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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Trademark Clearinghouse IAG, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With respect to Issue N5, I am strongly in favor of having the Trademark Clearinghouse develop character mapping sets that would then be uniformly applied across all newly delegated TLDs. I believe that this would not only promote uniformity in the sets themselves but would allow for the sets to be applied in an even and unbiased manner. Moreover, by assigning this function to the Clearinghouse, this relieves the registries of yet another burdensome and potentially unwieldy task – especially if sets were developed at the individual registry level where formulation and application of sets would likely create additional logistical issues and concerns.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brian <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:Arrow;color:black'>Brian J. Winterfeldt, Esq.</span></u></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arrow;color:#00B0F0'>Steptoe & Johnson LLP</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arrow;color:black'>1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arrow;color:black'>Washington, DC 20036</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arrow;color:black'>TEL 202.429.6260 | FAX 202.261.7547</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arrow'>The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender at “<span style='color:#00B0F0'><a href="mailto:bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com"><span style='color:#00B0F0'>bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com</span></a></span>.” Thank you.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>