<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear Kathi, This merits discussion certainly. The article indicates that the offer is already 'approved' by ICANN as a trial was conducted. What options do you see going forward?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Best wishes</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 at 22:59, Kathy Kleiman <kathy@dnrc.tech> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  

    
  
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dear All,</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Happy New
          Year!  I hope 2026 is a wonderful one for you, your families,
          and our NCSG.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I share the
          following news as something we should know about and discuss.</span></p>
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">GoDaddy
            to offer domain blocking to people who don’t have trademarks</span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">GoDaddy’s
          registry arm wants to offer registrants the ability to block
          others from registering their brands in other TLDs, even if
          they don’t own a registered trademark.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><<a href="https://domainincite.com/31454-godaddy-to-offer-domain-blocking-to-people-who-dont-have-trademarks" target="_blank">https://domainincite.com/31454-godaddy-to-offer-domain-blocking-to-people-who-dont-have-trademarks</a>></span></p>
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Best, Kathy</span></p>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>stay well, kind regards</div>Dorothy Gordon</div></div>