Hi Kathy, I think it would make sense to have a confcall from NCSG, with the this review team. I think that any feedback should be reinforced by filling the online questionnaire too. Best, Rafik 2016-04-06 0:22 GMT+09:00 Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi All, > Wendy Seltzer and I had a meeting with the Trademark Clearinghouse > Independent Review Team (a fancy name for one person) in Marrakech and > raised issues of concern, including: > > - current over-expansion of the Trademark Clearinghouse (it is accepting > applications it should not), > - current abuse of the Trademark Notice process (it should never become > permanent or there will be a permanent "chilling effect" on registrants; > the compromise and balance was a "short-term Trademark Notice" -- never an > agreement for permanent), and > - never-ending pressure to extend the Trademark Clearinghouse and > Trademark Notice to "legacy gTLDs" of .com, .org, .net -- despite that > these mechanisms were specially created only for the New gTLDs and there is > no reason or rationale to extend them (and such an extension would come > with huge costs to speech and fair use). > > > > *But we also told him that others in NCSG might want to meet with him. Do > you have issues/concerns - should we meet with him together? Feel free to > write to me privately or publicly and we'll organize a group as needed... * > Best, > Kathy > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] FW: TMCH Independent Review Questionnaire Now > Available > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:59:40 +0000 > From: Maryam Bakoshi <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Maryam Bakoshi <[log in to unmask]> > <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Dear SO/AC leaders, > > > > To follow up on our previous message sent prior to ICANN 55, we wanted to > thank all those who reached out and met with the Trademark Clearinghouse > (TMCH) Independent Review Team to provide input on this study. > > > > We are continuing with outreach and stakeholder discussions, and as part > of this work, Analysis Group has developed a questionnaire to assess the > opinions of various groups that interact with either all or some of the > TMCH services. Given that feedback from interested stakeholders is > extremely valuable to this review, we would greatly appreciate your > assistance in helping us promote the TMCH questionnaire. Therefore, it > would be fantastic if you could share the following link ( > <http://www.analysisgroup.com/icann-trademark-clearinghouse> > http://www.analysisgroup.com/icann-trademark-clearinghouse/) via one or > more of your communication channels (website, blog, e-mail, bulletin board, > newsletter etc.) and encourage your members to complete the questionnaire. > > > > As noted previously, ICANN is conducting an independent review of the > TMCH, which was recommended by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in > 2011 (see > https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may11-en.pdf). > The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the TMCH in > combination with the areas that the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) > specified for review, which include: (1) handling of non-exact matches to > trademarks, (2) extension of the Trademark Claims notifications, and (3) > impacts of the Claims services on the commercial watch services market. > > > > This is intended as an informational study to support discussions on > related Right Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) activities, such as the work of > the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) > and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) review of all RPMs in > all gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP). > > > > Thank you again for taking the time to consider our request, and please > let us know if you have any questions that we can help address. > > > > Best regards, > > *Antonietta Mangiacotti* > > Research Assistant > > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > > <[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > Office: 310.578.8903 > > Mobile: 310.795.8543 > > >