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size=2 face="Courier New">est regards</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Mike
O'Connor<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Dienstag, 4. Dezember 2012 14:33<BR><B>An:</B>
ispcp@icann.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B> Re: [ispcp] WG: Trademark Clearinghouse
"Strawman Solution" - Public comment 30 November - 21 December
2012<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>hi all,
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<DIV>here's a note that i *meant* to forward to our list and then… um…
forgot. :-(</DIV>
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<DIV>i posted this to the group that participated in the LA meetings, clearly
as an individual. but it's not a bad starting point for our discussion.
i think the position boils down to</DIV>
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<DIV>-- the bottom-up policy process is important and we bypass it at our
peril</DIV>
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<DIV>-- most of the proposals probably need a "policy vs implementation"
discussion/decision by the Council</DIV>
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<DIV>-- the work of rolling out the TMCH needs to proceed and is on a very
tight schedule</DIV>
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<DIV>-- thus, there should be minimal changes to the TMCH, the AGB and RPMs in
this round and the GNSO should take up most of the proposals in due
order.</DIV>
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<DIV>let's have a quick round of discussion of these bullets (plus the
sentiment that i've written into this post below) amongst ourselves on this
ISPCP list and then, based on that, i'll draft up a response for your
review.</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>mikey</DIV>
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<DIV>here's my post. i've added some annotations of a post by Jon
Nevett, and a "policy vs implementation" document that Margie Milam presented
at day-1 of the LA meetings.</DIV>
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<DIV>From: Mike O'Connor <<A
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<DIV>i'd like to break my silence on some of these issues. first
about a miscommunication that may be happening around the term "straw man
proposal" and then dipping my oar into the "implementation vs policy"
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<DIV>i think we may be talking past each other because of the use of the
term "straw man proposal" which is a phrase that has a deep and specific
meaning to some people, and a broader less-nuanced meaning to the rest of
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<DIV>here's a little clip from Wikipedia -- "A straw man proposal is a
brainstormed simple draft proposal intended to generate discussion of its
disadvantages and to provoke the generation of new and better proposals."
that article goes on to describe the history of the term and its
use as a decision-making tool. search wikipedia for "straw man
proposal" and you'll get there.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>i am betting that Fadi was using "straw man proposal" that specific
way when he led us through that brainstorming session to the draft that we
came up with in LA. i think it's doing just what it's supposed to do
-- generating extensive discussion of its disadvantages, and new and
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<DIV>i just want to firmly sign on as a part of the group that came up
with the straw man proposal. i didn't have a lot of substance to
contribute because RPMs are not my strong suit. but i helped where i
could with the "process" bits and as a process type guy i thought Fadi did
a great job of getting us all to step a bit outside our normal zone.
so i think it *is* fair to say that the straw man came from the
participants in the room. i typed the notes in the Adobe room -- i
watched it evolve. it was definitely something that *we* did.
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<DIV>where i think things get a bit more murky is where the state of
*agreement* is. i think it's fair to say that nobody has really
signed on to the proposal yet (sometimes i can be the master of
understatement, it comes from growing up in the Midwest). i think we
would do well by refining our description to the rest of the community of
where the proposal stands with regard to agreement and actionability.
which gets us to the "implementation vs policy"
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<DIV>i think there are two threads there -- the first is the one i will
call the "analysis" angle but please take that loosely. i thought
Jon's post was a really good framing of the implementation/policy
discussion from that point of view (although i'd love to see an opposing
brief). here's a link to that post, slightly rewritten for
CircleID:</DIV>
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href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121129_new_gtlds_last_minute_end_arounds_and_fundamental_fairness/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121129_new_gtlds_last_minute_end_arounds_and_fundamental_fairness/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>i'll call my second thread "coming to agreement" -- the next,
needed, step to getting us from "straw man" to something that's closer to
a consensus view that Fadi and others can base action upon.
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<DIV>as many of you know, i'm quite keen on the bottom-up policy-making
process and part of the reason i am is because i think it helps us do a
good job of both the "analysis" and "coming to agreement" parts of these
puzzlers we work on. so i'm biased toward that process because i
think it's useful and effective, not because i oppose moving forward with
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<DIV>but by it's nature that process is not nimble. consensus is
like that. i also understand the situation that Fadi, staff,
applicants, rights holders, registrars and others find themselves in.
the clock is ticking and there are hard deadlines to meet with
issues still unresolved. Fadi needs to be able to provide
requirements to people who are building things. i can remember
buying a lot of antacid tablets when large late-breaking changes would
come into requirements documents that i thought were already firm.
that's the situation many people in that room found themselves in
and that's where a lot of the pressure is coming from to either push
requirements into "implementation" (to speed them up) or "policy" (to
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if i were the project manager on this one i'd be lobbying for
freezing the requirements so that i can get something built, and moving
most of the new stuff into the next phase. i think in this
circumstance that translates into minimal changes to the AGB for this
round and Margie's two flavors of GNSO policy-process (PDP or Policy
Guidance WG) to look at the rest of the proposals. </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV> must include public
comment or input that is informed by
analysis</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>
example</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> <A
href="http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/change-">http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/change-</A>
review-applicant-guidebook-19sep11-en.pdf</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>
safeguard</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 40px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> if public comment
indicates Policy Guidance is required, then move it into the "policy
guidance" column</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"
class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>
</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> is in the "policy guidance required" column if it's
either </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> a "policy guidance working group"
if...</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>
criteria</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> affects
limited parties or for limited
period</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> new
information available or original approach not
workable</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> does not
change intent of polciy</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> process
(recommended)</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> SO/AC
forms "Policy Guidance" working
group</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> SO/AC
consideration of Policy Guidance working group recommendation
(including public
comments)</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> or if it should go through the full
PDP (policy development process)
if...</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>
criteria</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV> new
issue</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV> one
affecting all registry and registrar
agreements</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV> long
lasting impact on multiple
parties</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV> alters
policy intent</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
process</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV> PDP
process as posted in ICANN
bylaws</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>finally, a joke which, like Alan's contains a grain of
truth.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>when i describe my position to you and you disagree, i conclude
that</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>you're
ill-informed</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>and that all i need to do is provide you with all the facts.
then you'll come around. so i provide you with lots of good
info and, when you still disagree with me i conclude
that</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>you're
stupid</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>and that i'll need to restate my facts and maybe say them REAL LOUD
so that you hear them. when you still disagree with me i conclude
that </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>you're
evil</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>and that i need to somehow isolate you from the rest of us so that
we can get stuff done.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV>i am happy to report that none of the people who have participated in
this process are ill-informed, stupid or evil. we disagree.
and, although it's still clunky and needs some rough edges filed
off, we have a pretty good policy process (PPPP) for sorting those
disagreements out. for those who say that the PPPP is broken (voices
on all sides have raised this point) i'd say it's not the perfect form of
decision-making process it's just better than all the other
ones.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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<DIV>
<DIV><stepping off soapbox></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>mikey</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Dec 4, 2012, at 5:36 AM, "tony holmes" <<A
href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</A>>
wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="page: WordSection1" class=WordSection1>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Mikey – would
you be willing to have a crack at this?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Having
attended the recent meetings you’re probably closest to the
issues.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Regards<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">tony<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org">owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[mailto:owner-<A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:ispcp@gnso.icann.org">ispcp@gnso.icann.org</A>]<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>On Behalf Of<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</A><BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>04 December 2012
11:01<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:ispcp@icann.org">ispcp@icann.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[ispcp] WG: Trademark Clearinghouse
"Strawman Solution" - Public comment 30 November - 21 December
2012<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=FR>Do we have somebody voluntarily taking the lead in drafting an ISPCP
comment?</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=FR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=FR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=DE>Best
regards</SPAN><SPAN lang=FR><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=DE>Wolf-Ulrich </SPAN><SPAN lang=DE></SPAN><SPAN
lang=FR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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lang=FR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=DE>Von:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=DE><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[<A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A>]<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Im Auftrag von<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B>Glen de Saint
Géry<BR><B>Gesendet:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Montag, 3. Dezember 2012
19:33<BR><B>An:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A><BR><B>Betreff:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[council] Trademark Clearinghouse
"Strawman Solution" - Public comment 30 November - 21 December
2012</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=DE><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=FR><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=FR>Trademark
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Important
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">30 November
2012<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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2012<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm">Public
Comment Announcement</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Reply
Open:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">22 December
2012<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:tmch-strawman@icann.org"><SPAN lang=EN-US>To Submit
Your Comments (Forum)</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">11 January
2013<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/tmch-strawman/">View Comments
Submitted</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Close Time
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">23:59
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Report of
Public Comments<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brief
Overview<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Originating
Organization:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ICANN
Staff<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Categories/Tags:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Top-level
Domains</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Intellectual
Property<O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></UL></TD></TR>
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<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Purpose
(Brief):</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
colSpan=4>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>The Trademark
Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during
the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in
new generic top level domains (new gTLDs). All new gTLD registries
will be required to use Clearinghouse data to ensure that a set of
mandatory trademark rights protection mechanisms are applied to all
new domain registrations occurring in at least the first 90 days of
domain registration.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>Following
discussions at the Toronto meeting, ICANN met with a group of
stakeholder representatives to complete implementation discussions
on the Trademark Clearinghouse and its associated rights protection
mechanisms. Among other subjects, these implementation meetings
addressed the recent</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>IPC/BC proposal for Improvements and Enhancements to the
RPMs for new gTLDs</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[PDF, 68
KB].<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>Out of discussions
evaluating the merits of these recommendations, the group produced
at a strawman solution to address the concerns of affected
stakeholders. This strawman solution is being posted for public
comment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>One element of the
IPC/BC proposal that was not included in the strawman solution
concerned a proposal for a "Limited Preventative Registration"
mechanism, which attempts to address concerns related to solutions
to the second level defensive registration issue that did not
achieve consensus among the participants in the implementation
meetings. Although this revised proposal is not included in the
strawman solution, this proposal is also being posted for public
comment to determine whether it should also be considered along with
the strawman solution.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt">
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Current
Status:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
colSpan=4>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>The Strawman Proposal is the result of collaboration
among the participants of the post-Toronto TMCH implementation
meetings. The Limited Preventative Registration Proposal is
developed by and supported by the BC/IPC. In addition to the public
comment period, ICANN is also seeking policy implementation guidance
from the GNSO Council in relation to both of these
proposals.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt">
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Next
Steps:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
colSpan=4>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>Comments will be summarized and analyzed, and revisions
to the relevant procedures may be considered based on the feedback
received in this public comment period and from the GNSO
Council.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt">
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Staff
Contact:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Karen
Lentz<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Email:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:karen.lentz@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20%20Trademark%20Clearinghouse%20Strawman%20Solution%20public%20comment%20period">karen.lentz@icann.org</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Detailed
Information<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>Section I: Description, Explanation, and
Purpose</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>Out of the recent
Clearinghouse implementation discussions, a strawman solution has
been produced to balance and address the concerns of affected
stakeholders. This strawman solution is being posted for public
comment. This includes:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" type=disc>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>A requirement for 30 days notice in advance of each new
gTLD sunrise period.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>An extension of the required Trademark Claims service
to the first 90 days of general registration.</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>A lightweight "Claims 2" period of 6-12 months that is
an additional fee-based option for rights holders.</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>Inclusion of domain names previously determined to have
been abusively registered or used in both Trademark Claims
services.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>One element of the
IPC/BC proposal that was not included in the strawman solution
concerned a proposal for a "Limited Preventative Registration"
mechanism. This revised mechanism is proposed by the IPC/BC to
address concerns related to solutions for second level defensive
registrations that did not achieve consensus among the participants
in the implementation meeting. The Limited Preventative Registration
proposal is also being posted for public comment to determine
whether it should be considered along with the strawman
solution.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
colSpan=5>
<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Section II:
Background</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
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<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>The Trademark
Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during
the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in
new generic top level domains (new gTLDs). All new gTLD registries
will be required to use Clearinghouse data to ensure that a set of
mandatory trademark rights protection mechanisms are applied to all
new domain registrations occurring in at least the first 90 days of
domain registration. These mechanisms are described in
the</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Applicant Guidebook</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>for new gTLD
applicants.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>Following
discussions at the Toronto meeting, ICANN met with a group of
stakeholder representatives to complete implementation discussions
on the Trademark Clearinghouse and its associated rights protection
mechanisms. Among other subjects, these implementation meetings
addressed the recent<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>IPC/BC proposal for Improvements and Enhancements to the
RPMs for new gTLDs</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[PDF, 68
KB].<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Section III:
Document and Resource Links</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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<P
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif" lang=EN-US>Public Comment is
being sought on the following documents:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" type=disc>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/strawman-solution-29nov12-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Summary of TMCH Strawman
Solution</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[PDF,
254 KB]</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/ipc-bc-proposal-lpr-30nov12-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Description of the IPC/BC Proposal for Limited
Preventative Registrations</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[PDF, 26
KB]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></UL></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"
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<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Section IV:
Additional Information</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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<TD
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<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/building-a-secure-and-reliable-trademark-clearinghouse/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/building-a-secure-and-reliable-trademark-clearinghouse/</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/trademark-clearinghouse-update/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/trademark-clearinghouse-update/</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/a-follow-up-to-our-trademark-clearinghouse-meetings/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/a-follow-up-to-our-trademark-clearinghouse-meetings/</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[PDF, 68
KB]</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></UL></TD></TR>
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