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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am a registered patent attorney and was one of the original WIPO neutrals for the UDRP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My article on the origins of the UDRP
<i>(<a href="http://dmaher.org/publications/globaliz.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">The UDRP: The Globalization of Trademark Rights</span></a></i>, published in
<span style="color:black">International Review of Intellectual Property and Copyright Law, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law</span>) is available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://dmaher.org/Publications/globaliz.pdf">http://dmaher.org/Publications/globaliz.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David W. Maher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Interest Registry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Vice-President – Law & Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1 312 375 4849<o:p></o:p></p>
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