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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Point taken, Susan. I am aware that correlation is not necessarily causation. The AG data is imperfect, but also the best we have at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">So yes, I was incorrect that the 94% abandonment constituted “our finding”. That said, I stand by the other personal assertions in my email below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">We clearly have lots to discuss when we get to the claims notice portion of our agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Best, Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:navy">Twitter: @VlawDC</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:navy">&quot;Luck is the residue of design&quot; -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Susan Payne [mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2017 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Phil Corwin; gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Whilst I appreciate now is not quite the time for a substantive discussion on TM&#43;50 or the Claims service generally, I would like to respond briefly
 to one of your comments Phil, since there can be a risk that inaccuracy/ imprecise references start to become perceived as fact over time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">This WG has not made any finding that
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">receipt of a Claims notice results in registration abandonment in 94% of instances.&nbsp; That supposed-94% figure comes from the Analysis Group’s draft report on the Independent
 Review of the TMCH. The draft report carries numerous health warnings – see for example the second para of the exec summary, where AG state “Limitations in our data do not allow us to definitively conclude whether Claims Service notifications have&nbsp; a deterrent
 effect on either type of registration activity.”&nbsp; More detailed disclaimers and acknowledgements of the inadequacy of the data are carried in the section which deals with the Claims service itself.&nbsp; Given that AG states “These results should not be relied
 upon to make policy recommendations” can we please avoid referring to their findings without context, and as if determinative.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#76923C">Susan Payne<br>
Head of Legal Policy</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">
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</b>T: &#43;44 20 7421 8299<b><br>
</b>M: &#43;44 7971 661175<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
<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>Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 January 2017 21:40<br>
<b>To:</b> Greg Shatan &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;; jonathan matkowsky &lt;<a href="mailto:jonathan.matkowsky@riskiq.net">jonathan.matkowsky@riskiq.net</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Zahid Jamil-IG via gnso-rpm-wg &lt;<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Some reactive personal observations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Even TM&#43;50 requires the TM owner to pay a separate TMCH &nbsp;registration fee for each registered term that was previously recovered in a UDRP or a judicial action. At $150 each,
 registration of each of the 474 domains suspended by this URS would have cost $71,100 – which is a pretty steep price to pay for the dubious benefits of a sunrise registration (more expense, although not so much at the particular registry involved in this
 case) and the generation of a claims notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">IMHO, receipt of a claims notice is unlikely to stop a determined cybersquatter from completing an infringing domain registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">The complainant was able to identify and proceed against all these domains absent receipt of a notice from the TMCH of the registrations, probably by using a commercial monitoring
 service at far lower cost than registering the 474 domain names in the TMCH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Generation of a claims notice whenever a TM&#43;something appears in a domain name, and not just when there is an exact match, would be a very substantial change in the claims
 notice procedure and goes beyond previous suggestions that a TM&#43;keyword should be able to be registered in the TMCH. All such suggestions are of course open for consideration and debate when we reach the appropriate point in our work, but IMHO this one should
 be considered in the context of our finding that receipt of a claims notice results in registration abandonment in 94% of instances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:navy">Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Greg Shatan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 03, 2017 2:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> jonathan matkowsky<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Zahid Jamil-IG via gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 be interesting to know more about how the claimant felt this worked (and as Jon points out, why they chose URS over UDRP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From the point of view of this group, an interesting aspect of the case is that all 474 domain names were registered in .xyz.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u>not</u>&nbsp;working.&nbsp; It's likely that the registrant received few if any claims notices since their domains are almost all &quot;mark&#43;&quot; domains.&nbsp; It would probably make more sense for Claims Notices to go out whenever the registered string appears in the domain
 string, not only when the registered string matches the domain string.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">It's also interesting to think about what would happen if the claimant here wanted to initiate a PDDRP against .xyz.&nbsp; While 474 domains is huge in the context of a single URS proceeding,
 it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 6 million (and dropping) domains registered in .xyz.&nbsp; Is 474 domains enough to file a PDDRP claim?&nbsp; Enough to win?&nbsp; What else would be needed, if this is not enough to win (or to file)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 2:16 PM, jonathan matkowsky &lt;<a href="mailto:jonathan.matkowsky@riskiq.net" target="_blank">jonathan.matkowsky@riskiq.net</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:12 PM, &lt;<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" target="_blank">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don't see how it signifies anything - it's just one decision.<br>
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On Jan 3, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Reg Levy &lt;<a href="mailto:reg@mmx.co" target="_blank">reg@mmx.co</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:reg@mmx.co" target="_blank">reg@mmx.co</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
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My point was that a matter was successfully brought under the RPMs (my point would stand for matters unsuccessfully brought under the RPMs). That cybersquatting exists is not in dispute. Nor is it our—or ICANN’s—job to cause cybersquatting to no longer exist.
 The matter was a URS, which was a new-to-new-gTLDs RPM and (supposedly) cheaper than the UDRP.<br>
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If this does not signify that RPMs work, does it signify that they do not?<br>
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Reg Levy<br>
VP Compliance &#43; Policy | Minds &#43; Machines Group Limited<br>
C: <a href="tel:%2B1-310-963-7135" target="_blank">&#43;1-310-963-7135</a><br>
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On 3 Jan 2017, at 10:30, Kiran Malancharuvil via gnso-rpm-wg &lt;<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
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Agree with Doug and Marc, I would be curious to understand the thinking further.<br>
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Also, it will be interesting to see what happens to all of these names when the suspension period is over.<br>
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On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:27 AM, &quot;<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" target="_blank">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" target="_blank">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>&gt;&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" target="_blank">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" target="_blank">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>&gt;&gt;
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Agreed. How does one large URS filling indicate that the RPMs are working?<br>
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Marc H.Trachtenberg<br>
Shareholder<br>
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77 West Wacker Drive<br>
Chicago, IL 60601<br>
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On Jan 3, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Doug Isenberg &lt;<a href="mailto:disenberg@gigalawfirm.com" target="_blank">disenberg@gigalawfirm.com</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:disenberg@gigalawfirm.com" target="_blank">disenberg@gigalawfirm.com</a>&gt;&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:disenberg@gigalawfirm.com" target="_blank">disenberg@gigalawfirm.com</a>&gt;&gt;
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As the author of the blog post that Phil shared, I disagree with Reg’s conclusion below (and am quite unsure how that conclusion was reached).&nbsp; This URS case is interesting because its size makes it unusual (and, indeed, unprecedented).&nbsp; It is not indicative
 of any trend about RPMs in general or the URS in particular.&nbsp; If anything, it is a reminder that there are many domain name registrants – even in the new gTLDs –&nbsp; who continue to engage in cybersquatting on a large-scale, despite the RPMs such as the URS.<br>
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Sincerely yours,<br>
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Douglas M. Isenberg<br>
Attorney at Law<br>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:56 PM<br>
To: Philip S. Corwin &lt;<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&gt;&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&gt;&gt;<br>
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Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<br>
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Which seems to indicate that the current RPMs are working.<br>
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On 3 Jan 2017, at 09:34, Phil Corwin &lt;<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&gt;&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&gt;&gt;
 wrote:<br>
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FYI, on December 21, 2016 NAF suspended 474 DN variants of Ashley Furniture in a single URS filing.<br>
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Internal Virus Database is out of date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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