[EURO-Discuss] WG: [ALAC-Announce] At-Large Response to the IRT (Trademark Issues in gTLDs) Process Forming - Join the Effort!

[Wolf Ludwig]

Dear all,

as discussed at our yesterday's EURALO call, we are looking for volunteers/interested persons from EURALO to participate in the ALAC WG to discuss and prepare an At-Large Response to the IRT Process -- further details you can find below. If anybody feels him/herself familiar with the subject and formulating a consumer point of view, please give me a short note and subscribe to the At-Large new gTLD Working Group on the IRT Process.

Thanks and regards,
Wolf


At-Large Staff wrote Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:04:5
>Dear Community Members:
>
>Many of you have expressed an interest in being involved in the At-Large New
>gTLD working group as it focuses on the work of the Implementation
>Recommendation Team ("IRT") which is to draft a report for the Board by 24th
>April.  
>
>WHAT IS THE IRT?
>
>As provided by the Board resolution of 6 March 2009:
>
>³... based on the public comment submissions received regarding the New gTLD
>Draft Applicant Guidebook, ICANN Staff has determined that the
>implementation issues involving trademark protection need additional
>community input and analysis. These issues exist today within the existing
>gTLDs.
>
>Whereas, members of the community with knowledge and expertise in this area
>have proposed a way to synthesize the comments received in this area, and,
>with input from the broader community, including WIPO, propose solutions to
>the Staff on these issues in a timely manner.
>
>Whereas, the board recognizes that resolution of these issues would be
>beneficial to the introduction of new gTLDs, it is
>
>Therefore resolved (2009.03.06.06), that the Board requests the GNSO's
>Intellectual Property Constituency in consultation with staff to convene an
>Implementation Recommendation Team comprised of an internationally diverse
>group of persons with knowledge, expertise, and experience in the fields of
>trademark, consumer protection, or competition law, and the interplay of
>trademarks and the domain name system to develop and propose solutions to
>the overarching issue of trademark protection in connection with the
>introduction of new gTLDs. ³
>
>Further information (English only) may be found at:
>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-6-06mar09-en.htm.
>
>Anyone who wishes to participate in the At-Large new gTLD Working Group on
>the IRT Process is welcome to do so - please subscribe to the New GTLD
>Mailing list at this link:
>http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.
>org. NOTE: If you have previously sent an email to the staff, or in
>community mailing lists, you should still join the mailing list directly as
>all At-Large lists are self-service, you have not been subscribed by a
>third-party.
>
>A microsite for the At-Large working group on the IRT is being established
>at 
>https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?at_large_irt_process_working_gro
>up. Check back often as content will be added often.
>
>The IRT process itself is likely to be conducted in english-only. The
>At-Large community members participating in discussing the work of the IRT
>can be supported in English and Spanish, with respect to telephonic meeting
>interpretation, and to the extent possible document translation, so don't
>let language stand in your way of participating in this key policy
>development process. The Staff do not guarantee that all documents will be
>translated.
>
>For those of you who have asked how to directly participate in the work of
>the IRT, please note that the list of participants is now closed. There are
>volunteers from At-Large who responded before the deadline; the At-Large
>working group on the IRT will be closely connected to those individuals and
>they will be helping to ensure that At-Large¹s views are represented in the
>IRT¹s work.
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>
>Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms
>ICANN At-Large Staff
>email: staff at atlarge.icann.org
>
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>

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