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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks Paul for that reminder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Possibly relevant for both this specific topic, and our discussions generally, may be cost aspects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During that call, Nominet’s representative noted that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“And Nominet administers the process for nothing. We absorb that cost as part of the general overhead of legitimately operating on a first-come first-served open registry
system. I think that’s how we see it is fair. There’s sort of one or two (cents) that every domain registered goes towards the administration of the complaints and procedure like this so you can have open registration. And so I think that’s all on the costs.
The parties pay their own [costs].”<o:p></o:p></span></i></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 [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Tattersfield<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 02, 2018 12:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> slevy@accentlawgroup.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Proposal No. 30 - Mediation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for posting your report Steve, interesting read. David Taylor (Hogan Lovells) and Nick Wenban-Smith (Nominet) made a presentation to the IGO/INGO WG (and answered questions) at the end of 2017 which was very informative. Details
can be found here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoicrpmpdp/2017-12-12+IGO-INGO+Access+to+Curative+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+Working+Group">
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoicrpmpdp/2017-12-12+IGO-INGO+Access+to+Curative+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+Working+Group</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:32 PM Steve Levy <<a href="mailto:slevy@accentlawgroup.com">slevy@accentlawgroup.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I see that you’ve submitted a proposal that the URS and UDRP should implement a mandatory mediation step. Last year I investigated the issue of mediation with
both Nominet and some of the URS/UDRP providers. I've attached a copy of my brief report and hope you’ll find it illuminating on this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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