+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 > <http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php%0D> > Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network > (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 > >