Dear Kathy,<br><br>We would be deeply honourned by your service in this new capacity.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Kathy Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com" target="_blank">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi David and Everyone,<br>
I think this position may involve some work, but I would like to
volunteer to undertake it. While the Uniform Rapid Suspension
(URS) was a process introduced to us by the Intellectual Property
Constituency and Business Constituency in the in IRT report, we
managed to negotiate safeguards, limits and due process in the STI
Team.<br>
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I spent many hundreds of hours working on the URS as part of the
STI team, and feel strongly about seeing the implementation take
place according to the rules we have drawn up. In particular, we
want to ensure that "defaults," or the failure of a individual,
organization or company to respond in the very short time allowed
under the URS are fully evaluated by attorneys with trademark law
experience and expertise. A number of potential URS Service
Providers (WIPO in particular) have tried to cut back on this
guarantee and commitment (which is a very clear commitment that
we, NCUC/NCSG, ensured was in the Guidebook). <br>
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Intersponsive has already made the commitment to keep the URS
rules as drafted. They did so openly and publicly at the URS
Session in Toronto -- when NAF and WIPO said they could not. So
already, Intersponsive has a "good check" by its name. It's a new
service provider, and one clearly open to input and advice,
otherwise we would not have been invited on their advisory board.<br>
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We also wrote into the URS additional fairness issues missing from
the UDRP, including rotation of panelists -- so that same one
person cannot be appointed again and again to give one (pro-IP)
decision -- as has happened so many times at WIPO. I want to see
all of these commitments, and more, come to fruition.<br>
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As you know, I am Internet Counsel for Fletcher, Heald &
Hildreth, and a co-founder of the NCUC (with so many wonderful
people). If you would like, I would be happy to serve in this new
capacity.<br>
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Best,<br>
Kathy <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Interesponsive Corporation intends to respond to
ICANNs URS RFI, and is seeking input from the community. I know
NCUC has several members with a strong interest in the URS, would
any be interested in taking up their offer?
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<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>David</div>
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<div>From Paul D. McGrady Jr. <br>
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session in Toronto, we represent Intersponsive
Corporation. Intersponsive intends to file a
response to ICANN’s recent RFI related to the URS.
As mentioned in our presentation, Intersponsive
believes that the URS is implementable at the
community requested price point without substantive
changes at this late stage. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In order to ensure that Intersponsive
takes a balanced approach during this initial phase
and (should ICANN select it as a URS provider) after
launch, Responsive is requesting that each
constituency consider appointing a constituency
member who is willing to serve on Intersponsive’s
URS Advisory Board. Intersponsive welcomes the
dialogue and clarity created by having every voice
at the table. If there are new voices or new
subgroups (e.g. NTAG, etc.) resulting from the new
gTLD rollout, Intersponsive wishes to include them
as well. Intersponsive understands that the new
gTLD rollout has created nuances of opinions and
interests and Intersponsive welcomes those voices.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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