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Dear All, We have reserved the Astor Room on the 36th Floor
for a face to face meeting of the STI Review Team on Thursday, October 29th
from 5-6:30 pm. As a reminder, each of the Stakeholder
Groups should identify their representatives to the Review Team in accordance
with the proposed motion that will be voted upon at the GNSO Council meeting on
Wednesday. For your information, the proposed motion is below. Best regards, Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN WHEREAS, the ICANN Board has requested that the GNSO
evaluate certain ICANN staff implementation proposals for the protection of
trademarks in new gTLDs based in part on the recommendations from the IRT,
public comments, and additional analysis undertaken by ICANN Staff, as
described in the letter dated 12 October 2009 <<Letter from Rod Beckstrom & Peter Dengate Thrush
to GNSO Council>>. WHEREAS, the ICANN Board letter
requests the GNSO’s view by December 14, 2009 on whether certain rights
protection mechanisms for second level strings recommended by ICANN Staff based
on public input are consistent with the GNSO’s proposed policy on the
introduction of new gTLDs, and are the appropriate and effective options for
achieving the GNSO’s stated principles and objectives; WHEREAS, the GNSO has reviewed the ICANN Board letter and
desires to approve the procedures for conducting such evaluation; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the GNSO adopts the
following process to conduct the evaluation requested by the Board: 1.
A GNSO Review Team will be comprised of representatives designated as
follows: the Registrar and Registry Stakeholder Groups with two (2)
representatives each, the Commercial Stakeholder Groups and the
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Groups with four (4) representatives each, and
At-Large with two (2) representatives and one representative from the
Nominating Committee Appointees(1); 2.
Each of the Stakeholder Groups will solicit from their
members their initial position statements on the questions and issues raised by
the ICANN Board letter and the ICANN Staff proposed models for the
implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension
model, and will deliver their initial position statements on November 4, and
with final position statements to be delivered by November 6, 2009; 3.
Such position statements will be summarized by ICANN
Staff and distributed to the GNSO Review Team to evaluate whether a consensus
can be reached on the ICANN Staff implementation models or other proposals for
the protection of trademarks in the New gTLD Program; and The GNSO Review Team will conduct its analysis, identify
those areas where consensus has already been reached, an seek to develop
consensus on those issues for which consensus could not be determined. The GNSO
Review Team will provide a final report to the GNSO on or before the GNSO
council’s meeting in late November, 2009. |