Re: Definition Of Trademarks With Global Figurative Mark Examples - Resubmitted due to ICANN website glitch
<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">May 15, 2011 </font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><b></b></font></span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Marina del Ray, CA 90292 </font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Re: Definition Of Trademarks With Global Figurative Mark Examples</font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Dear Peter & Rod,</font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Please find herewith my comments regarding the proposed amendments to the scope of DAG trademark definition to include both word marks and figurative marks </font></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(6, 0, 132); ">as clearly defined by the GAC as enjoying equitable coverage and inclusion under trademark law. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(6, 0, 132); "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(6, 0, 132); ">As the GAC noted in its Nairobi communiqué the recommendations of the Special Trade Marks Issues Review Team further clarified the inclusive nature of all trademarks "protected by a statute or treaty".</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">To articulate the importance of figurative trademarks in global commerce, 2 pages of figurative logo examples are provided including many CADNA member trademark logos.</font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">It is self-evident that the GAC will be in full support of adding this amendment for inclusion of figurative marks in module 5 of the DAG as millions of registered trademarks worldwide are only figurative marks.</font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><pre style="margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0em; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Respectfully Submitted,</font></span></font></pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font><pre style="margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0em; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084">Matt Harper Managing Partner Global Digital LLC 1100 Glendon Ave. 17th Floor Los Angeles, CA. 90024</font></span></font></pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#060084"><br></font></span></font><pre style="margin-top: 0em; 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