Hi All, I promised to write something up on the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy to help make it something the challenger -- which can include a trademark owner, company or organization -- might use. Best, Kathy *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * *Individual Proposal #2 and my proposal – largely an operational fix* *Purpose: For making the mandatory sunrise dispute resolution policies fully usable and ensure that challengers have access to the information needed to bring a legitimate challenge.* *Registries have the right to limit Sunrise periods by date of registration (e.g., no registrations only 2 days old – I think in Round 1 trademark registrations had to be at least 2 years old) and by categories of goods and services. Challengers have the right to show that the Sunrise Period was misused for registration that do not belong. * *Challengers may be trademark owners themselves, organizations or others with direct interest in that top level domain (e.g., it may be a noncommercial top level domain). As noted in Individual Proposal #2 – The Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policies were premised on the openness off the TMCH database and the ability to review and then challenge trademark**owners who misuse the Sunrise. SDRPs cannot serve the purpose for which they were created if third parties cannot review the TMCH entries (as original rules allowed)* *To bring a Sunrise Challenge, you need to be able to know the information registered in the TMCH – just for that particular mark – including country of registration, registration number, registration date, description of good and services – or a mark protected by statute or treaty and in what country.* *Accordingly, a surgical change seems warranted. Allow a party associated with a business, organization or individual having the same or similar name to the domain name registered during the Sunrise Period [or an association or organization representing its members or affiliates which include that business, organization or individual with the same or similar name], or someone with strong proof of inaccuracy during Sunrise registrations, to bring to the Trademark Clearinghouse a request for data of a single, specific mark.* *The submission shall state the mark in question, the registration domain name involved, and a good faith reason why the domain name may not have been entitled to registration during the Sunrise Period. The Clearinghouse will then provide the mark's (or marks') recordals including: country of registration, registration number, registration date, description of good and services, or basis of the mark(s) being protected by statute or treaty/country. * *The TMCH will provided this information within a short period of time, e.g., 3 business days, to allow the filer to proceed forward with a Sunrise Challenge if warranted (as this is a tight timeline).* *Please reference Individual Proposal #2 for additional fields. * --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus