<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Design Marks and GIs survey.<br><br>When some jurisdictions require substantive review of marks entering their trademark database and others give out marks like confetti for any conceivable idea you might wish to pursue in the future and, given the TMCH has to sit on top of all jurisdictions, I think there is a fundamental question that needs to be answered before delving into the detail of the other questions since its answer impacts the approach taken in most of the other questions.The first question has to be: <br><br>Should we require a substantive review of all marks entering the TMCH?<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Paul.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Mary Wong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank">mary.wong@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please be informed that the poll to assess the sense of all members of the Working Group, in relation to certain types of design marks (i.e. stylized and composite marks) and to treatment of geographical indications,
is now open. <u>Please be sure to fill in your response by <b>23.59 UTC on Monday 10 July</b></u>:
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WV26DQK" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/<wbr>r/WV26DQK</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IMPORTANT NOTE:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_-9109645189425746220MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Working Group co-chairs, assisted by staff, have developed a Reference Guide containing relevant definitions (i.e. of “stylized marks” and “composite
marks”) as well as of relevant examples. <u>This Reference Guide is attached for your convenience, and it should be consulted as Working Group members go through the survey</u>, which consists of 11 substantive questions and we believe ought
<u>not</u> to take too much time to fill in.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finally, please also note – the poll should be taken only by Working Group members, and not observers.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks and cheers<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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