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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I think the proponents of the closed database have repeatedly articulated the benefits they see in a closed database. That is the status quo. In order to change the status quo, it is the
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</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Paul Keating <paul@law.es><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 12:21 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo@aim.be><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org>, Michael Karanicolas <michael@law-democracy.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FOR INFORMATION: Letter from trademark scholars and information on Deloitte Ancillary Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Question.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can someone please list the issues and concerns at issue here?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And, how has closing the database mitigated any of them?<br>
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On 28 Mar 2017, at 21:07, Marie Pattullo <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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