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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chiming in as the other co-chair of the IGO CRP WG, we are indeed in the final stages of our process after more than three years of work. and hope to deliver
a Final Report prior to ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi. <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">For the record, much of the WG’s deliberation depended upon on a clear understanding of the generally recognized contours of IGO immunity from judicial process
and to that end we halted our work for a considerable time to secure funding for an independent expert to be retained and develop an extensive and well-documented legal memo on that subject (that topic, unlike RPMs, did not lend itself to extensive data gathering).
That expert essentially told us that the answer was “it depends”, depending upon the fact situation, and the national laws and analytical approach utilized by a court assessing an IGO’s immunity claim.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Our Initial Report, and likely our Final one, did not take a position on the scope of IGO immunity because WG members did not feel it was appropriate for ICANN
to have registrants renounce their ability to access a court under relevant national law where an IGO acted as Complainant, as RPMs are meant to supplement existing legal rights and not be a fully preemptive substitute. We also doubted that any court could
be relied upon to respect such an attempt by a California non-profit corporation to compel a registrant to renounce its legal rights.<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">Likewise, we have not taken a position as to whether an IGO acting as compliant in a UDRP or URS action has lost its ability to raise an immunity defense as
a result of the mutual jurisdiction clause in the RPMs; indeed, the final issue we are grappling with is what should occur if an IGO successfully asserts that defense and the registrant’s litigation is consequently dismissed.<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">So far as the composition of the WG, we have no ability to compel the involvement of any party, and IGOs (and GAC members) chose not to join as members despite
repeated requests to do so. Nonetheless, IGOs did at time submit input to, and exchange in dialogue with, the WG, and all of that was given full and attentive consideration. Further, both co-chairs, along with GNSO leadership and GAC members, engaged in informal
extended dialogue with members of ICANN’s Board on relevant IGO issues.<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">As Petter indicated, additional discussion of this matter is best undertaken on the email list of the IGO WG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>claudio di gangi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 04, 2017 12:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Beckham, Brian; petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Directly from INTA's website: What the TTAB has to say about sample size<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Very helpful, thanks for providing this perspective!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 4:31 AM Petter Rindforth <<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m-6232321844449762066size"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Hi Brian, George & All,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="m-6232321844449762066size"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333">I definitely don’t want to start a discussion here on what’s
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m-6232321844449762066size"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333">Just wanted to clarify that the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms WG is in the final stage of
working with a solution that hopefully will solve the immunity question and still offering both parties involved a clear and neutral dispute resolution process, without the need to change (or at least with no significant changes) of the current UDRP/URS.
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and proposals from all groups of interest, with a special view on how IGO’s can use URS/UDRP.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m-6232321844449762066size"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333">As said, this topic is worked with in another WG and I gladly discuss it further in that WG. Hopefully, our solution
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<p class="MsoNormal">2 september 2017 12:43:44 +02:00, skrev Beckham, Brian <<a href="mailto:brian.beckham@wipo.int" target="_blank">brian.beckham@wipo.int</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not seeking a reaction, but would like to nevertheless clarify/respond to an assertion you make in the context of the IGO curative rights WG, namely:
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<p class="MsoNormal">"In another PDP (the IGO one), I didn't need to "take a survey" to debunk the position that some IGOs were taking, that they were unable to use the UDRP (because of the mutual jurisdiction clause, which could affect their claimed immunity).
Do you know what won the day? Going out and doing research, and actually finding examples of UDRPs where IGOs expressly participated! Same for their claimed "inability to waive immunity" -- it's kind of funny how that argument was debunked, after a little
bit of research brought to light examples of the World Bank (an IGO) filing lawsuits in US court. I could go on, and on, but if you want other examples, feel free to email me outside this list."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Moreover, your research unearthing one or two instances in almost 20 years of the UDRP where one or two IGOs have opted to face those legal and institutional hurdles does not "debunk" the clear and unchanged position of IGOs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In that WG, when presented with evidence of abuse of IGO identities (there: on the heels of the Ebola crisis), rather than positively look for a solution that met the expressed needs of IGOs (not to mention GAC Advice), your WG has instead
opted to "know better" and disregard legitimate concerns raised by IGOs -- there is nothing "funny" about this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for noting, and again, I am not looking for a reaction.<o:p></o:p></p>
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