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<p>While I do feel that some of the pricing schemes that we have
seen in the last round could certainly be classified as gaming the
system and potentially problematic, I am not yet convinced that
they constitute abuse. After all, in the offline world many
salesmen base the price of their product or service on the maximum
of what they expect the customer is willing to pay. The same
product or service can be priced differently for any number of
reasons, including on how rich the potential buyer appears to the
seller.</p>
<p>Not saying this is good or bad, but definitely something that is
common practice outside and inside the domain world. <br>
</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Volker</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 23.09.2016 um 22:50 schrieb Lori
Schulman:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As
Jeff pointed out, it’s not a question of keeping prices low
or high, it’s about discriminatory pricing based on whether
a national right is granted in a name. I agree with you
that the right is separate from the pricing but when the
prices are manipulated based on an exercise of a right it
becomes a concern. There is a built in deterrent to using
the TMCH based on a right when that use then leads to
extraordinary pricing.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Lori
S. Schulman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Senior
Director, Internet Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">International
Trademark Association (INTA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">+1-202-704-0408,
Skype: lsschulman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Rebecca Tushnet [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 4:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kiran Malancharuvil
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com"><Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lori Schulman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lschulman@inta.org"><lschulman@inta.org></a>;
Jeff Neuman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"><jeff.neuman@comlaude.com></a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="_MailEndCompose"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m
not sure what you’re saying. I am asking why keeping
prices low (but maybe not too low, given other comments)
is a concern of the TMCH review, and asking for a reason
related to the legal rights, as opposed to market
interests, of trademark owners. If such a reason isn’t
persuasively articulated, then I think that would give us
an answer.</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rebecca
Tushnet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Georgetown
Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">703
593 6759<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
Kiran Malancharuvil [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com">mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 4:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rebecca Tushnet<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lori Schulman; Jeff Neuman; <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
think it would probably be a mistake then, to try and
exclude the issue from the discussion, if you wish to
discuss it.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
Kiran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Rebecca Tushnet [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kiran Malancharuvil <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com">Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lori Schulman <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lschulman@inta.org">lschulman@inta.org</a>>;
Jeff Neuman <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would then like that understanding of
the law to be articulated, because I don't see it. <br>
<br>
Rebecca Tushnet <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Georgetown Law<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my phone. Apologies for
terseness/typos. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
On Sep 23, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Kiran Malancharuvil <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com">Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi
Rebecca,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
think it’s fair to say that the trademark community
(through INTA and elsewhere) is basing their concerns on
a full understanding of the law.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<br>
<br>
Kiran</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Kiran
Malancharuvil</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Policy
Counselor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MarkMonitor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">415.222.8318
(t)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">415.419.9138
(m)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.markmonitor.com/"><span
style="color:#0563C1">www.markmonitor.com</span></a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Rebecca Tushnet [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 1:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lori Schulman <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lschulman@inta.org">lschulman@inta.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kiran Malancharuvil <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com">Kiran.Malancharuvil@markmonitor.com</a>>;
Jeff Neuman <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">To reiterate and then I will try to
stop: "deep concern" and "related to a right granted by
national law" are very different things. <br>
<br>
Rebecca Tushnet <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Georgetown Law<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my phone. Apologies for
terseness/typos. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
On Sep 23, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Lori Schulman <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lschulman@inta.org">lschulman@inta.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I
also agree with Brad and Jeff. This pricing issue
is a deep concern for INTA members.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Lori
S. Schulman</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Senior
Director, Internet Policy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">International
Trademark Association (INTA)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">+1-202-704-0408,
Skype: lsschulman</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>
[<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kiran Malancharuvil via
gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 3:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeff Neuman <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Agree
with Jeff and Bradley below.<br>
<br>
Kiran Malancharuvil<br>
Policy Counselor<br>
MarkMonitor<br>
415-419-9138 (m)<br>
<br>
Sent from my mobile, please excuse any typos.<br>
<br>
On Sep 23, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Jeff Neuman <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com%3e%3e">mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>></a>
wrote:<br>
<br>
We also need to look at examples out there where it is
not just premium pricing of domains, but there was at
least one case (.feedback) that said if you are a
trademark owner (whether or not purchased in the
Sunrise or after), the price is $X, but if you are not
the trademark owner, then your price is $Y, where $Y
was thousands of dollars less.<br>
<br>
See: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://domainincite.com/19560-forget-sucks-feedback-will-drive-trademark-owners-nuts-all-over-again">http://domainincite.com/19560-forget-sucks-feedback-will-drive-trademark-owners-nuts-all-over-again</a>
and<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://domainincite.com/19615-feedback-regs-fox-trademark-to-itself-during-sunrise">http://domainincite.com/19615-feedback-regs-fox-trademark-to-itself-during-sunrise</a><br>
<br>
I believe the policies of .sucks and .feedback need to
be discussed. It is one thing to have premium pricing
on a name whereby any purchaser of the name would have
to pay the same price (even if high); but, it is
another thing to have different prices for a name
depending on who the purchaser is (discrimination
amongst purchasers). That I do believe is in our
scope.<br>
<br>
Jeffrey J. Neuman<br>
Senior Vice President |Valideus USA | Com Laude USA<br>
1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600<br>
Mclean, VA 22102, United States<br>
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T: +1.703.635.7514<br>
M: +1.202.549.5079<br>
@Jintlaw<br>
<br>
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On Behalf Of Phil Corwin<br>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:20 PM<br>
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Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<br>
<br>
“If post-Sunrise registrations of expensive domain
names have led to infringement, I hope we will be able
to collect evidence of that.”<br>
<br>
Agreed that we should seek this type of data,
certainly anecdotal and more comprehensive if
available.<br>
<br>
Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal<br>
Virtualaw LLC<br>
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"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey<br>
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To: Phil Corwin<br>
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Subject: Re: TMCH review objectives<br>
<br>
And is the additional system cost (one component of
effectiveness) of individualized review of pricing
worth this hypothetical increased risk of later
infringement? If post-Sunrise registrations of
expensive domain names have led to infringement, I
hope we will be able to collect evidence of that.
Likewise with the hypothetical effect of encountering
an unregistered domain in a new gTLD. In an age of
search engines, I thought we had gotten past the idea
that a consumer would type in a domain name and then
give up if no website, or a nonconfusing but
non-trademark owner website, resolves. I also highly
doubt there's evidence that consumers think less of a
trademark owner for not registering every variation.<br>
<br>
Rebecca Tushnet<br>
Georgetown Law<br>
<br>
Sent from my phone. Apologies for terseness/typos.<br>
<br>
On Sep 23, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Phil Corwin <<a
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wrote:<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal<br>
Virtualaw LLC<br>
1155 F Street, NW<br>
Suite 1050<br>
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Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<br>
<br>
TMCH’s goal of “protection” against what, 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?<br>
<br>
Rebecca Tushnet<br>
Georgetown Law<br>
703 593 6759<br>
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Subject: RE: TMCH review objectives<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 10:26 AM<br>
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Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH review objectives<br>
<br>
Hello, all. 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.<br>
<br>
Yours,<br>
Rebecca Tushnet<br>
<br>
Rebecca Tushnet<br>
Georgetown Law<br>
703 593 6759<br>
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