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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""> gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Beckham, Brian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reuter, Renee M; Scott Austin; J. Scott Evans; Jonathan Frost<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Further to my comment on the call yesterday, and noting the below and Marc’s comment about the impossibility of preventing gaming altogether, it may be worth recalling that
the gaming being flagged here is that of a sunrise being undertaken in the name of domain registration speculation purposes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This should not be mistaken for the scenario whereby a trademark owner obtains, for a premium fee, a sunrise registration for defensive, i.e.,
<i>unwanted</i> (though the same holds even if it would be for a “positive” use) purposes, which is simply part of the compromise agreed by the ICANN community during the new gTLD policy development process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is perfectly legitimate for this Working Group to consider/seek to address the former scenario – which seems to be occasioned by the speculative domain name market – but
again, trademark owners with legitimately obtained registrations should not be penalized in the process (never mind the fact of having to already pay for a TMCH entry, sunrise registration, and ongoing defensive registration).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Regards,<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" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399">Brian Beckham</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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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"">
<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>Reuter, Renee M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scott Austin; J. Scott Evans; Jonathan Frost<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The challenge mechanism is a cancellation action filed in the registration office where the mark is registered.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If one were blocked by a registration on the TMCH, wouldn’t they just challenge the registration in the applicable national trademark registration office and
then once the registration is cancelled, provide proof of the cancellation to the TMCH?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I thought we were trying to avoid having the TMCH make trademark validity decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Renee<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>Scott Austin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2017 10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> J. Scott Evans; Jonathan Frost<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">+1. As if recent events involving Pakistan based filings were not enough to signal a need for reform.<br>
Scott<br>
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From: "J. Scott Evans via gnso-rpm-wg" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 11:10 AM<br>
To: Jonathan Frost <<a href="mailto:jonathan@get.club">jonathan@get.club</a>><br>
CC: gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH Blog<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In most jurisdictions in the world you can obtain a valid and enforceable trademark registration with no demonstration of use. If the system is being abused, then we need to put the n fail safes. We could have a challenge mechanism. In
the US, which requires "use", token (fake use) is not deemed sufficient.<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Feb 2, 2017, at 8:03 AM, Jonathan Frost <<a href="mailto:jonathan@get.club">jonathan@get.club</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">These TMCH gaming issues have been well documented all the way back to 2014 .</span></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__domainnamewire.com_2014_02_10_how-2Dcommon-2Dwords-2Dlike-2Dpizza-2Dmoney-2Dand-2Dshopping-2Dended-2Dup-2Din-2Dthe-2Dtrademark-2Dclearinghouse-2Dfor-2Dnew-2Dtlds_&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=ltstSqFEYHKQORYDafXBayJiI0_ZKYyk07Ns8QvDj68&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/10/how-common-words-like-pizza-money-and-shopping-ended-up-in-the-trademark-clearinghouse-for-new-tlds/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gaming the TMCH is as easy as starting an ecommerce store on a template and selling various products like t-shirts and pens with the arbitrary use of a common/valuable term
(e.g.. pizza pen shop). This allows registration of the trademark for the term in any number of jurisdictions and subsequent registration in the TMCH.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Jonathan Frost</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Telephone: (+1)877-707-5752</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">E-Mail:
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 2, 2017 9:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jon Nevett <<a href="mailto:jon@donuts.email">jon@donuts.email</a>>; gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH Blog</span><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">I’m tempted to say that is one of *** craziest things I’ve ever seen, but if I use *** word *** I might be cited for infringement or have to pay a licensing
fee ;-)</span><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">Seriously, it would be interesting to know in what jurisdiction
<b>the</b> trademark was granted in and whether they professed to demonstrate use in commerce.</span><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">Also seems to be an example of a situation where everyone in general but no one in particular has an incentive to challenge
<b>the</b> acceptance of <b>the</b> mark by <b>the</b> TMCH.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1>The Trademark ClearingHouse Worked So Well One Company Got 24 new gTLD using The Famous Trademark “The”<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="entry-meta">February 1, 2017 by <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.thedomains.com_author_michael-2Dberkens_&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=3xKOELME3O2sxyaAjLjs7BBfT9M5PAIcFFjVtOgAP0w&e=" title="Posts by Michael Berkens">
Michael Berkens</a> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.thedomains.com_2017_02_01_the-2Dtrademark-2Dclearinghouse-2Dworked-2Dso-2Dwell-2Done-2Dcompany-2Dgot-2D24-2Dnew-2Dgtld-2Dusing-2Dthe-2Dfamous-2Dtrademark-2Dthe_-23comments&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=IvsyrHIivvxbTFnruaao-RyNHth1deaRsO4gLycnci4&e=">5
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.trademark-2Dclearinghouse.com_&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=anpAIEYGrVceihkCYYM4okanq2ZqrmNakcRzk46fWT8&e=" target="_blank">The
Trademark ClearingHouse (TMCH)</a> which was set up/ contracted by ICANN to protect those famous worldwide brand names from abuse by those nasty domain name squatters resulted in a whole new industry.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Those playing the TMCH for their own benefit to get first jump at new gTLD domain names to get registered in Sunrise ahead of all other under common words like “the”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Actually there maybe no better example than those domain names obtained on the world-famous trademarks as of the word”the”, which
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Most-5Fcommon-5Fwords-5Fin-5FEnglish&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=AZzDmuvUlqRrVIs6nHtSEvHz_TiHB8aOmMnF_U7KrEE&e=">
is the most used word in the English language</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The world-famous trademark for the word “the” was obtained by Goallover Limited of London who according to
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__DomainTools.com&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=aqKLHKB0MpjLXtI_Mpccl5w8WOjA4RaZvQKuwiYrr1M&e=">
DomainTools.com</a> owns an amazing amount of domain names approaching nearly 100, but was able to get all of the following new gTLD’s using their globally well-known trademark on the word “the” under the ICANN trademark clearinghouse rules which allows them
to obtain the domain names ahead of all other applicants.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of course the company could have had obtained even more “the” new gTLD domain names in Sunrise but apparently did not apply for more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somehow the company doesn’t appear to own the domain name <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__The.Com&d=DwMFAg&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=uS2y8UjnEyqtpK_rPdGrYWYfmNwQWiILxkFPp22hbVQ&s=oChmt-_yN64-AnglLjATIHm0Mltft2_Dqj42ZVs_n_E&e=">
The.Com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For all Trademark Holders its nice to know the world is a safer place:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the.car<br>
the.career<br>
the.cars<br>
the.casino<br>
the.doctor<br>
the.earth<br>
the.foundation<br>
the.furniture<br>
the.game<br>
the.group<br>
the.ltd<br>
the.mba<br>
the.pub<br>
the.report<br>
the.run<br>
the.school<br>
the.services<br>
the.storage<br>
the.tools<br>
the.university<br>
the.watch<br>
the.wine<o:p></o:p></p>
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