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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks Marie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I must admit to having a similar assessment. Paul, and others who seem inclined to preferring the question: to try to move the conversation forward, I would like to understand:
<b>what exactly is it the Working Group is trying to address with this question?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the concern is "generic” (dictionary) terms being taken in sunrise, then respectfully, the "TMCH scope" is not the place to address it. Why, for example, is this any more
a concern than a non-trademark-holder “taking” a domain name during a post-sunrise premium-fee registration scheme?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Again, to affirm Marie’s question/concern, ICANN/the TMCH should not re-examine valid trademark registrations. If there is a concern with the grant of the underlying registration,
that would be a matter to address through the respective trademark office challenge/invalidation procedure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> Paul Keating [mailto:Paul@law.es]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 13, 2016 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marie Pattullo; 'John McElwaine'; 'Phil Corwin'; 'J. Scott Evans'; 'Jonathan Agmon'; Beckham, Brian; 'George Kirikos'; gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Marie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">This stage is only forming the question. The potential responses to the question have not yet been discussed and need not be. The possible results include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Yes and X should be done;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Yes, but in reality nothing can be done; or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">No.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">However, as noted, we are not there yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Marie Pattullo <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 4:34 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>'John McElwaine' <<a href="mailto:john.mcelwaine@nelsonmullins.com">john.mcelwaine@nelsonmullins.com</a>>, Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>, "'J. Scott Evans'" <<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com">jsevans@adobe.com</a>>,
Paul Keating <<a href="mailto:paul@law.es">paul@law.es</a>>, 'Jonathan Agmon' <<a href="mailto:jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal">jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal</a>>, "'Beckham, Brian'" <<a href="mailto:brian.beckham@wipo.int">brian.beckham@wipo.int</a>>, 'George Kirikos'
<<a href="mailto:icann@leap.com">icann@leap.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">I’ve spent the afternoon back reading the threads here and I have to hold my hands up and admit I’m confused. We all know that ICANN isn’t a legislative body, and we all know that it can’t (and
I very much doubt it would want to!) make law. Various laws in the various jurisdictions around the world include various TM laws, which in turn include rules and practises for how and why TMs are granted. That’s what the TMCH is - a repository of TMs that
have been legally granted. No?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">And unless and until a TM lapses, or is cancelled, it’s as much a legal property right as any other. It can’t be OK for an independent administrative repository of TMs to decide to ignore some legal
property rights, surely? If the TMCH were just a private list with no function then we’d be on different ground, but given that it’s the gatekeeper for accessing certain RPMs I can’t see under what basis this administrative repository could be allowed to choose
which property rights are allowed through the gate and which aren’t. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">I’m sorry if this is naïve, but I honestly don’t understand how the TMCH can be the court of appeal for the legality of TM rights. Isn’t that why we have actual courts? And holding it out to be
some form of appeal body is surely only going to confuse non-TM people, like most registrants, as to its “powers”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Following that, and John’s questions, what are we trying to do? Limit any DN containing a TM to uses that the TM has in the offline world? But not limiting any other word to uses it may have offline?
So isn’t that actually discriminating against words that are in TMs against words that aren’t - dictionary, arbitrary, proper or just plain made up? What are we actually trying to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">I’m sorry for the TLDR post and sorry also for my confusion. I plead fuzziness of brain brought on by sociable Belgian cold viruses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Marie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <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>] On Behalf Of John McElwaine<br>
Sent: mardi 13 décembre 2016 16:06<br>
To: Phil Corwin; J. Scott Evans; Paul Keating; Jonathan Agmon; Beckham, Brian; George Kirikos;
<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Thanks for this. I'm just seeking some clarification: Does this question seek whether the TMCH should be limited in its application to Trademark Claims Notices and Sunrise Processes in which
the domain name being registered is going to be used in a manner that relates to the goods and services contained in the registration, if the registration consists of a word found in a dictionary?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a> [<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of Phil
Corwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:58 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">To: J. Scott Evans; Paul Keating; Jonathan Agmon; Beckham, Brian; George Kirikos;
<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Good day to all. I have been tied up this morning on the call of the WS2 Jurisdiction subgroup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The proposed compromise language agreed upon by the co-chairs and suggested for your consideration as a path forward so we can get the questions out and get on to the work of reviewing and understanding
the answers is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> Should the scope of the TMCH be limited to apply only to the categories of goods and services in which the dictionary term(s) within a trademark are protected? If so, how? In responding
to this question, you should note that the original submitters of the related charter questions seem to be been particularly concerned about "generic terms" representing the common or class name for the goods and services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">We hope this proposed formulation will prove acceptable to members of this WG. Thanks for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Best to all, Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a> [<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of J.
Scott Evans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 7:24 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">To: Paul Keating; Jonathan Agmon; Beckham, Brian; George Kirikos;
<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Importance: High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Phil?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">J. Scott Evans | Associate General Counsel - Trademarks, Copyright, Domains & Marketing | Adobe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">345 Park Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">San Jose, CA 95110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">408.536.5336 (tel), 408.709.6162 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><a href="http://www.adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.adobe.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">On 12/13/16, 4:18 AM, "Paul Keating" <<a href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Paul@law.es</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>Please circulate it prior to the call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>On 12/13/16, 1:10 PM, "J. Scott Evans" <<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>The Co-Chairs have a proposed compromise revision drafted by Phil that
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>we will propose to the group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>J. Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>J. Scott Evans | Associate General Counsel - Trademarks, Copyright,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>Domains & Marketing | Adobe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>345 Park Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>San Jose, CA 95110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>408.536.5336 (tel), 408.709.6162 (cell)
<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>><a href="http://www.adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.adobe.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>On 12/13/16, 4:06 AM, "Paul Keating" <<a href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Paul@law.es</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>Good suggestion J. Scott.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>Can we live with the question as follows?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>Should the scope of the TMCH be limited in its application to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>trademarks containing dictionary terms which are generic or
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>descriptive? If so how?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>On 12/13/16, 12:51 PM, "J. Scott Evans" <<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>Again, and at the risk of repeating myself. And, as Brian Beckham
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>pointed out this morning, there are quite a few of us in the ICANN
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>community and on the list that understand the nuances of generic,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>descriptive, arbitrary and fanciful marks as land out in Abercrombie
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>by Learned Hand oh so long ago. However, in the bigger picture
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>policy debate most stakeholders do not understand. They believe that
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>a term is "generic" if it is a WORD with a meaning and are quite
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>frustrated when they find that they cannot own ACETOOLS.COM for
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>their site that is for really cool tools. This misunderstanding is
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>then conflated in the policy debate and causes all kinds of
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>confusion and misunderstanding. Hence, I believe the better term is
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>"dictionary term" which under the Abercrombie factors can be either
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>generic, descriptive or arbitrary depending on the circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>J. Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>J. Scott Evans | Associate General Counsel - Trademarks, Copyright,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>Domains & Marketing | Adobe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>345 Park Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>San Jose, CA 95110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>408.536.5336 (tel), 408.709.6162 (cell)
<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>><a href="http://www.adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.adobe.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>On 12/13/16, 3:44 AM, "Paul Keating" <<a href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Paul@law.es</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Not to be nit-picky but your definition is incorrect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Generic: Relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>general, as opposed to specific or special. (Black's Law
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Dictionary)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>A 'generic term" is one which is commonly used as the name or
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>description of a kind of goods and it is generally accepted that a
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>generic term is incapable of achieving trade name protection. For
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>example, any single seller can not have trademark rights in
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>"television" or "oven." When a seller is given exclusive rights to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>call something by its recognized name, it would amount to a
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>practical monopoly on selling that type of product.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Even established trademarks can lose their protection if they are
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>used generically. For example (in U.S.), thermos and aspirin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>A descriptive term (which many people refer to as a "dictionary
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>term") is merely that - a term used in its descriptive sense (e.g.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>"Redbarn" is descriptive for selling red barns but not for hotels).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Treatment in differing jurisdictions complicates matters. For
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>example, the term "donut" is a trademark in Spain for donuts. It
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>was obtained way back when when the registrant saw donuts during a
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>visit to the US, returned to Spain and began producing them and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>registered the trademark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Thus, the term has nothing to do with consumer perception of source.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Moreover, most generic terms are by definition "in the dictionary".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>The problem I encounter most with generic/descriptive terms are in
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>the context of figurative marks. Although the USPTO is getting
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>better at requiring disclaimers, they were not so diligent in the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>future. In my experience, most other jurisdictions do not
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>rigorously impose disclaimer obligations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Another source of constant frustration is with Section 2(f). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Again, while the USPTO appears to becoming more diligent they were
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>simply horrible in the past. Other jurisdictions do not have a
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>similar provision and, for example, France, has a terrible
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>reputation for registering even the most descriptive (and even
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>generic) terms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>I think the question regarding generic marks in the TMCH has merit
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>and should be discussed and this thread is but one example of why. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Again, whether we reach conclusions as to the question is a
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>different issue for a different day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>Paul Keating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>On 12/13/16, 12:12 PM, "Jonathan Agmon"
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>><<a href="mailto:jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Just to contribute another angle and perhaps a helpful example.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>I think that dictionary words and generic terms are two different
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>species. A dictionary word is a word that is defined in the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>dictionary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>For example the word "apple" is defined as "a fruit (as a star
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>apple) or other vegetative growth". A generic term is a legal
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>standard in trademark law denoting a mark whose source cannot be
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>identified by consumers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>And<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>if consumers think that a single source exists for that term then
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>by law the term is not generic. Therefore, in this example, APPLE,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>a dictionary word by all accounts, may be a dictionary word for
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>fruit, is not a generic term and will in all likelihood be
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>considered a strong trademark for computers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>This is just one example and you should consider that the term
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>"generic"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>as a term of art in trademark law. It has nothing to do with
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>dictionary words. Moreover, some dictionary words can be weak
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>trademarks at one time and strong trademarks at another time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>You can consider for example the marks NYLON or XEROX. You can
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>find both of them in the dictionary. The term NYLON was an
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>invented mark, invented in 1935 by DuPont. It arguably became
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>generic (from a trademark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>perspective) when consumers all started referring to synthetic
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>polymers from every manufacture (not just DuPont) as Nylon. XEROX
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>invented a photocopying machine. The term came close to turning
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>generic when in the eighties consumers used the verb "Xeroxing"
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>instead of "photocopying".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Xeorx, the company changed that and today by all accounts the mark
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>XEROX is not generic but rather a trademark for photocopying
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>machines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Taking the above into account ,the policies below state "generic
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>or descriptive" not generic or dictionary words. The term
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>descriptive is another term of art in trademark law, which refers
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>to a trademark that describes the goods it is applied to. The
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>examples of "toy, shop, cleaner, lawyer..." are only descriptive
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>for the relevant goods or services they are attached to.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Non-lawyers would immediately associate these terms with their
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>respective meaning. But, these terms can serve as trademarks too.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>It all depends on the circumstances and consumer perception. One
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>last example would be the use of TOY on a yogurt product.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Check out the attachment - the term JOY is applied to a yogurt
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>product.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>While the term JOY can be descriptive of a feeling, it is not
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>descriptive for yogurt products. So long as consumers don't call
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>any yogurt product JOY, then it is also not generic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Jonathan Agmon(???)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><a href="mailto:jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jonathan.agmon@ip-law.legal</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><a href="http://www.ip-law.legal"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.ip-law.legal</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>[<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of Beckham, Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 5:42 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>To: Paul Keating <<a href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Paul@law.es</span></a>>; J. Scott Evans
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>>; George Kirikos <<a href="mailto:icann@leap.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">icann@leap.com</span></a>>;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Paul, all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>A timely post on CircleID speaks to (intentional) confusion on the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>"generic"/dictionary dichotomy:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161212_appearing_respondents_calle"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161212_appearing_respondents_calle</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>d_o<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>u<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>t<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>_<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>_cybersquatters/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>In that post, Mr. Levine notes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>"There's continuing confusion among domain buyers (not likely to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>be professional investors) that dictionary words are 'generic'
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>therefore available to the first to register them. That's not the case at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>There are numerous trademarks composed of common words; weak
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>perhaps, and vulnerable when combined with other common words but
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>nevertheless protectable with sufficient proof of bad faith."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>[<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of Paul Keating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 10:24 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>To: J. Scott Evans; George Kirikos;
<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>But it does show that it is not so much rocket science.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>On 12/12/16, 10:11 PM, "J. Scott Evans"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>><<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>behalf of <a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>That don¹t make it right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>J. Scott Evans | Associate General Counsel - Trademarks,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>Copyright, Domains & Marketing | Adobe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>345 Park Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>San Jose, CA 95110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>408.536.5336 (tel), 408.709.6162 (cell)
<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jsevans@adobe.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>><a href="http://www.adobe.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.adobe.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>On 12/12/16, 10:04 AM, "<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>of George Kirikos" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf of
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>><a href="mailto:icann@leap.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">icann@leap.com</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>FYI, re: "generic", both the .uk and the .nz dispute policies
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>reference "generic" domain names, see:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>.uk:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>><a href="http://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>Fin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>l<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>pro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>p<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>osed-DRS-Policy.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>"8.1.2 The Domain Name is generic or descriptive and the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>Respondent is making fair use of it;"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>.nz: <a href="https://www.dnc.org.nz/resource-library/policies/65">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.dnc.org.nz/resource-library/policies/65</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>"Generic Term means a word or phrase that is a common name in
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>general public use for a product, service, profession, place or
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>thing. For<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>example: toy; shop; cleaner; lawyers; Wellington; sparkling-wine"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>"6.1.2. The Domain Name is generic or descriptive and the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>Respondent is making fair use of it in a way which is consistent
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>with its generic or descriptive character;"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">>>>>>>>>George Kirikos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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