<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:teal" lang="EN-GB">AGB TMCH (4 June 2012)</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<span style="color:teal">1.4 Trademark Clearinghouse Service Provider may
provide ancillary services, as long as those services and any data used for
those services are kept separate from the Clearinghouse database.<br>
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4.1 All mark holders seeking to have their marks included in the Clearinghouse
will have to consent to the use of their information by the Clearinghouse.
However, such consent would extend only to use in connection with the stated
purpose of the Trademark Clearinghouse Database for Sunrise or Trademark Claims services. The
reason for such a provision would be to presently prevent the Clearinghouse
from using the data in other ways without permission. There shall be no bar on
the Trademark Clearinghouse Service Provider or other third party service
providers providing ancillary services on a non-exclusive basis.</span></span></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 1:17 PM Paul Tattersfield <<a href="mailto:gpmgroup@gmail.com">gpmgroup@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:teal" lang="EN-GB">AGB TMCH (4 June 2012)</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:teal" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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3.2 The standards for inclusion in the Clearinghouse are:<br>
3.2.1 Nationally or regionally registered word marks from all jurisdictions.<br>
3.2.2 Any word mark that has been validated through a court of law or other
judicial proceeding.<br>
3.2.3 Any word mark protected by a statute or treaty in effect at the time the
mark is submitted to the Clearinghouse for inclusion.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-GB"><br>
<span style="color:blue">3.2.4 Other marks that constitute intellectual
property.<br>
</span><span style="color:teal">3.2.5 Protections afforded to trademark
registrations do not extend to applications for registrations, marks within any
opposition period or registered marks that were the subject of successful
invalidation, cancellation or rectification proceedings</span><br>
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My understanding is those drafting the AGB TMCH policies wished to have a catch
all for marks excluded from 3.2.1, 3.2.2 & 3.2.3 which could be tailored to
individual registry operators requirements. <br>
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The original wording has not been changed in any way.<br>
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I agree with you it is very wide open it could include unregistered marks for
example, but I believe this is as was intended by those drafting the original
clauses to afford registry operators as much local flexibility as possible.</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:55 PM Paul Keating <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:paul@law.es">paul@law.es</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">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am still confused about the application of 3.2.4 and my confusion continues with the addition of 3.2.9.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can someone please explain the following:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li style="margin-left:0in">Reason for having 3.2.4 at all?<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Reason for the “ancillary database”<u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Keating<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">GNSO-RPM-WG <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Paul Tattersfield <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpmgroup@gmail.com">gpmgroup@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>gnso-rpm-wg <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [GNSO-RPM-WG] Simplified language to bring together individual TMCH #4 & #5 proposals<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi All, Please see below improved wording for 3.2.7 bringing together GAC advice and Mary’s / Staff observations and new clauses 3.2.8 & 3.2.9 clarifying working group member’s policy intentions.
Best regards, Paul<br>
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<span style="color:teal">3.2.7 Word marks here include service marks, collective marks, certification marks
</span><span style="color:blue">and word marks protected by statute or treaty.<br>
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3.2.8 Sunrise and Claims services available through the TMCH are limited only to word marks under sections 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 (as further limited by sections 3.2.5 and 3.2.6).<br>
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3.2.9 Nothing in section 3.2 shall exclude the TMCH provider and registry operators from offering additional voluntary services to mark holders (e.g. via ancillary databases). Marks under section 3.2.4 must be held in an ancillary database.<br>
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</span><b>Implementation of Consensus Policy for the Protection of Red Cross & Red Crescent Identifiers</b><br>
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-18-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-18-en</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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