[council] Input Request:Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs and INGOs to the Curative Rights Protections of the UDRP and URS

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10mar14-en.htm
Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs and INGOs to the Curative Rights 
Protections of the UDRP and URS
Comment / Reply Periods (*)
Comment Open Date: 10 March 2014
Comment Close Date: 14 April 2014 - 23:59 UTC
Reply Open Date: 15 April 2014
Reply Close Date: 6 May 2014 - 23:59 UTC
Important Information Links
Public Comment 
Announcement<https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10mar14-en.htm>
To Submit Your Comments 
(Forum)<mailto:comments-igo-ingo-crp-prelim-10mar14@xxxxxxxxx>
View Comments 
Submitted<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-igo-ingo-crp-prelim-10mar14/>
Brief Overview
Originating Organization: GNSO
Categories/Tags:

 *   Contracted Party Agreements
 *   Policy Processes
Purpose (Brief):

To obtain community input on the Preliminary Issue Report requested by the GNSO 
Council concerning possible amendments to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy 
and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure, to enable access to them by protected 
International Governmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental 
Organizations.
Current Status:

The GNSO Council unanimously approved the IGO-INGO PDP Working Group's 
consensus recommendations on 20 November 2013, as contained in the WG's Final 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> [PDF, 645 
KB]. One of these recommendations was for an Issue Report on amending the 
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to 
enable their use by protected IGOs and INGOs. As required by the ICANN Bylaws, 
public notice is hereby provided of the publication of the requested 
Preliminary Issue 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-crp-prelim-10mar14-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 288 KB] and of the opportunity to comment on it.
Next Steps:

ICANN Staff will prepare a summary of the public comments received that will be 
submitted to the GNSO Council along with the Final Issue Report. The GNSO 
Council will then vote on whether or not to initiate.
Staff Contact:
Mary Wong
Email Staff 
Contact<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Preliminary%20Issue%20Report%20on%20Access%20by%20IGOs%20and%20INGOs%20to%20the%20Curative%20Rights%20Protections%20of%20the%20UDRP%20and%20URS%20public%20comment%20period>
Detailed Information
Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) unanimously approved at its 
meeting on 20 November 2013 the consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP 
Working Group, which are now pending Board action. The detailed recommendations 
can be found in the Final 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> [PDF, 644 
KB], with a summary provided within the GNSO Council 
motion<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2>. One of the 
recommendations adopted was for the GNSO Council to request an Issue Report, 
preceding a possible Policy Development Process (PDP), to examine International 
Governmental Organization (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organization 
(INGO) access to curative rights protection mechanisms such as the Uniform 
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure (URS).
Section II: Background:

For a detailed background and history of the issue on whether to protect 
certain IGO and INGO identifiers prior to the initiation of the IGO-INGO PDP, 
please see the Final GNSO Issue 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 675 KB] on the Protection of International Organization Names in New 
gTLDs. The IGO-INGO PDP Working Group (WG) was formed on 31 October 2012 and 
the WG Charter approved by the GNSO Council on 15 November 2012.  On 10 
November 2013 the WG published its Final 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> [PDF, 644 
KB] and sent it to the GNSO Council, incorporating feedback received in 
response to its draft Final Report.  The WG's Final Report includes 
supplemental documentation in the form of Minority Statements from various WG 
members and their respective constituencies, including IGOs and INGOs who may 
be affected by the recommendations under consideration.

The WG's consensus recommendations were unanimously 
approved<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2> by the GNSO 
Council on 20 November 2013 and sent to the ICANN Board for its consideration. 
One of the recommendations adopted was for the GNSO Council to request an Issue 
Report, preceding a possible PDP, to examine possible amendments to the UDRP 
and URS to enable access by protected IGOs and INGOs to these curative rights 
protection mechanisms. ICANN staff has prepared the requested Preliminary Issue 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-crp-prelim-10mar14-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 288 KB] and is posting it for public comment prior to preparing the Final 
Issue Report for the GNSO Council's consideration and vote.
Section III: Document and Resource Links:

 *   Final Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All 
gTLDs<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> [PDF, 645 
KB]
    *   Supplement A - Minority 
Positions<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-minority-positions-10nov13-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 216 KB]
    *   Supplement B - WG Consensus Call 
Tool<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-consensus-call-13nov13-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 203 KB]
    *   Supplement C - Public Comment Review 
Tool<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-public-comment-review-08nov13-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 385 KB]
    *   Supplement D - Red Cross Red Crescent Societies Identifier 
List<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-rcrc-scope-names-10nov13-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 616 KB]
 *   GNSO Council Report to the ICANN 
Board<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/council-board-igo-ingo-21jan14-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 705 KB]
Section IV: Additional Information:

N/A

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(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to 
be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making 
that takes place once this period lapses.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org