[At-Large] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Trademark Clearinghouse Update: Implementation Material for Public Comment

[Hong Xue]

Thanks, Carlton, for forwarding us the announcement. New gTLD WG would
consider whether a comment is needed. The public comment period looks
very short though.

Hong


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Carlton Samuels
<carlton.samuels at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: ICANN News Alert <communications at icann.org>
> Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:09 PM
> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Trademark Clearinghouse Update: Implementation
> Material for Public Comment
> To: carlton.samuels at gmail.com
>
>
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>  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert
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> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-7-24sep12-en.htm
> ------------------------------
>  Trademark Clearinghouse Update: Implementation Material for Public Comment
>
> 24 September 2012
>
> The Trademark Clearinghouse is one of several important enhanced rights
> protection mechanisms that have been built into the New gTLD Program. The
> Clearinghouse will accept and authenticate rights information, and will
> support both trademark claims and sunrise services, required in all new
> gTLDs.
>
> Today, ICANN is publishing two explanatory memoranda related to the
> Trademark Clearinghouse for a 45-day public comment period:
>
>    1. Implementing the Proof of Use
> Verification<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/proof-of-use-24sep12-en.pdf>[PDF,
> 176 KB] – This memo describes the procedures to be used by the
>    Clearinghouse to verify proof of use associated with a trademark where
>    requested.
>    2. Implementing the Matching
> Rules<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/matching-rules-24sep12-en.pdf>[PDF,
> 194 KB] – This memo provides the detailed explanation of how a
>    "match" is determined between a trademark record and a domain name, for
>    purposes of the sunrise and claims processes.
>
>  The public comment period opened 24 September 2012 and will close on 7
> November 2012 at 23:59 UTC.
>
> To access the public comment forum see
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch-docs-24sep12-en.htm.
>
> In addition to the explanatory memoranda above, the current draft version
> of the Trademark Clearinghouse
> Requirements<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/draft-tmch-requirements-24sep12-en.pdf>[PDF,
> 1.285 MB] is available for review. This Requirements
> document<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/draft-tmch-requirements-24sep12-en.pdf>[PDF,
> 1.285 MB] details the responsibilities of the Trademark Clearinghouse
> provider, expanding upon the Clearinghouse Request for Information (RFI) to
> define the specific requirements of the Clearinghouse at a detailed level.
> It is informed by the gTLD Applicant
> Guidebook<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb>,
> as well as inputs from the Implementation Assistance Group
> (IAG)<https://community.icann.org/display/cctrdmrkclrnghsiag/Home>and
> other community discussions.
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Beijing Normal University
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