<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Phil,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">There is no such thing as an “unreasonably high premium price”. The premium price is a combination of the price of the domain, plus the value of the exclusive option to purchase.</span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">I</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">f offered in 1977-78, FORD.com could have a premium price of $1M. The obvious “trademark holder” would be Ford Motor Co. However, the domain could be more valuable to Gerald Ford who was running for president or the Ford Foundation which has 12.5 BILLION under management endowment.</span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Again, lets focus the subject properly.</span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">TMCH = preemptive rights / Prior restraint (absolute restriction, no use context or no bad faith required)</span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">UDRP/URS – Curative rights (use specific e.g. Some sort of bad faith)</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">PRK</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Calibri; text-align: left; color: black; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, September 23, 2016 at 6:14 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Paul Keating <<a href="mailto:paul@law.es">paul@law.es</a>>, Rebecca Tushnet <<a href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>>, "Silver, Bradley" <<a href="mailto:Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com">Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 5px; border-left-style: solid; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;">I agree Paul, and that is why I said in a prior email that there can’t be a general rule and each instance requires its own analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;">Unreasonably high premium pricing (and I realize that’s a subjective call) of a TMCH-registered term is not equivalent to infringing. However, it may lead to additional infringement if it deters a rights holder
from making the sunrise registration and the domain is subsequently acquired in general availability and used for infringement (recognizing here that a wide variety of dictionary words have inherent DNS value and can be used in legitimate non-infringing ways).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;">TM owners have legal rights as well as a right to expect some level of reasonable effectiveness (not perfection) from the available RPMs. Registry operators have a right to set their own prices, but that doesn’t
render them immune from criticism and perhaps corrective action if they abuse it. Ad domain registrants have a right to register and use domain names (including at least all dictionary words registered in the TMCH)so long as they don’t engage in unlawful practices,
including TM infringement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;">Our WG’s job is to review the effectiveness of RPMs within this broad context of all the affected parties and their separate and overlapping rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;">Best, Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Virtualaw LLC</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">1155 F Street, NW</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Suite 1050</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Washington, DC 20004</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-559-8597/Direct</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-559-8750/Fax</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-255-6172/Cell</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Twitter: @VlawDC</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> Paul Keating [<a href="mailto:Paul@law.es">mailto:Paul@law.es</a>]
<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 12:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> Phil Corwin; Rebecca Tushnet; Silver, Bradley; <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-size: 24px;"> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">In furtherance to my last email responding to Mr. Levy, even an unreasonably priced domain is not infringing. It is important that we not mix up the concepts at issue. We are discussing both
“preventative rights: and “curative rights”. The preventative rights mechanism should be severely limited because it acts as a restraint of market tendencies in the absence of actual infringement. Imposing preventative measures is akin to imposing a “prior
restraint” which (certainly in the area of speech) is disfavored as a matter of public policy. The curative rights mechanism is the 2nd tool which permits rights holders to rectify an infringement that has actually occurred.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Rights holders already have the ability to pursue legal claims against a registry who is intentionally targeting them by restricting access to domains other than by way of exorbitant pricing. The
hurdles that the rights holders must overcome to succeed on such claims are understandably high – just as they are with any other claimant faced with a similar situation in a non-domain-related situation. However, such is life. It is not our place to alter
the legal environment and create contractually-based claims that do not already exist in the law.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">I believe this was the import of the comment made during the last call asking to differentiate economic costs from “rights”.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Paul Raynor Keating, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><a href="http://law.es/"><span style="color:purple">Law.es</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Tel. +34 93 368 0247 (Spain)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Tel. +44.7531.400.177 (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Tel. +1.415.937.0846 (US)</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Fax. (Europe) +34 93 396 0810<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Fax. (US)(415) 358.4450<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">Skype: Prk-Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:black">email: </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><span style="color:purple">Paul@law.es</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;">THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION SUBJECT TO THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT OR WORK-PRODUCT PRIVILEGE. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED ONLY
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FORMAL WRITTEN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH THIS IS NOT. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH AN AGREEMENT, NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, September 23, 2016 at 5:39 PM<br><b>To: </b>Rebecca Tushnet <<a href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>>, "Silver, Bradley" <<a href="mailto:Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com">Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>"
<<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 4.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; margin-right: 0in;" id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">I believe I just addressed that question in the email I posted – if unreasonably high sunrise pricing deters a rights holder from registering a domain corresponding to a verified TM registered in the TMCH then
it may be registered in the general availability period by an infringer, which in turn imposes a variety of costs on the TM owner (including those of bringing a subsequent URS, UDRP, or judicial action) and also creates the possibility of confusion and harm
for the general public.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is not to say that all Premium pricing is unreasonable, as it is generally recognized that certain words and terms have inherent additional value in the DNS context – it really requires a case by case analysis.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Virtualaw LLC</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">1155 F Street, NW</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Suite 1050</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Washington, DC 20004</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-559-8597/Direct</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-559-8750/Fax</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">202-255-6172/Cell</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Twitter: @VlawDC</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rebecca Tushnet<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Silver, Bradley; <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">TMCH’s goal of “protection” against
<i>what</i>, though? How does high pricing contribute to trademark infringement? High pricing may deter purchases of domain names, no doubt, but with what result for the system overall?</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rebecca Tushnet</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Georgetown Law</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">703 593 6759</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> Silver, Bradley [<a href="mailto:Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com">mailto:Bradley.Silver@timewarner.com</a>]
<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 11:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Rebecca Tushnet; <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: TMCH review objectives</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">I would add that the question of pricing feeds into the concept of effectiveness, because if the TMCH is serving as a database for registries to target brand owners for higher pricing based on the value of their
brands, then this is antithetical to the TMCH’s primary goal to provide protection for verified right holders. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rebecca Tushnet<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 10:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello, all. </span><span style="color:black">On the last WG call, concerns about pricing of domain names during the Sunrise Period arose. This led to a question of whether pricing is within the remit of this
WG – and the broader question of what the purpose of our TMCH review is. There seemed to be a desire to focus on the TMCH’s effectiveness. The predicate question, then, is: effectiveness at what? Here are some suggestions for discussion: (1) minimizing the
cost of operating the system for all concerned; (2) minimizing the number of actions that ultimately need to be brought against infringing registrants; (3) minimizing the number of noninfringing registrants whose legitimate uses are blocked or deterred. If
the system is reasonably balancing those objectives, I suggest, then it is effective; potential changes should be directly related to improving performance on one or more of these metrics without unduly hampering the others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yours,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rebecca Tushnet</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rebecca Tushnet</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Georgetown Law</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:#1F497D">703 593 6759</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color:black">=================================================================<br></span><b><i><span style="color:red">Reminder: Any email that requests your login credentials or that asks you to click on a link could be a phishing attack. If you have any questions regarding the authenticity of this email or its sender, please contact the
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