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<div>From: David Tait <david.tait@icann.org></div>
<div>Date:17/08/2016 9:55 PM (GMT&#43;02:00) </div>
<div>To: gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org </div>
<div>Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Notes and Actions from the Rights Protection Mechanisms Working Group on 17 August 2016
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are the staff notes and action items from the Working Group (WG) call held earlier today. For your convenience, we have categorized them into four main issues, as you’ll see below: these are (1) TMCH
 provider questions and proposed community survey, (2) Questions for ICANN Compliance, (3) Issues/Concerns/Suggestions regarding the TM-PDDRP and (4) the next meeting.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in; text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="">1)<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TMCH Provider questions and community survey</span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION: WG members to review document of provider questions and community Survey previously circulated by MW by CoB Friday;</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in; text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="">2)<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Questions for ICANN Compliance</span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The WG considered questions to be submitted to ICANN Compliance.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION: </span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WG members to provide scenarios to illustrate bad faith/abusive conduct in question to ICANN Compliance by next week's call;</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff to prepare revised questions for compliance in relation to the handling of complaints from third-parties regarding abusive conduct;</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>iii.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WG Volunteers to review existing, publicly available metrics published by ICANN Compliance.</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in; text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="">3)<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Consideration of Issues/Concerns/Suggestions regarding the TM-PDDRP</span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Doodle poll shows no support for continuing discussion regarding burden of proof at this point, however, in the event of new concerns emerging or a demand to revisit the topic arising it would be possible
 to revisit this topic;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Remedies – Consideration of this issue is to be paused until more input has been received from the Community survey
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION: Staff to prepare a specific question to the registries regarding vagueness of remedies to be sent alongside other requests for
 information for consideration by WG </span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Optional Mediation- The WG considered that there was a need to convene a sub-team to review the issue of Optional mediation and put forward an outline proposal for consideration by WG.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION: (Staff to issue call for volunteers on the list before next meeting)</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in; text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="">4)<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Next meeting</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The next meeting of the WG to take place at 2100 UTC Wednesday 24 August
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION: WG members to be prepared to discuss Analysis Group report.</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,</span></p>
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