<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '>Hello everybody,<br><br>In case you haven't seen this, ICANN ombudsman Chris LaHatte has just posted a notice of our Councilor Maria Farrell's complaint regarding the recent holding of closed (unrecorded) invitation-only meetings in Brussels and LA, convened by CEO Fadi Chehade, to discuss (ostensibly) the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) implementation/technical details, but which also discussed recent requests by the IP & Business Constituencies to reopen certain issues that some considered agreed policy, others implementation: <a href="https://omblog.icann.org/?p=827">https://omblog.icann.org/?p=827</a><br><br>As there was much interest and lively discussion on our list on this topic, I thought it might be useful for those who expressed views on the issue - especially those who agree that this type of meeting doesn't bode well for transparency, inclusiveness and equal multi-stakeholder participation - to weigh in by either emailing Chris or submitting comments on the blog.<br><br>I leave it to our elected officials to decide if a formal statement from either/both Constituencies and/or the SG as a whole would be appropriate.<br><br>Cheers<br>Mary<br><br/><div style='clear: both;'>Mary W S Wong<br>Professor of Law<br>Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP<br>Chair, Graduate IP Programs<br>UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<br>Two White Street<br>Concord, NH 03301<br>USA<br>Email: mary.wong@law.unh.edu<br>Phone: 1-603-513-5143<br>Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php<br>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 <br></div><br/></body></html>