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Thanks all the feedback on this. I think the preference for the use of "safe harbors" as opposed to "defenses" is a valid one. By casting a "right" as a "defense" is a semantical weakening of the underlying right of the user. For example, I frequently hear half-baked rhetoric from industry copyright maximalists: "fair use is not a right - it is only a defense to copyright infringement". This word-shifting is done deliberately to cast the default rule in favor of the copyright holder and put the fair user on the "defense". (Just because "fair use" is legally pled as a defense does not mean it is not also a right - think First Amendment, pled as defense, but clearly a right).<div><br></div><div>I also think sticking with the GNSO's term "safe harbors" (which is cast as a positive right of the user) is more in-line with international and national laws (like the DMCA) that explicitly provide for safe habors for acceptable activity with respect to IP. I agree we need language that makes clear user protections are explicitly recognized and guaranteed and I think "safe harbors" does this more than "defenses".</div><div><br></div><div>My 2 cents,</div><div>Robin<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Mary Wong wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><div>Hi Konstantinos and everyone,</div><div> </div><div>Thanks for the additional comments; it may be that my quick read (and fact that I don't do UDRP panels) missed some of the nuances. Nonetheless, where the "safe harbor" vs "defenses" language is concerned, I totally understand and agree with the sentiment that registrant protections are ensured; however, I don't know that a third party reading our comments in this regard will necessarily read it that way. It seems to me that we are not suggesting an Examiner have a "binding legal obligation", but, rather, that - whatever the phrase ultimately used - that respondent protections are explicitly recognized and guaranteed in any policy. While the word "defenses" may not be entirely appropriate, the Nominet protections still seem to me to require that the respondent show he/she comes within them. Once they do that, of course, they are then protected.</div><div> </div><div>I realize time is of the essence and don't want to belabor the point, but I wanted to guard against possible misunderstandings of our fundamental points.</div><div><br>Thanks again for taking the lead on putting comments together,</div><div>Mary </div><div> </div><div><div><strong><font color="#800080">Mary W S Wong</font></strong></div><div>Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs</div><div>Franklin Pierce Law Center</div><div>Two White Street</div><div>Concord, NH 03301</div><div>USA</div><div>Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a></div><div>Phone: 1-603-513-5143</div><div>Webpage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a></div><div>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a></div><br><br>>>></div><table border="0" bgcolor="#f3f3f3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 1em; "><tbody><tr><td><div style="border-left-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 7px; "><table bgcolor="#f3f3f3" style="font: normal normal normal 8pt/normal Tahoma; "><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><strong>From:</strong></td><td>Konstantinos Komaitis <<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><strong>To:</strong></td><td>"'Mary Wong'" <<a href="mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu">MWong@piercelaw.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><strong>Date:</strong></td><td>4/1/2010 7:24 AM</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><strong>Subject:</strong></td><td>RE: NCUC-STI comments</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Mary and all,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Thanks for this. some comments below.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Best<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">KK<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; padding-top: 3pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mary Wong [<a href="mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu">mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 01, 2010 6:01 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>; Konstantinos Komaitis<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: NCUC-STI comments<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Hi and sorry for chiming in late. Thanks to Konstantinos for providing a very thorough set of comments; here are just a few minor observations:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- on p. 2 there is a sentence in bold that says "The very fact that the registrant has responded automatically demonstrates good faith". I think this is putting it too strongly - would it be better to say that the fact a registrant responds can be an indicator of good faith?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">I am not sure I agree with you on this. What we are basically doing is following the rationale of the UDRP and the interpretations that have been provided through the UDRP decisions all these years. For UDRP panels, non submission automatically equates to bad faith. If that is what is therefore happening then why not considering submission as ‘good faith’?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- still on p. 2, I think the community may understand Default somewhat differently, i.e. not as meaning only "failure to respond in a timely manner", but more broadly as including failure to conform to requirements. Can we not just say that it would be unfair to bump the dispute to Default status simply for filing errors and omissions? Additionally, I would suggest removing the phrase "which in any case are part of human nature" as I don't think it necessarily strengthens the point already made.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">The community is mistaken and I don’t think that anyone would view default like this, despite the efforts of the trademark community to expand its interpretation.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- still on p.2, in the following paragraph, when discussing the STI's decision not to accept an expansive interpretation of "default", I suggest that a more appropriate term than "wilfully dismissed" might be "consciously rejected".<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- on p. 3 I actually don't agree with the use of the phrase "safe harbors" as it does not seem to me to accurately describe the circumstances being considered. As such, I'm not sure I agree that using the word "defense" instead is necessarily "weaker", and in the context of this particular page of our comments seems to imply that by using the words "safe harbor" rather than defense will therefore imply a "binding legal obligation" on the Examiner. May I suggest saying, instead, something along the lines of the need to ensure that a respondent's right to demonstrate the registration is legitimate and in good faith? (I can't recall the Nominet wording but I don't believe they actually use the phrase "safe harbors" either.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Mary we already have incorporated what you are suggesting. The Safe Harbors are intended to provide additional protection to individual users rather than limit this protection to just the possibility of domain name holders to demonstrate rights and legitimate interests. In the law context, the word defenses means that even if for instance there is fair use of the domain name, the examiner will still be able to exercise discretion in deciding whether to accept this defense or not. The word Safe Habors leaves no room for such discretion.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- on p. 5, instead of "trademark heavens" do we mean "trademark havens"? (BTW, as some of you know, I am uncomfortable with distinguishing between countries that conduct substantive review and those that don't, but can accept that I am in a minority of one on this). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Thanks for pointing this out and I will correct it. The paper is not suggesting that we have to distinguish between jurisdictions that conduct substantive review and those that don’t. There is a huge debate about this and even the STI was split. Rather what it seeks to do is to draw the attention of the community to the possibility that ‘trademark havens’ might be created which will complicate things and create more problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">- finally, and more substantively, can we add something (on p.3 when discussing Abuse of Process) to urge the staff to develop, in consultation with the community, clearer guidelines as to what is meant by "deliberate material falsehood"?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Sorry I haven't had the bandwidth to do a more thorough job in contributing to the comments, but I hope these observations help.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: purple; font-size: 10pt; ">Mary W S Wong</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Franklin Pierce Law Center<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Two White Street<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Concord, NH 03301<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">USA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Phone: 1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Webpage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><br>>>><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; 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padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">From:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">Konstantinos Komaitis <<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@STRATH.AC.UK">k.komaitis@STRATH.AC.UK</a>><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">To:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><<a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">Date:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">3/30/2010 4:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">Subject:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; ">NCUC-STI comments<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">- apologies for the long email -<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The time is upon us to submit our comments on the revised versions of the<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">ICANN staff on the recommendations submitted by the Special Trademark Team<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">(STI) in January 2010. I know that I should have submitted this to you earlier on, but may I remind everyone that the deadline is April 1, 2020 for the submission of comments. I would appreciate if you could return your comments/suggestions to me by tomorrow at the very latest.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Here is a brief reminder of the whole process.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">After the rejection of the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">proposals during the public comment period, ICANN produced two documents -<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">one of the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMC) and the other on the Uniform Rapid<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Suspension (URS) system and asked the GNSO to form a team to review these<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">documents. The GNSO created the STI, which comprised of representatives from<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">all its constituencies. NCUC was represented in this team by Robin, Kathy,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Wendy and myself, with Mary being the alternate member.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The STI was tasked to either accept the Staff's proposals or reach consensus<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">on a new set of proposals. After a month of extensive meetings and debate, we managed to<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">produce two documents - one on the TMC and the other on the URS - which in<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">their majority received the consensus of the STI (most of the particular<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">issues of both proposals received unanimous consensus, whilst some specific<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">issues received majority consensus). The final STI report can be found here:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">gnso.icann.org/issues/sti/sti-wt-recommendations-11dec09-en.pdf<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">After the STI submitted its report and was endorsed by the GNSO, a public<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">comment period was initiated -<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/sti-report-2009/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/sti-report-2009/</a>. In the meantime, in its<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Nairobi meeting, the ICANN Board endorsed the STI's recommendations:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Taking into account the public comments, the ICANN staff produced - what<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">they called - a revised document on both proposals, seeking to take into<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">consideration the STI recommendations as well as the comments received<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">during the public comments period. These new revised proposals can be found<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">at: for the TMC ( <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#tmc">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#tmc</a>) and for the<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">URS ( <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#urs">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#urs</a>) and they are now open for<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">a public comments period. The deadline for submission of the comments is<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">April 1, 2010.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Generally speaking the revised proposal takes into consideration most of the<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">issues that the STI recommended. However, there are some specific issues, in<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">which the new recommendations are worst and additions have been made which<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">are arbitrary and - at some instances - even illegitimate.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I am attaching our comments for both the URS and the TMC.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Best<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">KK<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Law Lecturer,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">University of Strathclyde,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">The Law School,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">The Lord Hope Building,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">141 St. James Road,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 10pt; ">Glasgow, G4 0LT<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; 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