<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Dear
Brian and Kathy,<br>
<br>
Kathy, I think it would be prudent to take a closer look at the examples I
provided. The only reason I included the cfa.community determination was to
illustrate that if the panellist had changed their practice to meet the WG’s
new recommendations it wouldn’t make any difference. Even after 4+ years of weekly
working group meetings the recommendations will demonstrably fail to help in
dozens of similar cases going forward.<br>
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Brian, Firstly URS does not offer relief for a TM holder wanting to reflect
their mark in a domain. Quite simply it is not the correct RPM for the claimant
to use.<br>
<br>
Secondly the panellists conflation of passive holding with anticipatory
cybersquatting is misguided and will have a chilling effect on innocent, non
competing, non infringing businesses, this is against the whole raison d'être
for new gTLDs.<br>
<br>
Thirdly whilst I appreciate these determinations were from the FORUM rather
than your employer WIPO these three panellists are some of the most experienced
with at least one being a lead panellist in 3 panel member UDRP cases, 1 being
a panellist since 2001 and one having determined dozens of claims.<br>
<br>
Fourthly such clearly egregious decision making introduces unnecessary and unacceptable
tension between the administrative and judicial routes. UDRP is already
misaligned with ACPA in this regard and compounding this is unwise. Many
complainants and quite a few IP attorneys it seems are not aware that attempted
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is also a violation of ACPA. For the unwary
correctly resolving these matters is expensive.<br> <br>
<a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2019/09/05/it-cost-480843-to-defend-imi-com/">https://domainnamewire.com/2019/09/05/it-cost-480843-to-defend-imi-com/</a><br>
<br>
This working group has a responsibility to provide leadership and clarity in
these matters.<br>
<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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p.s. Poncelet, great to see you again it’s been too long!</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Poncelet Ileleji <<a href="mailto:pileleji@ymca.gm">pileleji@ymca.gm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">++1 thanks Kathy and I concur with Brian<div><br></div><div>Kind regards </div><div><br></div><div>Poncelet <br><br>On Wednesday, 11 December 2019, BECKHAM, Brian <<a href="mailto:brian.beckham@wipo.int" target="_blank">brian.beckham@wipo.int</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks Kathy, and I agree that the WG review and resulting proposed fixes and recommendations already speak to this concern.
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<div dir="auto">On 11 December 2019 at 18:25:38 CET, Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com" target="_blank">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>Dear Paul,</p>
<p>I am writing as co-chair, but without the opportunity to talk with my other co-chairs. We did a complete investigation of each and every one of the URS cases which had taken place up to a certain time (I believe it was the end of 2018). Each
and every case was reviewed by someone in this WG. Everyone had the chance to participate. Harvard Law School further created detailed tables.<br>
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<p>Then we had to stop our research and analysis. At a certain point, you have to draw a line a line and move on. In this case, we moved on to our work on the TM Notices, Sunrise Periods and Trademark Clearinghouse reviews.
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<p><i>But we have a timeline, and the GNSO Council needs our work in Phase One to include in the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.</i> All of the cases you mention, and which we appreciate, fall after our window of analysis.
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<p>Quick personal note that I think our recommendations clearly address at least one issue that you raise in your email. One, and I quote,
<span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span style="color:red">"Effectively blank – just a repeat of the URS rules Not even mention of what was being claimed"
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span style="color:red"></span>==> this is being addressed in a URS recommendation going out for public comment.
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<p>Best, Kathy<br>
<span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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Here are 3 example URS determinations that seem very troubling from the public information available. As I pointed out on the call last week, the recommendations from the WG subgroups fail to prevent what seem to be very problematic determinations occurring.
I hope all working group members will agree this situation in the absence of further facts is totally unacceptable and those leading the working group will take the necessary action to ensure the initial report will include recommendations to ensure nothing
like this will be allowed to happen again.<br>
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Yours sincerely,<br>
<br>
Paul.<br>
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<b>cfa.club<span> </span></b><span>
</span><span> </span>Creation date <span style="color:red">
July 17, 2017</span><br>
Registrar<span> </span>
<span> </span><a href="http://www.eachnic.com" target="_blank">www.eachnic.com</a><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Complainant submitted<span>
</span><span> </span>September 19, 2019<br>
Commencement<span> </span><span>
</span>October 7, 2019<br>
Default Date<span> </span><span>
</span>October 22, 2019<br>
<span style="color:red">Domain </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">Suspended</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span>
</span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">October 25, 2019</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Examiner<span> </span><span>
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Flip Jan Claude Petillion<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1862966D.htm" target="_blank">https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1862966D.htm</a><br>
Claimant<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">CFA Institute of Charlottesville<br>
Represented<span> </span>DLA Piper LLP (US) of Washington<br>
Respondent<span> </span>Hao Ming of Beijing, International, CN.<br>
Rationale<br>
<i><span style="color:red">The Complainant holds that the Respondent is attempting to disrupt the business of a competitor but provides no proof that the Respondent is one of its competitors. However, the passive holding of a domain
name can constitute bad faith registration and use, especially when combined with other factors such as the respondent preventing a trademark or service mark holder from reflecting its mark in a corresponding domain name,</span> the failure of the respondent
to respond to the complaint, inconceivable good faith use, etc. (See e.g., Telstra Corporation Limited, Telstra Corporation Limited v. Nuclear Marshmallows, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003; Myer Stores Limited v. Mr. David John Singh, WIPO Case No. D2001-0763; Liu.Jo
S.p.A. v. Martina Hamsikova, WIPO Case No. D2013-1261). In the present case, Respondent is passively holding the disputed domain name as it does not resolve to any active</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB"> website.
<br>
<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">It is inconceivable to the Examiner that Respondent was unaware of Complainant and its trademark rights when it registered the disputed domain name which
is identical to Complainant’s CFA registered trademark. Given the well-known character of Complainant's CFA trademark, Respondent must have had Complainant's trademark in mind when registering the disputed domain name. This is further supported by the fact
that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name under the new gTLD “.CLUB”, which increases confusion as the Complainant’s members can be considered as being part of a club. Moreover, Examiner finds that, given the well-known character of the Complainant’s
CFA trademark, it is difficult to imagine any future good faith use of the disputed domain name by Respondent.
<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Respondent did not file any response to contest the above. Therefore, Examiner finds that the third element for Complainant to obtain the suspension of a
domain name under URS 1.2.6.3 has been proven<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">cfa.community</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span>
</span><span> </span>Creation date <span style="color:red">
September 24, 2019</span><br>
Registrar<span>
</span><a href="http://domains.google.com" target="_blank">domains.google.com</a><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Complainant Submitted<span>
</span><span> </span><span>
</span>October 8, 2019 <br>
Commencement<span> </span><span>
</span>October 8, 2019 <br>
Default Date<span> </span><span>
</span>October 23, 2019<br>
<span style="color:red">Domain </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">Suspended</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span>
</span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">October 23, 2019</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Examiner<span> </span><span>
</span>Dawn Osborne</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1862966D.htm" target="_blank">https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1862966D.htm</a><br>
Claimant<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">CFA Institute of Charlottesville<br>
Represented<span> </span>DLA Piper LLP (US) of Washington<br>
Respondent<span> </span>Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 1245526592 of Toronto, ON, CA<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Rationale<br>
<span style="color:red">Effectively blank – just a repeat of the URS rules Not even mention of what was being claimed</span><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>cfa.plus<span> </span></b><span>
</span><span> </span><span>
</span>Creation date <span style="color:red">September 25, 2019</span><br>
Registrar<span>
</span><a href="http://www.west.cn/" target="_blank">www.west.cn</a><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Complainant Submitted<span>
</span><span> </span><span>
</span>October 16, 2019 <br>
Commencement<span> </span><span>
</span>October 17, 2019 <br>
Response Date<span> </span><span> </span>
<span> </span>October 29, 2019<br>
<span style="color:red">Domain </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">Suspended</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span>
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">October 29, 2019</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Examiner<span> </span><span>
</span>David L. Kreider<br>
<a href="https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1866970F.htm" target="_blank">https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1866970F.htm</a><br>
Claimant<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">CFA Institute of Charlottesville<br>
Represented<span> </span>DLA Piper LLP (US) of Washington<br>
Respondent<span> </span>Peng Cheng Li of He Nan, International, CN<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Rationale<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">“The Respondent submits in support of his Response a certificate of qualification issued to the Respondent, Peng Cheng Li (</span></i><i><span>李鹏程</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">),
by the China Commodities Association and dated November 2012, along with a business license dated 23 September 2019, pertaining to a Shanghai-based information technology company. Respondent’s said certificates each bear the legend: “For use as evidence in
the CFA Institute’s <cfa.plus> litigation only”. <br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">Respondent concedes that he “had made no formal use of the domain name” by the time he received notice of the commencement of these URS proceedings on October
17, 2019. Significantly, moreover, the Panel notes the complete absence of evidence to show demonstrable preparations to use the Disputed Domain Name, or a name corresponding to the domain name, in connection with any bona fide offering of goods or services.<br>
<br>
The Panel concludes that the Registrant intentionally sought to disrupt the business of a competitor or use the <cfa.plus> domain name to attract for commercial gain, Internet users to Registrant’s web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood
of confusion with the Complainant’s CFA Mark, as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Registrant’s product or service on that web site or location</span></i><i><span style="color:red" lang="EN-GB">, or both.<br>
</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
<br>
<b>cfa.business</b><span>
</span>Creation date August 28, 2019<br>
Registrar<span>
</span><a href="http://www.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">www.godaddy.com</a><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Complainant Submitted<span>
</span><span> </span><span>
</span>October 16, 2019 <br>
Commencement<span> </span>
October 17, 2019 <br>
Default Date<span> </span><span>
</span>November 1, 2019<br>
<span style="color:red">Domain </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:red" lang="EN-GB">Returned</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><span>
</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">November 1, 2019</span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Examiner<span>
</span>Richard W. Hill<br>
<a href="https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1866971D.htm" target="_blank">https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1866971D.htm</a><br>
Claimant<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">CFA Institute of Charlottesville<br>
Represented<span> </span>DLA Piper LLP (US) of Washington<br>
Respondent<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB">Domains By Proxy, LLC / DomainsByProxy.com of Scottsdale, AZ, US<br>
Rationale<br>
“<i>Complainant states: "By creating confusion through its registration of a domain name wholly comprised of CFA Marks, Respondent is attempting to disrupt the business of a competitor, which is evidence of bad faith registration<span style="color:red">."
Complainant provides evidence showing that the disputed domain name is not being used. Since the standard of review in URS proceedings is "clear and convincing", and Complainant does not explain why failure to use the disputed domain name could constitute
bad faith use</span>, the Panel finds that Complainant has not satisfied its burden of proof for this element.”</i></span></p>
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