Fwd: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members

Tue Oct 30 21:21:50 CET 2012

Hi Robin and everyone, 

Having been on the Council when the IOC/IFRC issue first surfaced, plus
participating on the DT that followed, and having tracked both the Issue
Reports relating to the IGN-INGO PDP (as well as seconding the motion
that eventually led to the Council's approving this PDP), I'm happy to
volunteer to be on the WG for this.  

Cheers 
Mary

Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
Two White Street
Concord, NH 03301
USA
Email: mary.wong at law.unh.edu
Phone: 1-603-513-5143
Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network
(SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584  

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[NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO
Protections Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members 

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From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org> 

Date: October 30, 2012 6:52:44 AM PDT 

To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org> 

Subject: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy
Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members 

http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm 
Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process
(PDP) Working Group Members
Date: 29 October 2012 Introduction 
At its meeting on 17 October 2012, the GNSO Council initiated a Policy
Development Process (PDP) on the Protection of Certain International
Organization Names in all GTLDs. (see 20121017-2 (
http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20121017-2 )). The GNSO Council
decided at this meeting that a group of volunteers should now be
convened to draft the charter for the IGO-INGO PDP Working Group, which
is to be approved by the GNSO Council.  Task of the Drafting Team 
The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing a charter for the PDP
Working Group on the Protection of Certain International Organization
Names in all GTLDs. The Charter should include, at a minimum, the
following elements as specified in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (
http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf
): Working Group identification; Mission, Purpose and Deliverables;
Formation, Staffing and Organization, and; Rules of Engagement. The
proposed charter will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its
consideration. Upon completion of the Charter by the Drafting Team, the
Working Group will then begin execution of the Charter.  Volunteers 
If you are interested to participate, please send an email to the GNSO
Secretariat ( mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org ). You will be
required to complete aStatement of Interest (
http://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs ) in order to
participate. It is proposed that the group meet each Wednesday at 18:00
UTC for two hours.  Background Information on the Issue 
The ICANN Board has requested policy advice from the GNSO Council and
the GAC on whether special protections should be afforded for the names
and acronyms of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement ("RCRC"), the
International Olympic Committee ("IOC") and/or International Government
Organizations ("IGOs").  
In September 2011, the GAC sent advice to the GNSO with a proposal for
granting second level protections based upon the protections afforded to
IOC/RCRC at the first level during the initial round of new gTLD
applications, and that such protections are permanent. As a result of
the GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO IOC/RCRC Drafting Team
was formed and created a set of recommendations for protecting the
IOC/RCRC names at the second level of the initial round new gTLDs,
including the initiation of an "expedited PDP" to determine appropriate
permanent protections for the RCRC and IOC names.  
The latest inquiry to examine the issue of protecting IGO names emerged
as a result of a request from the ICANN Board in response to letters
received from the OECD and other IGOs in December 2011. Specifically,
IGOs are seeking ICANN approval of protections at the top level that, at
a minimum, are similar to those afforded to the RCRC and IOC in the
Applicant Guidebook. In addition, IGOs are seeking a pre-emptive
mechanism to protect their names at the second level. On 11 March 2012,
the ICANN Board formally requested that the GNSO Council and the GAC
provide policy advice on the IGO's request.  
The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN Staff on 1 October 2012
(seehttp://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf)
and in this report a number of issues are outlined that will need
further consideration during the PDP.  
The GNSO Council approved the IGO-INGO PDP at its 17 October 2012
meeting.  Recommended Reading for Volunteers 
Final Issue Report on the Protection of IGO Names (
http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf
) 

GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines (
http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf
) 

Glen de Saint Géry 

GNSO Secretariat 

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org 

http://gnso.icann.org 

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