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    Hi All,<br>
    For those of us with an eye and interest in the ongoing quest for
    rights protection mechanisms in and using ICANN, here's a new
    proposal to review...<br>
    Best,<br>
    Kathy<br>
    <br>
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            <td>ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment Invited: Implementing
              Rights Protection Mechanisms in the Name Collision
              Mitigation Framework<br>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:09:05 -0400</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>ICANN News Alert <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:communications@icann.org"><communications@icann.org></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Reply-To:
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:communications@icann.org">communications@icann.org</a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com"><kathy@kathykleiman.com></a></td>
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          <h2>News Alert</h2>
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              href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-5-2014-08-25-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-5-2014-08-25-en</a></p>
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          <h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Public Comment
            Invited: Implementing Rights Protection Mechanisms in the
            Name Collision Mitigation Framework</h2>
          <p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">25 August 2014</p>
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                <td class="light"><strong>Forum Announcement:</strong></td>
                <td>Comment Period Opens on</td>
                <td class="light"><strong>Date:</strong></td>
                <td>25 August 2014</td>
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                <td class="light"><strong>Categories/Tags:</strong></td>
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                    <li>Top-Level Domains</li>
                    <li>Second-Level Domains</li>
                    <li>Contracted Party Agreements</li>
                    <li>Intellectual Property</li>
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                <td class="light"><strong>Purpose (Brief):</strong></td>
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                  <p>ICANN is posting for public comment a <a
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href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-rpm-25aug14-en.pdf">paper</a>
                    [PDF, 114 KB] discussing various alternatives to
                    providing Rights Protection Mechanisms for second
                    level domain names once they are released for
                    allocation. Consistent with the <a
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href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-framework-30jul14-en.pdf">Name
                      Collision Occurrence Management Framework</a>
                    [PDF, 926 KB] approved on 30 July 2014, the Board
                    New gTLD Program Committee directed staff to provide
                    each registry operator a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/name-collision-assessment-04aug14-en.htm">Name
                      Collision Occurrence Assessment</a> ("Name
                    Collision Assessment"), issued on 4 August 2014.</p>
                  <p>Per the Name Collision Occurrence Assessment, for
                    names included on the SLD Block List of the
                    registry's Alternate Path to Delegation Report and
                    recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse that the
                    registry withheld from allocation during its Sunrise
                    Period or Claims Period, the registry must continue
                    to withhold these names from allocation while ICANN
                    consults with the community. This paper examines
                    operational and other considerations for several
                    possible approaches regarding the appropriate Rights
                    Protection Mechanisms for release of SLD Block List
                    names.</p>
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