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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07apr10-en.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07apr10-en.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Agreement Amendment Process and Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process</b></font></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">7 April 2010</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ICANN invites community participation in an open consultation on the Process for New gTLD Registry Agreement Amendments and the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process. This consultation was organized in response to a request from the Registry Stakeholder Group to discuss concerns they have raised in their stakeholder meetings and public comments fora on new gTLDs. This meeting is open to all interested participants and observers.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The consultation will be held on Tuesday, 13 April from 16:00 to 19:30 UTC (<a href="http://timeanddate.com/s/1pcg"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://timeanddate.com/s/1pcg</u></font></a>). A conference call bridge and Adobe Connect access will be available for this discussion and an MP3 will be posted on the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>new gTLD program web page</u></font></a> after the consultation. ICANN will facilitate this discussion from Marina del Rey, CA (limited space will be available to accommodate in-person participation).</font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 0.0px 143.0px 0.0px 143.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 412.0px; background-color: #d8d8d8; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px"><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Agenda</b></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" style="width: 76.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">16:00 - 17:45</font></p> </td> <td valign="middle" style="width: 323.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" style="width: 76.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">17:45 - 19:30</font></p> </td> <td valign="middle" style="width: 323.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8 #d8d8d8; padding: 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px 7.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">New gTLD Agreement Amendment Process</font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The reference materials for the consultation include the Process for New gTLD Registry Agreement Amendments viewable at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registry-agreement-amendment-process-15feb10-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registry-agreement-amendment-process-15feb10-en.pdf</u></font></a> [PDF, 127 KB] and the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure viewable at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-trademark-pddrp-clean-15feb10-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-trademark-pddrp-clean-15feb10-en.pdf</u></font></a> [PDF, 94 KB].</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">If you are interested in participating, please confirm at <a href="mailto:registry-liaison@icann.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>registry-liaison@icann.org</u></font></a> by 9 April 2010. Dial-in details will be made available upon confirmation and requests for in-person participation will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></p><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>