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Re: [council] Amended Motion to Approve the Alternative Proposal recommended by the Special Trademark Issues Review Team


Chuck,

I will make this motion and request Council exception so that it can be 
considered in today's meeting.

Thanks,

Stéphane

Le 16 déc. 2009 à 23:11, Gomes, Chuck a écrit :

> After discussion with several people, in anticipation of possible action in 
> our Council meeting tomorrow, I made some changes to the previously 
> distributed and posted draft motion regarding the Alternative Proposal 
> recommended by the Special Trademark Issues Review Team.  To make it easy to 
> see the changes I made, I attached a redline version.  I also copied the 
> amended motion below.
>  
> Note that we still need someone to make this motion or another one and then 
> someone to second it.  Because the motion has not been formally made, there 
> does not appear to be a need to ask whether my proposed amendments are 
> friendly.  Clearly, anyone who makes a motion may rewrite it however they 
> like.  The purpose of providing a draft motion was to facilitate the process.
>  
> Glen - please post the amended motion in front of the original motion.
>  
> Chuck
>  
>  
>  
> Motion to Approve the Alternative Proposal recommended by the Special 
> Trademark Issues Review Team (Amended 16 Dec 09)
> Whereas, on 12 October 2009, the ICANN Board sent a letter
> (http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/beckstrom-to-gnso-council-12oct09-en.pdf
>  ) to the GNSO requesting its review of the policy implications of certain 
> trademark protection mechanisms proposed for the New gTLD Program;
> 
> Whereas, in response to the Board’s letter, on 28 October 2009 the GNSO 
> created the Special Trademarks Issues (STI) review team to analyze the 
> specific rights protection mechanisms that have been proposed for inclusion 
> into the Draft Applicant Guidebook;
> 
> Whereas, on 11 December 2009, the STI Review Team delivered its Report (link: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/) to the GNSO Council describing an alternative 
> proposal to address trademark concerns in the New gTLD Program that was 
> supported by a consensus of its members;
> 
> Whereas, the GNSO has reviewed the STI Report, and the minority reports 
> included therein, and desires to approve the alternative proposal recommended 
> by the STI review team;
> 
> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:
> 
> RESOLVED, that the GNSO appreciates the hard work and tremendous effort shown 
> by each member of the STI review team in developing the STI alternative 
> proposal on an expedited basis;
> 
> RESOLVED, that the GNSO hereby approves the overall package of  
> recommendations contained in the STI Report, and resolves that the STI 
> proposal to create a Trademark Clearinghouse and a Uniform Rapid Suspension 
> procedure as described in the STI Report is a more effective and 
> implementable solution than the Staff proposal described in the Draft 
> Applicant Guidebook Version 3 and its accompanying memoranda;
> 
> RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council directs Staff to forward the 
> recommendations to the Board in response to its 12 October 2009 letter 
> (http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/beckstrom-to-gnso-council-12oct09-en.pdf)
>  and acknowledges that the STI report will be posted as soon as possible for 
> a forty-five (45) day public comment period to allow the ICANN community to 
> comment on the STI recommendations prior to finalization of the model to be 
> included in the Draft Applicant Guidebook.
> 
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> <Motion regarding STI Review Team Recommendations - amended 16 Dec 09.doc>

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