Dear All, Please find the attendance of the call attached to this email. The MP3, Adobe Connect recording and Adobe Connect chat below for the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in all gTLDs PDP Working Group call held on Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 17:00 UTC. Attendance of the call is posted on agenda wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/TZ3DAw MP3: https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-rpm-review-15feb17-en.mp3 Adobe Connect recording: <https://participate.icann.org/p7u5pinf5ur/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=35164ca55b0b4325 1de3126b2595278b4418e8a455ee85906e150b73fd5ffb72> https://participate.icann.org/p7u5pinf5ur/ The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master Calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** Mailing list archives: <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/> http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/ Wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/wCWAAw Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Agnew Adobe Connect chat transcript for 15 February 2017: Terri Agnew:Welcome to the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in all gTLDs PDP Working Group on Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 17:00 UTC for 60 minutes. Terri Agnew:wiki agenda page: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_T Z3DAw <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_ TZ3DAw&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpC IgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HN Q&s=vqTRgN6S2C3TSZu5Wna2VK3sbsQ9p6WCaj4Exef7mGM&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=vq TRgN6S2C3TSZu5Wna2VK3sbsQ9p6WCaj4Exef7mGM&e= George Kirikos:Hi folks. Mary Wong:Hello George George Kirikos:Hi Mary and Terry, the rhyming duo. :-) George Kirikos:Hi Gerald. Mary Wong:@George, if Berry (Cobb) comes on, you'd have a staff trio :) George Kirikos:lol jscottevans:Hello all. I am now on the line Mary Wong:Hi J. Scott! Mary Wong:J. "Harry Potter Bad Boy" Scott Evans Mary Wong:NCPH Intersessional Mary Wong:Apparently RPMs was on the agenda today Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):Hello All Steve Levy:Hi folks Theo Geurts:'lo Terri Agnew:everyone can scroll themselves Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):Do I get it right that having "T[banana icon][onion icon]H[bike icon]E" sign might have THE protected by TMCH, in case the same person orders 3 small toys 3d printed with the same graphical sequence and shipped to someone who paid (neighbour) via postal delivery? (so the proof of use in in place) Griffin Barnett:Agree Mary -- there appears to be coinfusiion here regarding terminology. The TMCH guidelines uses teh term "device/image" marks as opposed to "design" marks I believe Griffin Barnett:Agree we should revert to them regarding their processes/rules and use of this aspect of the TMCH Vinzenz Heussler:This is what they say on the website: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trademark-2Dclearinghous e.com_content_what-2Dabout-2Ddeviceimage-2Dmarks <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trademark-2Dclearinghou se.com_content_what-2Dabout-2Ddeviceimage-2Dmarks&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrw ll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m =hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=OOxSGLIsQzCTd88PRAwrOn3qYkYpg mhnhZhSzJeTaIs&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=OO xSGLIsQzCTd88PRAwrOn3qYkYpgmhnhZhSzJeTaIs&e= Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):could we request examples of accepted/rejected imaginary marks with description of what was wrong/right? George Kirikos:So Disney would be able to register "CARS", for their design mark (associated with the film)? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tsdr.uspto.gov_-23caseNu mber-3D78538954-26caseType-3DSERIAL-5FNO-26searchType-3DstatusSearch <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tsdr.uspto.gov_-23caseN umber-3D78538954-26caseType-3DSERIAL-5FNO-26searchType-3DstatusSearch&d=DwIF aQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9 Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=2AqdcITjd Li0h5qyh7GKDFllZ1S0JXkRW9m8ZeH-tBQ&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=2A qdcITjdLi0h5qyh7GKDFllZ1S0JXkRW9m8ZeH-tBQ&e= Martin Silva:The GNSO already discussed this, and the board approved that design marks were not to be take as text. Martin Silva:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en _issues_sti_sti-2Dwt-2Drecommendations-2D11dec09-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3P Jp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4 xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=GxndmliaSo7rx9WDzj7mx pSuTYrosTmowjyJwzFXCYE&e= Martin Silva:4.1 Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):I hope nobody registers NIC in TMCH :) Mary Wong:Staff will follow up with Rebecca as well Martin Silva:Are we addressing direclty that? becaus it is part of the hard letter that is already there, is not a new debate. Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):so all nic.TLD to be protected from registries :) George Kirikos:CARS is an easy one. George Kirikos:(see link above) Martin Silva:Delloitte is not following this 4.1 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_issue s_sti_sti-2Dwt-2Drecommendations-2D11dec09-2Den.pdf <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_issu es_sti_sti-2Dwt-2Drecommendations-2D11dec09-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wr crwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EB k&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=GxndmliaSo7rx9WDzj7mxpSuTY rosTmowjyJwzFXCYE&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=Gx ndmliaSo7rx9WDzj7mxpSuTYrosTmowjyJwzFXCYE&e= George Kirikos:Sure. Mary Wong:@Martin, it's not necessarily as a design mark per se, it's about how the TMCH accepts marks that have design elements Martin Silva:exaclty, and doesn't 4.1 resolves that doubt? Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Agree with Susan. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:The question is about marks received by the TMCH, not allowed by a RO Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):a Registry had a right to start from the very begining to limit registrations to a region, for example .. not may so brave Vinzenz Heussler:agree with Susan too Martin Silva:But why have a diferent criteria? Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):*not many registreis were so brave to limit registrations to a particular region Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:I think we probably should have asked the question that resulted in this answer, but the answer here doesn't answer the question asked. Martin Silva:there is no relevant differnece in thos cases Mathieu Weill:Yes, Mary, Massimo made that suggestion and I support that Martin Silva:The GNSO Recommendations are absolutly valid for the TMCH discussion Mary Wong:@Mathieu, thank you Mathieu Weill:There is a Comité Champagne Jon Nevett:they do Mathieu Weill:I think Massimo could provide that information Mathieu Weill:There are bodies in some, not all cases Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:The only way you have the right to submit champagne is if you can attest that you have a TM, right? Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:What is the list of people that can make that attestation? Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):a company selling napkins of a colour of the Champagne wine? Marie Pattullo:There certainly are for Cognac, Champagne & some others - not sure if all have one. Mathieu Weill:@Kristine : it will depend on the jurisdiction... Georges Nahitchevansky:Yes there are certifying bodies for various designations and they would be the ones that would be able to pursue Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:the TMCH doesn't care about jurisdiction really. For their purposes, they need a mark in some jurisdiction. George Kirikos:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.or g_wiki_Geographical-5Findications-5Fand-5Ftraditional-5Fspecialities-5Fin-5F the-5FEuropean-5FUnion&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5c M&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8J ufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=tApxDCQOtSpPL4mEHdDd6DC_wdgtlWo4TGtr5WvyVdg&e= Mathieu Weill:Yes, that's why the question is really interesting Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):I thought TMCH mostly care about the payment for the services :) Mary Wong:The question Deloitte was asked: "How many TMCH records include a TM+50 list; and how many are on this list on average? How many registrations were made for entries on the TM+50 list?" George Kirikos:So, is that roughly 1% of the TMCH recordals? (375 out of 30,000 ??) Paul Tattersfield:Are there any issues if two different companies submit the same wordmark - Say Apple for Apple Inc. & Apple Music Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:for the record, I think the information would be great if we can figure out how to get it. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Paul, what do you mean by issues? the TMCH doesn't apply substantive criteria. both would be allowed. Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):what happens when two companies registered same THEMARK in TMCH and one of them registers it? Paul Tattersfield:Can they both ocexist in the database without causing issues? Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Yes Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:The registry can apply additional criteria that may give one mark preference, but the TMCH is agnostic Paul Tattersfield:thanks Kristine Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:It's simply a db Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):so the first company recieves Claim notice, when both actually have the same rights? Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:yep Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:They can disregard it. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Funny story, if you register your mark in the TMCH and then you wait till GA to register your name, the brand owner gets their OWN claims notice. :) Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):TMCH got some glitches, no excuses, horrible service from IBM Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:agree J Scott George Kirikos:#13 is not for Deloitte to say either. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Q 13, also not for TMCH Griffin Barnett:Agree susan payne:yes, agree Paul Keating:Please read teh question #. I have a terrible connecdtion sorry George Kirikos:#14 now, Paul Keating. Paul Keating:thank you J. Scott Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG:Language Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG:Developing countries have a lot to do localisation of conetent - Especially in Language Mary Wong:@Kristine, I will look Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):actually if you try to read Russian text of TMCH ... your eyes will bleed George Kirikos:+1 Kristine. Is this a question about statistics by country of recordal? susan payne:yes we did. i think it';s captured in the education section to the extent they answered George Kirikos:i.e. # of recordals for USA, Canada, vs. developing countries....? Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:George, we were trying to determine access Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG:+1 Kristine Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):I mean https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.trademark-2Dclearing house.com_ru <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.trademark-2Dclearin ghouse.com_ru&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2d XAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgq QmEC-HNQ&s=gzm5LoBc4_Yg90HrKgGQIWf01EuZ-QAq036VFDfUXAc&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=gz m5LoBc4_Yg90HrKgGQIWf01EuZ-QAq036VFDfUXAc&e= George Kirikos:Right, Kristine....by knowing the stats, one can perhaps infer the level of access? (i.e. if only 1% are from Africa, etc.) Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:recordals might tell part of the story, but we want to know from which countries brand owners and their counsel were participating. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Yes, George. Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):so they failed the simple task to just properly translate a page George Kirikos:They do translate their website into multiple languages, which is a good first step for accessibility. George Kirikos:There is a list of agents at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.trademark-2Dclearing house.com_agents <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.trademark-2Dclearin ghouse.com_agents&d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=D Ra2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8Jufxxg SrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=7MbDVji8QCfgMrv4x4TZNPncyAZBgSyIbrlXWs7q60A&e> &d=DwIFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXh FzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=hF0Ri8hBVUSZQtgnSbypFboC8JufxxgSrgqQmEC-HNQ&s=7M bDVji8QCfgMrv4x4TZNPncyAZBgSyIbrlXWs7q60A&e= so one could figure it out. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:fortunately, we can probably check that ourselves.....sounds like the Ru page is poorly translated. Doesn't bode well for developing countries. Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):anyway, prices for TMCH might be quite high for developing countries (different price of business e.t.c) Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Good job with the self-help, George. I, for one, need to spend some time on the site. We want to ask questions having done some research. Paul Keating:J. Scott, Given your comment regarding the purpose, I found that Deloitte's responses were not very helpful in that the responses were general in nature whcih by their nature seem to preclude making any specific suggestions. Perhaps I am mistaken but that is my view. Paul Keating:Sorry but I have horrible connections (Ive tried all methods) Paul Keating:so I may have missed something Mary Wong:Deloitte also noted that outreach and education are not part of the TMCH scope either. Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):do they care who pays ... I am not so sure Terri Agnew:@Paul, if a dial out on the telephone is needed, please let me know Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Vaibhav, that may also tell part of the story. If people in developing countries used a TM agent, we'd still be missing part of it. susan payne:Vaibhav, the person who submits the mark into the TMCH is not the mark owner, generally susan payne:yes exactly J Scott Mary Wong:@J Scott, exactly Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:I think there are pieces that we can use to get what we need, but there won't be one definitive source. Vinzenz Heussler:#15 Griffin Barnett:I think we skipped Q15? George Kirikos:We're on #15. George Kirikos:Although, it's not really for Deloitte. Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Right, no Q for Deloitte on #15 or 16 Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):if TMCH database is not private - then there is a risk of another clearinghouse with lower prices:) Terri Agnew:The call for the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in all gTLDs PDP Working Group is scheduled for Wednesday, 22 February 2017 at 04:00 UTC for 60 minutes. George Kirikos:Tuesday night in North America. Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG::-) Maxim Alzoba (FAITID):bye all Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG:Thanks JScott & Everyone. Allways a Pleasure Griffin Barnett:Thanks all Steve Levy:Thanks aall Paul Tattersfield:thanks all bye Vinzenz Heussler:bye to everyone Kristine Dorrain - Amazon Registry Services:Or late for some. See you next week. Vaibhav Aggarwal, NCSG::-) Marie Pattullo:Thanks! George Kirikos:Bye folks. susan payne:thanks David McAuley (RySG):Thanks, bye all