RE: [council] MOTION TO RECOMMEND PROTECTIONS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF NEW GTLDS FOR CERTAIN RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT (RCRC) AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) NAMES

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Volker,

Please note that the recommendations are for temporary reservations pending the 
outcome of the PDP.  You may be correct in your ultimate conclusion and that 
may be the way the PDP comes out.  But out of practicality, if the PDP comes 
out the other way (that the names should be protected), then the only way to 
realistically implement that would be if the names were reserved in the first 
place.  It would be impossible to take back the names once they are registered 
by third parties.  Therefore, the Drafting Team believes that the names should 
be reserved initially until the PDP is completed.  Worst case scenario if we 
adopt this measure is that the PDP comes out that the names should not be 
protected and then we allow for the release of the names at that time.  If we 
took your approach and the names should have been protected (assuming the PDP 
comes out that way), we are stuck.

I hope this helps explain the Drafting Team position without in any way 
downplaying your opposition to the ultimate reservation.

Thanks.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs


From: Volker Greimann [mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:49 AM
To: Neuman, Jeff; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] MOTION TO RECOMMEND PROTECTIONS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF 
NEW GTLDS FOR CERTAIN RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT (RCRC) AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC 
COMMITTEE (IOC) NAMES

Dear Jeff, dear fellow councillors,

not trying to ruffle any feathers here, especially at this late stage, but I 
have strong objections to the concept of implementing blanket mandatory 
restrictions to the legitimate rights of potential domain owners to apply for 
certain strings on the second level based solely on the lobbying power of the 
IOC and the Red Cross/Red Crescent. The proposed reserving of the listed terms 
effectively removes the ability of other potential rights holders in these 
strings to apply for their trademarks or other name rights in the sunrise phase 
of any newly launched gTLD, especially since the TMCH warning process would 
provide the protected entities and the applicant with ample warning of the 
potential conflict during the launch. Only once the minimum duration of the 
TMCH protection in newly launched TLDs expires does further protection become 
necessary.

A quick search shows numerous such potential applicants for the string 
"Olympic" alone: restaurants, an airline, a paint company, a travel agency, 
hotels, a college, a dairy company and many more, none of which infringe upon 
the legally protected rights of the above organizations by use of the string 
"olympic". The blanket restriction therefore seems as an overreach, especially 
since effective protection mechanisms are already implemented during the launch.

A more differentiated approach therefore seems appropriate, such as a 
requirement for new gTLD registries to add the affected strings to the reserved 
list only after the TMCH is no longer effective for the TLD, or allowing 
Sunrise applications despite the restriction.

While I understand and agree with the need to implement some form of 
protections for the above organizations, such protections should not infringe 
on third party rights to apply for the registration of domain names that match 
their legal rights in an undue manner.

Best,

Volker Greimann




All,

On behalf of the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team, I am pleased to present the following 
motion which was supported by the Drafting Team.  For the record, I will note 
that the recommendations were not supported by the Non-Commercial Stakeholder 
Group and Thomas Rickert, but were supported by the Registries Stakeholder 
Group, the, Intellectual Property Constituency, Business Constituency and ISP 
Constituency, the representative from the ALAC, and those representatives from 
the International Olympic Committee and the Red Cross/Red Crescent.  The 
Registrars Stakeholder group did not participate on the Drafting Team.

Thanks.
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MOTION TO RECOMMEND PROTECTIONS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF NEW GTLDS FOR CERTAIN RED 
CROSS/RED CRESCENT (RCRC) AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) NAMES

Made by: Jeff Neuman
Seconded by:

WHEREAS:

The Board Resolution 2011.06.20.01, authorized "the President and CEO to 
implement the new gTLD program which includes . . . incorporation of text 
concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the 
top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC 
develop policy advice based on the global public interest, . . ." 
(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm)

The IOC/RC Drafting Team established [Date] by the GNSO Council has considered 
a number of different options with respect to protections of both the IOC and 
the RCRC terms in response to the GAC proposal to provide permanent protection 
for such terms including at the second level in new gTLDS;

The solution proposed by the IOC/RC Drafting Team, to initiate a PDP and to 
provide temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names, was posted for 
public comment on 28 September 2012 and closed on 9 November 2012;

The GNSO has now [Date] initiated a policy development process (PDP) to 
evaluate possible protections for certain international organization names in 
all gTLDs, including, specifically, whether to recommend policies to protect 
IOC/RCRC names; and

Therefore, the IOC/RC Drafting Team recommends that the GNSO Council recommend 
to the Board that it adopt the second recommendation of the IOC/RC Drafting 
Team, providing for temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names,  
prior to the delegation of the first round of new gTLDs.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

That the GNSO Council adopts the IOC/RC Drafting Team's recommendation to 
temporarily reserve the exact match of IOC and RCRC second level domain names 
listed in Section 2.2.1.2.3 of the Applicant Guidebook and per the GAC 
recommendation of 14 September 2011pending the outcome of the recently launched 
policy development process involving International Governmental and 
Non-governmental Organizations.

That the GNSO Council thanks the members of the IOC/RC Drafting Team for their 
efforts in producing these recommendations, and hereby disbands the IOC/RC 
Drafting Team; and

That the Chair of the GNSO Council is authorized to forward these 
recommendations to the ICANN Board.


Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs
46000 Center Oak Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166
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