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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Working Group Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below is the proposed agenda for this week’s WG call:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Roll call/Updates to Statements of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Review suggestions and feedback from ICANN59 open community session, on refined questions and data collection for Sunrise and Claims<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Confirm if further work is required from Sunrise and/or Claims Sub Teams<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Next steps/next meeting<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regarding <u>agenda item #2</u>, please find the notes captured by staff below.
<i>These high-level notes are designed to help PDP WG members navigate through the content of the call and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript and/or recording. The MP3, transcript, and chat are provided separately and are posted on the wiki here:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/qwffAw">https://community.icann.org/x/qwffAw</a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To best prepare for the call, please review the documents, recordings and transcripts found on the wiki page linked to above, particularly for the last 45 minutes of the face-to-face meeting, in which a discussion
took place on how to address the refined Charter questions, and how to consider the data required to answer them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Amr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Discussion on Sunrise Registrations Charter Questions:</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Preamble:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sunrise registrations for trademarks registered in the TMCH in scripts other than Latin are non-existent (examples: Arabic and Cyrillic)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How are trademarks in languages such as French, German and Spanish, that use accents being registered and protected in the TMCH?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION ITEM: Suggestion to add bullet in preamble: Have abuses of the sunrise period been documented by registries and registrars?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Should trademarks registered in the TMCH only be allowed access to Sunrise registrations in the context of the sector in which they have relevance?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Data collection relevant to the preamble might be found in relation to other questions – missing data that is required should be identified by WG members<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION ITEM: Suggestion from AC chat: For consistency between the Sunrise Sub Team document and TM Claims Sub Team documents, perhaps ICANN staff could propose/highlight
requisite standardization in use of terms such as 'registrants' vs 'applicants'<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 2:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On the question of whether registry pricing is within the scope of the RPMs review or ICANN, suggestion to refer this to the GNSO Council (then possibly to
ICANN Legal), and not have the WG pursue further – question likely to prompt different and conflicting responses, and potentially consume time and effort without resolution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WG may choose to note that pricing of Sunrise Registrations has had an impact on the ability of brand owners to take advantage of it as an RPM<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A change in pricing of Sunrise Registrations is not a change in the actual RPM – might be a more appropriate question for the Subsequent Procedures PDP<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is limiting the prices of registry services within ICANN’s remit (within the picket fence)?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question of pricing of Sunrise Registrations acting as a deterrent will not be useful on its own, but requires qualification (examples: was the pricing justified,
was it abusive)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question might be useful in that an answer may determine that a trademark owner should have an opportunity to challenge a premium name designation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 3:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There needs be a standard against which this question should be answered<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Important to not mix considerations for premium names, and those for reserved names – reserve names have local implications, including applicable laws, which
may affect registry operators<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question may need to address both premium names and reserve names, but do so separately, and against agreed upon standards<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Remote suggestion for question: Should we also be asking whether the list of trademarks in the TMCH are being used in an abusive way to create premium name
lists in some registries?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Remote suggestion for question: Is differential pricing between sunrise and open registrations impacting registrations?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 4:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Registry operators do notify trademark holders when a reserved name corresponding to a TMCH registration is released – is a common practice<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Open and unrestricted TLDs need to be considered separately from geo or community TLDs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some reserved names under geo TLDs are meant to support the public interest (examples: police, firefighters, metro, etc…)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question should be rephrased to ask whether reserved or premium names unfairly limit participation in Sunrise, not effectively limit them<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 5:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question should ask about a 60-day Sunrise period, as that is the common practice – not 30 days<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 8:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question should be rephrased to not require a “yes” or “no” answer, or add “what aspects of the programs need to be reviewed?”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 9:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION ITEM: Question to be reworded to provide more clarity on its purpose<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggested rewording: Should the scope of Sunrise Registrations be limited to the categories of goods and services for which the trademark is actually registered
and put in the Clearinghouse?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 12:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question might ask whether Sunrise should have priority over other registrations under specialized TLDs, not whether Sunrise should be mandatory<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question should not prompt a “yes” or “no” answer, but should be more nuanced – should some registries have slightly different rules concerning how Sunrise
works?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A lack of ability to transliterate local trademarks in the TMCH required that some geo TLDs invented special Sunrise/special limited periods for local trademark
holders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For small businesses, the price of registration in the TMCH acted as a deterrent of use, and also in some cases, required special protection<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Definitions (Premium Pricing)<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACTION ITEM: Standard pricing at general availability should be defined by the WG, possibly as a baseline to compare Premium Pricing to<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Might also be worthwhile for the WG to distinguish between Premium Pricing at registration, and prices of renewal of registration, which may be different<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question - the definition for Premium Pricing seems slightly oddly worded - it is still defined as "second level domain names that ..." Shouldn't it more simply
be "Higher prices charged for premium names"?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Discussion on Trademark Claims Charter Questions:</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Trademark Claims Notices consist of a notice to potential registrants (domain name applicants) who attempt to register an exact match to a TMCH entry during
the Claims period, as well as a notice to the trademark holders once a registration of an exact match to a TMCH entry has been completed<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Data gathering might include the text/content of the notice sent to trademark holders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 1:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There has been special interest in abandonment of domain name registrations as a result of a display of a Claims Notice<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Important questions identified include the intent of a domain name applicant (whether there really is an intent to register a domain name), what process is
involved, and at what stage in the registration process a registration is abandoned - what steps in the process are they facing and where are they dropping (before or after display of a Claims Notice)?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have the AG considered other scenarios, such as software defects that may present as Claims Notices being triggered, and claims harvesting, where intent is
only to get the Claims Notice, and not actually register the domain name?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deterrent to registration during the Claims Notice period might also be attributable to registrars and resellers not participating in registration under gTLDs
with running Claims Notification periods – registrar abandonment, as opposed to registrant abandonment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On last bullet in the data gathering column, the data should include number of domains that did not result in UDRP/URS cases relative to the total number of
domains registered under any gTLD<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">UDRP and URS are not the only method of dealing with registered domain names that infringe on trademarks – this should be taken into consideration<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abandonment needs to be contextualized – there may be other reasons why domains are abandoned, which may be unrelated to a Trademarke Claims Notice<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Charter questions 2 and beyond might be more useful if divided into two; one question asking about the notices sent to registrants, and another question about
notices sent to trademark holders – these might have different considerations, and might result in different answers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 3:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion from AC chat: We could survey brand owners and/or registrants regarding cease and desist letters sent/received. Getting the entire universe of C&D
letters would be hard, since there is no central repository and so many potential sources.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Question 4:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Considerations need to be made on the potential volume of Claims Notices being generated by non-exact matches, and what that volume will mean to registrars
and trademark holders from a business workload perspective<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Will non-exact matches that generate Claims Notices create additional costs (financial and technical)? Who will bear those costs? Will they be shifted to those
involved in the domain name registration process?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does generation of Claims Notices in response to non-exact matches create a new right for trademarks?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggested additional question by remote participant: Should the proof of use requirements for sunrise names be extended to all TMCH name, i.e. for the issuance
of TMCH notices? The reason being, some jurisdictions allow trademarks for which there are no underlying goods and services to protect?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion from the AC Chat: Have a sub group look at “claims clarifications about semantics & historical data & spam rate and near 100% potential rate of claims”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Should Claims Notifications only be sent to registrants who complete domain name registrations, as opposed to those who are attempting to register domain names
that are matches to entries in the TMCH?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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