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Subject: [council] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development
Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All
gTLDs
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:03:23 +0000
From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
To: GNSO Council List ([log in to unmask]) <[log in to unmask]>
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-21-en
Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group
to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
In Brief
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks
volunteers for a new Working Group that will conduct a Policy
Development Process (PDP) to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms
(RPMs) in All Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The GNSO Council
approved the PDP Working Group's Charter
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-26feb16-en.pdf>[PDF, 510
KB] on 9 March 2016
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+March+2016>.
What This Team Will Do
1.*Conduct the PDP in two phases*
This PDP Working Group is being chartered to conduct a review of all
RPMs in all gTLDs in two phases as defined in the approved charter
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf>[PDF,
524 KB]: Phase One will focus on a review of all the RPMs that were
developed for the New gTLD Program (i.e. the Trademark Clearinghouse and
associated notification and sunrise mechanisms, the Uniform Rapid
Suspension procedure, and the Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution
Procedures), and Phase Two will focus on a review of the Uniform Dispute
Resolution Policy (UDRP).
At a minimum, in each Phase of this PDP, the Working Group will be
expected to first assess the effectiveness of the relevant RPM(s), for
which it should seek the input of experienced online dispute resolution
providers and other subject matter experts, as appropriate. The Working
Group is also expected to look at the interplay between and
complementary roles of each RPM in seeking to more fully understand
their overall functioning and effectiveness. Ultimately, the goal is for
the Working Group to consider the overarching issue as to whether or not
all the RPMs collectively fulfill the purposes for which they were
created, or whether additional policy recommendations are needed,
including to clarify and unify the policy goals.
In public comments to the UDRP Final Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/udrp/udrp-final-issue-report-03oct11-en.pdf>[PDF,
2.69 MB], the RPM Staff Paper
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/rpm-review-11sep15-en.pdf>[PDF
2.5 MB], and the Preliminary Issue Report
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rpm-prelim-issue-2015-10-09-en>for this
PDP, various community groups and participants had identified a number
of issues that they considered appropriate for review in a PDP. As such,
the Working Group is expected to consider these community suggestions,
which have been listed in the Working Group Charter, with further
modifications, additions and deletions to be determined by consensus of
the Working Group.
2.*Coordinate its work with other parallel efforts*
The Working Group will monitor the progress of and, where appropriate,
coordinate with, other ICANN groups that are working on topics that may
overlap with or otherwise provide useful input to this PDP. These other
efforts include the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice
Review Team, the Trademark Clearinghouse Independent Review and the
GNSO's PDP Working Group on New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures. In this
regard, the GNSO Council directed that a GNSO community liaison be
appointed by the two GNSO PDP Working Groups. Further, as the manager of
the policy development process, the GNSO Council is to be kept informed
about the various coordination efforts so that in case of conflict
between these groups, the Council may take the appropriate action to
align the different work processes.
At the conclusion of Phase One of its work, the Working Group is
expected to assess the need for modification to its Charter and, if
appropriate, submit a request to the GNSO Council accordingly for the
subsequent phase(s) of its work.
How This Team Will Work
ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of
this PDP Working Group will be recorded and transcribed, and the
recordings and transcriptions will be available to the public. The
mailing list for the Working Group will be archived publicly. The group
will collaborate using a public workspace for draft materials and all
final work products and milestones will be documented on the WG's wiki
<https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+Working+Group+Home>.
The PDP WG is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>[PDF,
350 KB] as well as the GNSO PDP Manual
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16feb16-en.pdf>[PDF, 300
KB].
How to participate
There are two ways to volunteer:
* *Individual Members*– anyone interested can volunteer to join the
PDP Working Group as a member, regardless of whether they are
members of the ICANN community. Members are expected to actively
contribute to mailing list conversations as well as meetings – it is
anticipated that the Working Group will at a minimum meet on a
weekly basis via teleconference. Members are expected to provide
essential input to the process. Members will be required to provide
a Statement of Interest (SOI
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>).
* *Mailing list observers*– for those who are merely interested in
monitoring the Working Group's deliberations, it is possible to sign
up as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access to the
mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted to post,
will not receive invitations to the meetings of the Working Group
and will not have to complete a Statement of Interest. At any point
in time, a mailing list observer can join the WG as a member simply
by informing the GNSO Secretariat
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through public
consultations and public comment processes that the PDP Working Group is
expected to organize.
How to Join
If you are interested in joining the Working Group either as an
individual participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the sign
up form <http://goo.gl/forms/sMAaNujZdB>or send the Word document
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58729953/Review%20of%20all%20Rights%20Protection%20Mechanisms%20in%20all%20gTLDs%20PDP%5B1%5D.docx?version=2&modificationDate=1458138472316&api=v2>[DOCX,
72 KB], filled in, to the GNSO Secretariat
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
All members and observers will be listed on the PDP Working Group's wiki
page.
/Next steps/
The GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated as
widely as possible in order to ensure broad representation and
participation in the Working Group. it is anticipated that the Working
Group will convene online for the first time in early April 2016.
Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance
with the Working Group's work plan, which it is expected to develop as
one of its first tasks.
/Further information and preparation/
For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are strongly
encouraged to review the following materials prior to the first meeting
of the PDP WG:
* The Final Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/rpm-final-issue-11jan16-en.pdf>[PDF,
1 MB]
* The approved charter
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-26feb16-en.pdf>[PDF,
510 KB]
* Materials available at the Working Group's online wiki workspace
<https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+Working+Group+Home>
/Background/
The question of who legally has rights to, or is the legitimate holder
of, a domain name can be open to dispute. In relation to domain name
disputes concerning the registration and use of legally protected
trademarks, the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en>is the longest
standing alternative dispute resolution procedure. As a result of the
New gTLD Program, several new rights protection mechanisms (RPMs) were
developed to mitigate potential risks and costs to trademark rights
holders that could arise in the expansion of the gTLD namespace, which
included certain safeguards to protect registrants who engage in
legitimate uses of domain names: the Uniform Rapid Suspension System
(URS) <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/urs-2014-01-09-en>; the
Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)
<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse>and the
associated availability through the TMCH of Sunrise periods and the
Trademark Claims notification service; and the Post-Delegation Dispute
Resolution Procedures (PDDRPs)
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/tm-pddrp-2013-10-31-en>. Prior to
the launch of the New gTLD Program, on 3 October 2011 ICANN staff had
published a Final Issue Report on the current state of the UDRP. The
recommended course of action in that UDRP Final Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/udrp/udrp-final-issue-report-03oct11-en.pdf>[PDF,
2.69 MB] was not to initiate a PDP at the time, but to hold off
launching any such PDP until after the new URS had been in operation for
at least eighteen (18) months. In addition, the September 2015 revised
RPM Staff Paper
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/rpm-review-11sep15-en.pdf>[PDF
2.5 MB] had explicitly noted that some of the concerns identified by the
community for consideration as part of a review of the RPMs might be
appropriate topics for policy development work. The UDRP has not been
subject to comprehensive review. There has also not been a full review
of all the RPMs developed to date by ICANN, to consider whether or not
they are collectively achieving the objectives for which they were created.
In preparation for this PDP, a new Preliminary Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/rpm-prelim-issue-09oct15-en.pdf>[PDF,
1.4 MB] was published for public comment
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rpm-prelim-issue-2015-10-09-en>on
9 October 2015. A Final Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/rpm-final-issue-11jan16-en.pdf>[PDF,
1.2 MB] was subsequently published on 7 October 2015, including links to
all public comments received, along with a draft charter for the PDP WG
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-26feb16-en.pdf>[PDF, 510
KB]. The final charter was approved by the GNSO Council on 9 March 2016
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+March+2016>,
enabling the formation of a GNSO working group of community volunteers
to conduct this PDP.
More information can be found on the activities webpage for GNSO PDP
Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rpm>and the Working
Group's online wiki workspace
<https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+Working+Group+Home>,
which includes the charter, community input provided during the public
comment period, and an extensive library of foundational materials to
inform the Working Group's deliberations.
As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, anyone interested in helping
to shape the review of all RPMs in all gTLDs are encouraged to volunteer
for this Working Group
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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