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color=#0000ff size=2>I agree with the N3 and N4 comments submitted by John
McElwaine and Keith Barritt's as well as those submitted by Brian
Winterfeldt. On the periodic renewal I would favor the longer term of two
or three years which comes closer to the general global use requirements of
three to five years. In addition. a longer renewal period has the added
benefit of lessening the burden placed on the TMCH.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> tmch-iag-bounces@icann.org
[mailto:tmch-iag-bounces@icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
McElwaine<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 02, 2012 12:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
tmch-iag@icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Tmch-iag] N3 and N4
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear IAG:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>N3 Comment:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The issue of abandonment (non-use) of a trademark that is the
subject of a trademark registration recorded in the Trademark
Clearinghouse(TMCH) is going to be a common issue. Section 7.2 of the
Trademark Clearinghouse (11 Jan 2012) requires that "[r]egistries must recognize
and honor all word marks: (i) nationally or regionally registered and for which
proof of use – which can be a declaration and a single specimen of current use –
was submitted to, and validated by, the Trademark Clearinghouse." However,
the current list of four challenges in Section 6.2.4 does not clearly allow a
challenge that the use determination was improperly made or that a mark recorded
in the TMCH was no longer eligible because it was not in use at the time the
domain name was registered. Unless, there is another manner to remove
these non-used, abandoned marks from the TMCH, I would suggest adding another
ground for an SDRP: "(v) At the time the challenged domain name was
registered, the registrant's mark contained in the trademark registration
entered in the Trademark Clearinghouse used to support the sunrise registration
of the challenged domain name was not in current use." In order to
avoid frivolous challenges of non-use, I would echo support for a loser pays
model suggested by Keith Barritt. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>N4 Comment:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Along the same lines, with respect to N4, in (or as an
alternative to adding a SDRP challenge) I would recommend the ability for
third-parties to challenge and remove non-used trademarks from the data set for
Sunrise Eligible trademarks. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Furthermore, as discussed on the last conference call, after
entry into the TMCH, I would recommend a periodic renewal (between 1 and 3
years) of the trademark data that would be easy and quick for registrants.
See Trademark Clearinghouse Section 3.9. I would suggest an process
similar to the maintenance of domain name registrations that would have the
following qualities. First, electronic submission such as an email
reminders providing a link and/ or a website registrant portal should be used
whereby the trademark owner reaffirms that the data initially provided is
accurate and pays its renewal fee. Second, the owner of TMCH records
should be able to renew those records <U>within</U> a set period of time so that
they have the option of renewing early to synch all of their records to one
periodic renewal date. Third, I would suggest that trademark owners could
opt in for renewal fees to be automatic charges to a credit card account.
This would ensure that records are not accidentally lost for non-payment of
renewal fees. In order to make sure, however, that information is
reaffirmed correctly and timely, late charges and penalties could be assessed
via this method. See Trademark Clearinghouse Section 3.8.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></P>
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