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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Trademark Clearinghouse "Strawman Solution"<o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment/Reply Periods <sup>(*)</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 rowspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Important Information Links<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment Open:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>30 November 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment Close:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>21 December 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Close Time (UTC):</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm">Public Comment Announcement</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reply Open:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>22 December 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:tmch-strawman@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>To Submit Your Comments (Forum)</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reply Close:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11 January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/tmch-strawman/">View Comments Submitted</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Close Time (UTC):</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Report of Public Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brief Overview<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Originating Organization:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=4 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=4 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Top-level Domains<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Intellectual Property<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Purpose (Brief):</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=4 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Trademark Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in new generic top level domains (new gTLDs). All new gTLD registries will be required to use Clearinghouse data to ensure that a set of mandatory trademark rights protection mechanisms are applied to all new domain registrations occurring in at least the first 90 days of domain registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following discussions at the Toronto meeting, ICANN met with a group of stakeholder representatives to complete implementation discussions on the Trademark Clearinghouse and its associated rights protection mechanisms. Among other subjects, these implementation meetings addressed the recent </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>IPC/BC proposal for Improvements and Enhancements to the RPMs for new gTLDs</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 68 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Out of discussions evaluating the merits of these recommendations, the group produced at a strawman solution to address the concerns of affected stakeholders. This strawman solution is being posted for public comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One element of the IPC/BC proposal that was not included in the strawman solution concerned a proposal for a "Limited Preventative Registration" mechanism, which attempts to address concerns related to solutions to the second level defensive registration issue that did not achieve consensus among the participants in the implementation meetings. Although this revised proposal is not included in the strawman solution, this proposal is also being posted for public comment to determine whether it should also be considered along with the strawman solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Current Status:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=4 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Strawman Proposal is the result of collaboration among the participants of the post-Toronto TMCH implementation meetings. The Limited Preventative Registration Proposal is developed by and supported by the BC/IPC. In addition to the public comment period, ICANN is also seeking policy implementation guidance from the GNSO Council in relation to both of these proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Next Steps:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=4 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comments will be summarized and analyzed, and revisions to the relevant procedures may be considered based on the feedback received in this public comment period and from the GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff Contact:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Karen Lentz<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:karen.lentz@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20%20Trademark%20Clearinghouse%20Strawman%20Solution%20public%20comment%20period">karen.lentz@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Detailed Information<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Out of the recent Clearinghouse implementation discussions, a strawman solution has been produced to balance and address the concerns of affected stakeholders. This strawman solution is being posted for public comment. This includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A requirement for 30 days notice in advance of each new gTLD sunrise period.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An extension of the required Trademark Claims service to the first 90 days of general registration.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A lightweight "Claims 2" period of 6-12 months that is an additional fee-based option for rights holders.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Inclusion of domain names previously determined to have been abusively registered or used in both Trademark Claims services.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One element of the IPC/BC proposal that was not included in the strawman solution concerned a proposal for a "Limited Preventative Registration" mechanism. This revised mechanism is proposed by the IPC/BC to address concerns related to solutions for second level defensive registrations that did not achieve consensus among the participants in the implementation meeting. The Limited Preventative Registration proposal is also being posted for public comment to determine whether it should be considered along with the strawman solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section II: Background</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Trademark Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in new generic top level domains (new gTLDs). All new gTLD registries will be required to use Clearinghouse data to ensure that a set of mandatory trademark rights protection mechanisms are applied to all new domain registrations occurring in at least the first 90 days of domain registration. These mechanisms are described in the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb"><span lang=EN-US>Applicant Guidebook</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-US>for new gTLD applicants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following discussions at the Toronto meeting, ICANN met with a group of stakeholder representatives to complete implementation discussions on the Trademark Clearinghouse and its associated rights protection mechanisms. Among other subjects, these implementation meetings addressed the recent </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>IPC/BC proposal for Improvements and Enhancements to the RPMs for new gTLDs</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 68 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section III: Document and Resource Links</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Comment is being sought on the following documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/strawman-solution-29nov12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Summary of TMCH Strawman Solution</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 254 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/ipc-bc-proposal-lpr-30nov12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Description of the IPC/BC Proposal for Limited Preventative Registrations</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 26 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section IV: Additional Information</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/building-a-secure-and-reliable-trademark-clearinghouse/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/building-a-secure-and-reliable-trademark-clearinghouse/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/trademark-clearinghouse-update/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/trademark-clearinghouse-update/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/a-follow-up-to-our-trademark-clearinghouse-meetings/">http://blog.icann.org/2012/11/a-follow-up-to-our-trademark-clearinghouse-meetings/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 68 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse"><span lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb"><span lang=EN-US>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td width=175 style='width:105.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=172 style='width:103.2pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 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