?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Answer: No.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><b>What concerns may arise over legal liability if ICANN Org were to provide any kind of open source software to registrars (as contemplated by the proposal)?<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Answer: As this is a legal question, we are not in a position to provide a response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Julie, Ariel & Mary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gnso-rpm-trademark <gnso-rpm-trademark-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 07:48<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-rpm-trademark@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-trademark@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-rpm-trademark] [Discussion Thread] TM Claims Q1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Dear Trademark Claims Sub Team members,
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">As announced, this thread is being opened for final mailing list discussions related to
<b>Trademark Claims Agreed Charter Question </b></span><b>1</b>, including <b>Proposals #5 and #6</b><span style="color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">We ask that you review the
<b>Summary Table</b> <b>(as of 16 April 2019) </b>and provide any additional input you may have to the “<b>tentative answers & preliminary recommendations</b>” in relation to the Agreed Charter Question</span>,
<span style="color:black">and consider <b>draft answers </b>to the following questions regarding the individual proposals:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">a. Should the Sub Team recommend that the full WG consider including this Individual Proposal in the Initial Report for the solicitation of public comment?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">b. In light of the Individual Proposal, are any modifications to the current “tentative answers & preliminary recommendations” needed?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">c. Should any additional Sub Team recommendations be made in relation to the agreed Sunrise charter question?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Unless the Sub Team Co-Chairs determine otherwise, this discussion thread will remain open until
<b>23:59 UTC on 15 May 2019</b>. Comments/input provided past the closing date or outside this discussion thread will not be taken into account when compiling the final Sub Team member input.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">Summary Table
</span><span style="color:black">(Pages </span>3<span style="color:black">-6)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black">The draft answers, preliminary recommendations, and links to the relevant individual proposals are in the latest Summary Table (as of 16 April 2019):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102138613/%5BClaims%20Summary%20Table%5D%20%2816%20April%202019%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1555515784000&api=v2">https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102138613/%5BClaims%20Summary%20Table%5D%20%2816%20April%202019%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1555515784000&api=v2</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Agreed Trademark Claims Question
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">1</span><span style="color:black"> (Page
</span>3<span style="color:black">)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Q1 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:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(a) Is the Trademark Claims service having its intended effect of deterring bad-faith registrations and providing Claims Notice to domain name applicants?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer: </span></u></b>The Trademark Claims service is possibly having its intended effect of deterring bad-faith registrations, but there is insufficient data to know the extent of the deterrence.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(b) Is the Trademark Claims service having any unintended consequences, such as deterring good-faith domain name applications?</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u><span style="color:black">:</span></b> The Trademark Claims service is possibly having unintended consequences, such as deterring good-faith domain name applications, but there is
insufficient data to know the extent of the deterrence. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Draft Recommendation</u></b>: The Sub Team recommends that the language of the Trademark Claims Notice be revised, in accordance with the Implementation Guidance outlined in the Sub Team’s recommendations for Question 3.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">Individual Proposals</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Sub Team just discussed the Proposal #5 on 24 April 2019 and has not yet discussed Proposal #6, hence there is no draft answer currently on the Summary Table (as of 16 April 2019). Based on the Sub Team’s discussions, the transcript
and notes, staff will provide update via this discussion thread.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Links to the individual proposals are included below.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Proposal #5</span></b><span style="color:black">: <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%235.pdf?api=v2">
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%235.pdf?api=v2</a>
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<b><span style="color:black">Proposal #6:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%236.pdf?api=v2">
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%236.pdf?api=v2</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Where to Find All Discussion Threads</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Access the Documents wiki page and find the opening messages of the all discussion threads in the table (highlighted in green):
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/9YIWBg">https://community.icann.org/x/9YIWBg</a>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Mary, Julie, Ariel
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