+1


Thanks. Keep the standard place for policy development clearly and 
strictly - and say so publicly, before others get confused.


Norbert Klein



On 10/6/2012 2:38 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
> The NTIA has sent another letter to ICANN about the new gTLD program, 
> mentioning the progress that has been made by ICANN to address 
> industry stakeholder concerns. The letter also refers to the ongoing 
> implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid 
> Suspension service, and calls on ICANN to develop additional trademark 
> protections going forward through the appropriate processes. As such, 
> I think it's important that we continue to emphasize that all the 
> various rights-protection mechanisms, including the long-standing 
> Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), are due to be reviewed by 
> the GNSO in 18 months' time (per a recent GNSO Council resolution). 
> That should be the forum, and the GNSO the primary venue, where these 
> developments are evaluated and possibly improved. This does not of 
> course rule out cross-community dialogue and working groups, but any 
> policy changes to the new gTLD program should either originate in or 
> at least be conducted through the GNSO, which bears the primary 
> responsibility for such policy making.
>
>
> The full letter can be accessed here: 
> _/http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/strickling-to-crocker-04oct12-en/_ 
>
>
>
> 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: [log in to unmask]
> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
> Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php 
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> Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network 
> (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584
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