[ALAC] Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work ontrademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs

Tue Mar 17 18:37:44 EDT 2009

Happy to join the group and share Traditional Rights issues and knowledge.

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Langdon-Orr
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Subject: [ALAC] Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work
ontrademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs

Building on the energy and enthusiasm that I trust those of you who were
involved in the Mexico Meeting and At-Large Users Summit, still have I want,
as Chair of the ALAC, to bring to the attention of At-Large and particularly
the leadership of the RALO's and ALS's  am matter  arising from the Mexico
ICANN meeting regarding tho formation and work of the IRT and indeed both
the ALAC's and At-Larges input into its activities...

Firstly I have included in the body of this message a copy in full, of a
formal request from the President of the GNSO's Intellectual Property
Constituency, Mr. Steve Metalitz, requesting  ALAC specific input into this
process in a very short time frame (we will add this to the Agenda for our
March 24th ALAC Meeting) and pointing out the opportunity for individual
(here I encourage  also ALSes and RALO's to also respond directly)
submissions to be provided directly to
*ip-issues at icann.org*<ip-issues at icann.org>
.

Secondly  two suitably qualified ALAC Members (in their individual capacity)
have offered themselves to the IRT as Members  these are  Mr. Beau Brendler,
and Ms. Vanda Scartezini,  I would like at the ALAC Meeting to endorse these
two IRT Members as formal representatives of the ALAC to this WG, and
encourage discussion in the ALAC Working List regarding this matter prior to
our discussion of this as an Agenda item at te March meeting as well...

Related to this however is my desire to involve suitably qualified and
experienced representatives from At-Large and the ALSes into an Ad Hoc ALAC
WG (to operate as a subset of the existing new gTLD WG  already established
to give support and ensure that a balanced regional view on this important
topic is provided (to include for example the matters of Traditional Rights
that I heard discussed in the new gTLDs WG at the Summit meeting...  I know
we have plenty of talent  ( all be it time poor talent)  in this area of
expertise so I want to encourage any one who can contribute over the next
few days / weeks on this topic to join the Wiki Work space we will set up
for the purpose, by sending your name and details to
staff at atlarge.icann.orgas soon as possible this will help spread the
workload AND ensure a good
opportunity for input from "the edges" ... To this end I encourage the RALO
leadership in each Region to actively, source, approach and encourage people
you know of to step up and assist.

I will ask staff to also send out an Announce email once the WIKI Work space
is set up...

CLO

<email message from IPC>

Dear Cheryl:

During its March 6 meeting in Mexico City, the ICANN Board of Directors
passed a resolution calling for the creation of an implementation
recommendation team to "develop and propose solutions to the overarching
issues of trademark protection in connection with the introduction of new
gTLDs." That resolution directs the implementation recommendation team to
"solicit input from the interested constituencies." (The full text of the
resolution is accessible at*
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm*<http://www.icann.or
g/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm>
.)

The Board requested the GNSO's Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) to
convene an implementation recommendation team (IRT). Although the IPC is
still developing the time line for the IRT's work and the criteria for
membership on the IRT, the IPC wishes to begin soliciting input from the
constituencies. Accordingly, we write to request that input from the
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC).

In particular, we seek the ALAC's proposals for solutions (new or existing)
to trademark protection issues that have been identified in connection with
the introduction of new gTLDs, concerns about such solutions, and any other
pertinent information your ALAC believes the IRT should have as it begins
its work. We encourage you to be as specific as possible. With regard to
solutions, it is particularly important that solutions be scalable and
fair.  Finally, with the exception of identifying support for and/or
identifying concerns with specific measures, it is not necessary to submit
proposals about solutions that were set forth in public comments on the
first draft of the Draft Applicant Guidebook; an IPC team is already hard at
work identifying them. Those proposals can be seen by reviewing the public
comments sections at <*
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources*<http://w
ww.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources>>,
and many of them are in short form in section IX of the comment analysis at
<*
http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments-1
8feb09-en.pdf
*<http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments
-18feb09-en.pdf>
>.

Given the timetable set forth in the Board's resolution, we request your
input not later than March 25, 2009. If it is not possible under the
internal processes of ALAC to develop and approve any formal submission in
the requested time frame, individual submissions from ALAC members are
permitted.  Your ALAC comments will have significant impact on the quality
of the proposal and the speed that it will adopted, so please carefully
consider your input, make it as complete as possible and try to respect the
objectives of trying to protect consumers from harm while creating a fair
and scalable solution.

Please direct all submissions to *ip-issues at icann.org* <ip-issues at icann.org>
.

Thank you!

Steve Metalitz, IPC president

--
Cheryl Langdon-Orr
(CLO)
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