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<DIV>Hello everyone,</DIV>

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<DIV>The NCSG Policy Committee agreed that, in view of the passage of the motion which adopted the IOC-RC Drafting Team's recommendations for first-round protections for the IOC and RC, the GNSO should consider additional protections - including any that might apply to other international governmental organizations (IGOs) who have requested similar protections - through a full Policy Development Process (PDP) rather than through an ad-hoc drafting team.</DIV>

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<DIV>Accordingly, we proposed a motion that will be discussed at the upcoming GNSO Council meeting next week on Thursday 12 April. Coincidentally, a similar (but not identical) motion was also proposed by Thomas Rickert, the Nominating Committee appointee to the Contracted Parties' House. Both motions can be viewed at <A href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+12+April+2012">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+12+April+2012</A>.</DIV>

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<DIV>Between now and the Council meeting, we'll be discussing with Thomas ways to combine both motions so that the Council need only vote on one unified motion. Early indications are that the concept is acceptable to some of the other Council members, so I'm hopeful that if we can successfully fuse both motions, there is a fair chance of its passage.</DIV>

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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>

<DIV>Mary</DIV>

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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Mary W S Wong</FONT></STRONG></DIV>

<DIV><EM>Professor of Law</EM></DIV>

<DIV><EM>Chair, Graduate IP Programs</EM></DIV>

<DIV><EM>Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP</EM></DIV>

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<ADDRESS>Phone: 1-603-513-5143</ADDRESS>

<ADDRESS>Webpage: <A href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</A></ADDRESS>

<ADDRESS>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <A href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</A></ADDRESS></BODY></HTML>