[council] Fwd: Briefing Document: Second-Level Protections in New gTLDs
<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors,<div><br></div><div>This just in...</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Stéphane Van Gelder<br>Directeur Général / General manager<br>INDOM Group NBT France</div><div>----------------<br>Head of Domain Operations</div></div><div>Group NBT</div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx";>kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Briefing Document: Second-Level Protections in New gTLDs</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">5 juin 2012 01:30:16 HAEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>À : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Stéphane Van Gelder <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx";>stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Heather Dryden <<a href="mailto:heather.dryden@xxxxxxxx";>heather.dryden@xxxxxxxx</a>>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@xxxxxxx";>ocl@xxxxxxx</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@xxxxxxxxx";>david.olive@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Brian Peck <<a href="mailto:brian.peck@xxxxxxxxx";>brian.peck@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Liz Gasster <<a href="mailto:liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx";>liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx";>marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Jamie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:jamie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx";>jamie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Heidi Ullrich <<a href="mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@xxxxxxxxx";>Heidi.Ullrich@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Matt Ashtiani <<a href="mailto:matt.ashtiani@xxxxxxxxx";>matt.ashtiani@xxxxxxxxx</a>>, Amy Stathos <<a href="mailto:amy.stathos@xxxxxxxxx";>amy.stathos@xxxxxxxxx</a>><br></span></div><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Stephane:</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal">With the closing of the application period for, and the pending delegation of new gTLDs, the ICANN community is encouraged to continue to consider the perceived need for defensive registrations at the second level, and whether additional protections for established legal rights at the second level should be developed and implemented.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">In its 12 April 2012 resolution regarding defensive applications (top-level protections) , the New gTLD Committee ofthe Board acknowledged that the sense of the public discussion on this issue through the public comment forum and the public workshop at the Costa Rica Meeting “indicated that trademark protections should continue to be discussed and developed for the registration of second-level domain names.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> As required by </span>the Board’s resolution, ICANN staff members have drafted a briefing paper on this topic.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The paper suggests that the GNSO Council consider utilizing one of its available processes such as requesting an Issue Report or conducting a policy discussion to address the issue whether additional work on defensive registrations at the second level should be undertaken.</div><div class="MsoNormal">We welcome comments on this paper. Please send me any comment or questions you might have.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Best regards</div><div class="MsoNormal">Kurt Pritz<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><div>ICANN</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>cc:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>GAC – Heather Dryden</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ALAC - Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><!--EndFragment--></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></span></div> </blockquote></div></div></body></html> Attachment:
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