RE: [bc-gnso] FW: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements

[Phil Corwin <pcorwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See my initial comments on behalf of ICA below --

Philip S. Corwin
Partner
Butera & Andrews
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From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zahid 
Jamil [zahid@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:13 PM
To: 'BC gnso'
Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements

Dear All,

Will be sending out a draft of our position on the STI.  Here’s something 
helpful Mike R put together.



Sincerely,

Zahid Jamil
Barrister-at-law
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From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:08 AM
To: 'Zahid Jamil'
Cc: 'Philip Sheppard'
Subject: RE: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements

TM Clearinghouse:


1.       Sunrise processes must be standardized and mandatory.

2.       TM notices (misnamed “IP claims”) must be mandatory:

a.       All applications for newTLD domain registrations will be checked 
against the TMC, regardless whether application is during sunrise period or 
thereafter

b.      If applied-for domain string anywhere contains text of trademark listed 
in TMC, then TM notice given to applicant per proposal listed in Staff 
recommendation, if domain is registered then TM owner is notified

c.       TM owners will have option also to trigger notices in the event that 
applied-for domain string includes the trademark string altered by 
typographical errors, as determined by an algorithmic tool.  For example, 
yaho0.new would trigger a notice if Yahoo! elected to exercise this option. -- 
The range of typos must be narrowly circumscrined/otherwise a single trademark 
will show up against tens of thousands or more potential registrations, and a 
registrant may receive notice that his sought after domain bumps up against 
multiple marks.

d.      Domain applicant must affirmatively respond to the TM notice, either on 
screen or email, and registrar must maintain written records of such responses 
for every domain name.  TM owner must get notice of every registration that 
occurs.

URS:

1.       Process as detailed by Staff must be mandatory in all newTLD 
registries --As we think the "optional" nature of URS as proposed is illusory 
because of the evaluation point loss and the heightened potential liability, no 
objection if the URS is a narrowly defined supplement to rather than substitute 
for the UDRP that preserves registrant due process.

a.       Substantive standard of UDRP must be exactly replicated in URS -- 
Thank you. The unexplained "and/or" in the staff version is unacceptable and 
must be repleaced by just "and".

2.       Successful complainant must have option to transfer the name or 
cancel, if no appeal filed within 90 days from date of URS decision. -- Stll 
thinking about this one, as we have some concern that a transfer option 
heightens the potential for URS to displace UDRP.

a.       Successful complainant must also have option to have domain suspended 
until end of its current registration term, and then indefinitely 
flagged--Indefinite flagging problematic -- a given domain could well be used 
in a noninfringing way by a future registrant -- but again, our position is 
dependent on the scope of the URS.

b.      Flag shall be recorded in clearinghouse so that if anyone seeks to 
register such name(s) again, they would get a notice.

3.       Complainant abuse shall be defined same as Reverse Domain Name 
Hijacking under UDRP.--

We continue to be very concerned that the sanctions for complainant abuse are 
inadequate -- especially since 5 abusive complaints in an initial batch of 25 
domains charged against a single registrant would only count as 1 abuse.


4.       Meaningful appeal process required, Staff hasn’t made any proposal on 
that yet, so we cannot comment.
Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
548 Market Street
San Francisco, CA  94104
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From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:56 PM
To: 'Zahid Jamil'
Cc: 'Philip Sheppard'
Subject: STI-DT -- BC preliminary position statements

BC position on TM Clearinghouse and URS, notes for preliminary statement:

Note the attendance at the meeting (Philip has it).

TMC --  sunrise processes must be standard AND mandatory IP claims, POST-launch 
– unanimous except Palage --  scope of what triggers a hit, proposal is vague 
as to ‘yahoo’, or ‘yahoomail’ or ‘yaho0’ or ‘yahhoo’??  We require notice if TM 
string is replicated anywhere in the domain name that is applied for (except 
Palage).  TM owners can elect how widely the notices would be sent, either to 
exact matches anywhere in the name, or also algorithmic typos.  Domain 
applicant MUST affirmatively respond to the notice, either on screen or email.  
TM owner must get notice of every registration that occurs.


URS – mandatory in all newTLD registries (unanimous except for ICA, who thinks 
in effect it will be adopted by everyone anyway); substantive standard of UDRP 
must be exactly replicated in URS; procedural elements and evidentiary 
threshold of Staff proposal; sanctions for complainant abuse (abuse defined 
same as Reverse Domain Name Hijacking under UDRP); meaningful appeal process 
required, Staff hasn’t made any proposal on that yet, so we cannot comment.  
Successful complainant must have option to transfer the name or cancel, if no 
appeal filed within 90 days from date of URS decision.  Some members also would 
support an indefinite suspension, recorded in clearinghouse so that if anyone 
seeks to register again, they would get a notice.

GPML – VRZN, Nokia, NetChoice & Marilyn think it should still be on the table, 
but not a deal-breaker, nobody else supports leaving it on the table.

PDDM


Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
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San Francisco, CA  94104
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