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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"><span style="color:black">Per Sub Team Co-Chairs’ determination, the closing date of the Discussion Thread for the Trademark Claims Agreed Charter Question 4 has been extended. It will remain open until <b>23:59 UTC on 22 May</b>
<b>2019</b>. The extension is granted to encourage further discussion about this question on list.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You may wish to reference the latest version
<b>Summary Table (as of 17 May 2019), pages 18-26</b>, for your review/input: <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102138613/%5BClaims%20Summary%20Table%5D%20%2817%20May%202019%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1558112544184&api=v2">
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102138613/%5BClaims%20Summary%20Table%5D%20%2817%20May%202019%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1558112544184&api=v2</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mary, Julie, Ariel </span><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">Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 3, 2019 at 10:49 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-rpm-trademark@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-trademark@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Discussion Thread] TM Claims Q4<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,
</span></p>
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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>4</b>.<span style="color:black">
</span></p>
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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>.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<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></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>16<span style="color:black">-</span>20<span style="color:black">)</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"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></p>
<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">4</span><span style="color:black"> (Page
</span>16-17<span style="color:black">)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Sub Team just discussed Agreed Charter Question 4 on 02 May 2019, hence the proposed answers are “TBD”. Based on the Sub Team’s discussions, the transcript and notes, staff will provide update.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4: Is the exact match requirement for Trademark Claims serving the intended purposes of the Trademark Claims RPM? In conducting this analysis, recall that IDNs and Latin-based words with accents and umlauts
are currently not serviced or recognized by many registries.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>
TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"><br>
Q4(a) What is the evidence of harm under the existing system?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(b) Should the matching criteria for Notices be expanded?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(b)(i) Should the marks in the TMCH be the basis for an expansion of matches for the purpose of providing a broader range of claims notices?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(b)(ii) What results (including unintended consequences) might each suggested form of expansion of matching criteria have?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(b)(iii) What balance should be adhered to in striving to deter bad-faith registrations but not good-faith domain name applications?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(b)(iv) What is the resulting list of non-exact match criteria recommended by the WG, if any?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(c) What is the feasibility of implementation for each form of expanded matches?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(d) If an expansion of matches solution were to be implemented:<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(d)(i) Should the existing TM Claims Notice be amended? If so, how?<br>
</span></i><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>TBD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Q4(d)(ii) Should the Claim period differ for exact matches versus non-exact matches?</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Proposed Answer</span></u>: </b>
TBD</p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Mary, Julie, Ariel
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