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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This looks quite good. See some comments below, mainly technical ones from our arbitration expert. OK also with Chris’ changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I have not had time to review the full report yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Alexandra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 3 -- suggest that “In relation to the UDRP/URS” be bolded and underline to show this is the same text for each para for the respective RPM (stylistic
suggestion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.ii -- suggest “it agrees” instead of “they agree”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.ii -- suggest moving the entire “The request shall include information regarding the applicable arbitral rules…” sentence to a footnote as we really
want public comment on the main thrust of the recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.iii -- suggest “agreed to arbitration” should be “filed a request for/notice of arbitration” (or equivalent) to match the text of Rec 4.iv<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.iv -- suggest to delete “If the UDRP provider receives notice that an arbitration proceeding has been initiated, it shall promptly inform both parties
and the relevant registrar.” Because Rec 4.iii (and the UDRP) directs the applicable notice to the registrar, not the UDRP provider<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.v and vi -- suggest adding something like “In lieu of mutual agreement to arbitration as described in 4,I and 4.ii, where the registrant instead
initiates…” for clarity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.v.option 1 -- is “jurisdiction over” the right terminology? Could be discussed as lack of jurisdiction is a broader concept than lack of jurisdiction
due to immunities. A priori, ok with both<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.v option 2 -- footnote 9 should appear at iii or iv<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.v option 2 -- should add notice to the UDRP provider (see note 5 above)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 4.vi -- suggest deleting brackets and replace “and” with “or” or with “and/or”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 6.ii -- should add
<b><u>e.g.</u></b> -- “does not <b><u>e.g.,</u></b> have a satisfactory cause of action”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 6.iii.d -- should add “in the discretion of the arbitral panel” (to match the UDRP)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rec 6.iii.d -- as agreed on our last call, the second sentence should be in brackets as an option<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition, the new footnote 8 does not match the recommendations, since it provides that the registrant can ask for arbitration at any time during the judicial
process, while the recommendation only allows this at the conclusion of the process. Personally, my preference would be for the footnote, but that means that the recommendations should be modified. Also the footnote should indicate the options in their order
(1, then 2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> gnso-igo-wt <gnso-igo-wt-bounces@icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Wong via gnso-igo-wt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 September, 2021 9:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-igo-wt@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gnso-igo-wt] FOR DISCUSSION: Updated draft preliminary recommendations and options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find attached a clean, updated version of the draft preliminary recommendations that this group is attempting to finalize for Public Comment next week, as well as the URS process flow chart that was displayed during
Tuesday’s call. We hope the revised text captures the agreements and feedback from this past Tuesday’s call. As previously, to avoid “competing” texts, please do not send a redline/markup of the document; instead, please feel free to post comments and questions
to this list ahead of Monday’s call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As you review the updated text, staff hopes that the following notes are helpful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">We have combined the Mutual Jurisdiction exemption for the UDRP and URS into a single recommendation (which is now Recommendation #3).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">We have attempted to highlight the options under consideration even more by labeling them Option 1 and Option 2 (for the UDRP and URS, in what is now Recommendation #4 & #5, respectively.)
We have also used yellow highlights in these square-bracketed options to indicate the differences between the two options in question.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">All other changes, updates and additions have been indicated via Comments balloons.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">We have clarified that the question regarding applicable law is not an option to mutual agreement but a possible additional step (in what is now Recommendation #6.)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For the URS process flow chart, we plan on making any necessary updates once the EPDP team has agreed on the text of the recommendations, prior to insertion into the Initial Report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Staff is currently updating the draft Initial Report to reflect the latest changes and agreements. We will do our best to circulate an updated version as soon as feasible, prior to Monday’s call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks and cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Steve, Berry & Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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