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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for this Mary. I also attach the comments I wrote on
behalf of NCSG for the URS, PDDRP, Trademark Clearinghouse and MAPO. Mary
perhaps we can compile those comments and send them as one. If you don’t agree
with what is written, I can post it on my behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>KK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>PS: apologies for the lateness in submitting these.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Dr.
Konstantinos Komaitis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Law Lecturer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Director of
Postgraduate Instructional Courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>University
of Strathclyde,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>The Law
School,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>The Lord
Hope Building,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>141 St.
James Road,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Glasgow, G4
0LT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>tel: +44
(0)141 548 4306<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Selected
publications: http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Website:
http://domainnamelaw.ning.com/</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
NCSG-NCUC [mailto:NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary
Wong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Draft public comments on DAGv4 (background checks, MAPO,
Independent Objector)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Apologies for the
last minute circulation of this rather brief draft comment - I've not been able
to pull together anything better, unfortunately :( Since the comment period for
DAGv4 closes today, however, I thought I should send what little I've got to
the list for comments/feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I've drafted it as a
submission from NCSG, but if there are objections or concerns from anyone, I'm
happy to file it as a personal comment. It can also be combined with what Wendy
and others have worked on, w.r.t. other aspects of DAGv4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Here goes -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"The NCSG
wishes to comment on several specific aspects of version 4 of the draft
Applicant Guidebook; viz., Module 2 (Evaluation Procedures) regarding
Background Checks, and Module 3 (Dispute Resolution) regarding Morality &
Public Order objections and the role of the Independent Objector. All page and
section references are to the redlined version of the draft Applicant
Guidebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(1) Background
Checks (Module 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>While it is
understandable that a certain level of background check on an applicant may be
desirable, the current suggestions go beyond what would seem to be reasonable
and necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>First, the least intrusive
check that can be done should be that on the applicant itself (i.e. the entity
applying for the potential new gTLD), in relation to its financial, technical
and operational capabilities (in keeping with the other requirements of the
Guidebook). To the extent that this makes it necessary to also
conduct a check on the applicant's management, this should be limited to
officers, directors and majority shareholders of the applicant. It is unclear
what the word "partners" (pg 2-1, Section 2.1) means in this context,
as the legal meaning of the word is different from the broader, more general
meaning in ordinary use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Secondly, some of
the grounds upon which a background check are to be based appear overly vague
and/or disproportionate to the objectives of this type of background
check. For instance, would a check on whether an entity or one of its directors
engaged in "terrorism" come back positive because that entity or
person has been charged in one national court with abetment of a terrorist act
according to just that one country's definition of terrorism? Does ICANN limit
terrorism to mean constituting a security threat to critical
Internet infrastructure, and according to whom?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>While the scale of
serious matters such as terrorism (however defined) and war crimes (another
highly-charged phrase) cannot be denied, how would those issues affect the
deployment of new gTLDs and the operation of the DNS, such that it
is appropriate for ICANN to deny an application on those grounds? One can
perhaps agree that a company that has been found to have engaged in
"corporate fraud and financial regulatory breaches" may not be an
appropriate new gTLD registry operator, but these are purely financial and
operational issues that are directly linked to the capacity of a potential new
gTLD registry operator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thirdly, the
question of whether an applicant (or its officers, directors, shareholders and
partners) engaged in "intellectual property violations" (pg 2-2)
does not seem to belong in the same category of serious concerns as the other
grounds listed as subjects of background checks. If ICANN wishes to ensure that
serial cybersquatters and other, proven cases of abusive trademark
users will not be allowed to operate a new gTLD, then this category ought
specifically to be limited to just these particular cases (and not, for
instance, extended to someone who unknowingly infringed a copyright at some
point in his life).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fourthly, even
though the decision whether or not an applicant has passed a background
check is made on a "case by case basis" (pg 2-2), the draft as
it stands gives ICANN (and, for that matter, the entity conducting the
background check) broad discretion to consider many more factors than those
listed and to make a decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>There is also no
provision for informing the applicant either that it (or one of its officers,
directors etc.) has triggered any alarm bells in the course of the background
check, or even that it has failed because of a negative background check.
Further, there is no provision for any appeal or review of a decision to
disallow the application to go further because of a failed background
check.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The NCSG recommends
that ICANN review the background check provisions. To the extent that community
feedback indicates that a background check of any kind is desirable, we
recommend that these be strictly limited to, at most, cases of proven financial
irregularity or fraud, and possibly clear-cut, proven cases of cyber-squatting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(2) Morality &
Public Order Objections (Module 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Many members of
the NCSG continue to oppose the inclusion of a Morality and Public
Order ("MAPO") objection in the new gTLD process. This objection
is based on the belief that (a) there are no truly global standards for MAPO;
(b) the laws, customs and norms of public international law are inappropriate
and do not fit into a private party transaction (as ICANN's dealings with new
gTLD registries would be); (c) the existing public international law mechanisms
for dealing with alleged infractions of international treaties that touch
on MAPO issues are entirely different in objective, operation and effect
from the dispute resolution panels contemplated by ICANN; and (d) MAPO issues
likely fall outside of ICANN's mandate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NCSG reiterates its
call for ICANN to publicly release the research it commissioned from the
various jurists and international law experts (such as were referenced in
ICANN's earlier Explanatory Memorandum on MAPO), so that the community can
openly evaluate the need for a MAPO objection process at all as well as the
grounds upon which ICANN is currently recommending that such a process be
based.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NCSG also calls
ICANN's attention to the recent formation of a joint ACSO group tasked with discussing
the MAPO issues, and recommends that any further action on MAPO be taken only
with reference to the work to be done by that group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In the absence of
any further information forthcoming regarding ICANN's reasons for including the
current grounds for MAPO objections and consultation with the joint
ACSO group, most NCSG members remain opposed to the inclusion of any process
relating to MAPO objections at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(3) Independent
Objector (Module 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NCSG is concerned at
the lack of specificity in both versions 3 & 4 of the Guidebook concerning
the accountability of the Independent Objector ("IO"). While we favor
the concept of such an office, we note that the very freedom currently
recommended for the IO also means that he/she does not have to act in
consultation with any community, nor is he/she obliged to receive public
comments (pg 3-6). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Further, while the
IO is supposed to be an independent contractor to (and not a full-time employee
of) ICANN, his/her budget will necessarily emanate from ICANN. The
recommendation that the IO has potentially limitless renewable terms (pg 3-6)
is therefore a matter of concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In addition, there
is no process for any person or community who are aggrieved or harmed by the
IO's decisions and actions (or inactions, as the case may be) to object or
appeal. While it is reasonable to believe that a responsible IO will
not file a trivial or illegitimate complaint, there is currently
no redress for anyone or any group who believe themselves prejudiced
by a decision of an IO not to act, especially in cases where a particular
person or community may, for reasons such as political suppression or
financing, be unable to raise objections on their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NCSG's concerns
about the IO are particularly magnified given the IO's mandate to file MAPO
objections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NCSG recommends
that, at the very least, specific provisions relating to an appeal and review
process for the IO and his/her conduct, as well as either non-renewable tenure
or a maximum number of terms, be included in the final Guidebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thank you for the
opportunity to comment on the latest version of the draft Applicant Guidebook.
We look forward to an accurate and timely summary and analysis of all comments
received in this round, and to speedy resolution of the issues highlighted
through this comment process and period."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'>Mary W
S Wong</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Professor of Law
& Chair, Graduate IP Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Franklin Pierce Law
Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Two White Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Email: <a
href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Phone:
1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Webpage: <a
href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Selected
writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a
href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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