As we are many months away from considering the URS I hope we don't get too into the weeds on this. Doug's article alerted me to the decision and I thought it was significant enough to alert this WG to it. I presume that Reg's statement that the case indicated that the URS was "working" was based on the fact that Ashley Furniture obtained the suspension of 474 domains through a single filing (and she has just further posted in confirmation of that presumption). WG members who believe that this conclusion is not justified apparently believe that RPMs should have more deterrent effect to prevent infringing registrations in the first place. Deterrence is more difficult to achieve when there is little to no cost to the cybersquatter for the original registrations, which was likely the situation in this case. New gTLD pricing is within the jurisdiction of the Subsequent Procedures WG rather than this one, although we are probably free to comment upon its interrelationship with infringing behavior. As co-chair, I shall reserve judgment at this time for how the term "working" should be defined in the context of RPMs. BTW -- Happy New Year! Let's make it a productive one. Best to all, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey -----Original Message----- From: gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 1:28 PM To: disenberg@gigalawfirm.com Cc: gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History Agreed. How does one large URS filling indicate that the RPMs are working? Best Regards, Marc H.Trachtenberg Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP 77 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Office (312) 456-1020 Mobile (773) 677-3305 On Jan 3, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Doug Isenberg <disenberg@gigalawfirm.com<mailto:disenberg@gigalawfirm.com>> wrote: As the author of the blog post that Phil shared, I disagree with Reg's conclusion below (and am quite unsure how that conclusion was reached). This URS case is interesting because its size makes it unusual (and, indeed, unprecedented). It is not indicative of any trend about RPMs in general or the URS in particular. If anything, it is a reminder that there are many domain name registrants - even in the new gTLDs - who continue to engage in cybersquatting on a large-scale, despite the RPMs such as the URS. Sincerely yours, Douglas M. Isenberg Attorney at Law <image001.png><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gigalaw.com_&d=DgMFA...> "When your brand is on the line, The GigaLaw Firm protects your brand online." Learn more: www.GigaLaw.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gigalaw.com_&d=DgMFA...> From: gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Reg Levy Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:56 PM To: Philip S. Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Cc: gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History Which seems to indicate that the current RPMs are working. Reg Levy VP Compliance + Policy | Minds + Machines Group Limited C: +1-310-963-7135 S: RegLevy2 Current UTC offset: -8 On 3 Jan 2017, at 09:34, Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> wrote: FYI, on December 21, 2016 NAF suspended 474 DN variants of Ashley Furniture in a single URS filing. For more background see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.circleid.com_posts_2... <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.circleid.com_posts_2...> and https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.adrforum.com_domaind... <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.adrforum.com_domaind...> Best regards, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ No virus found in this message. 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