[Gnso-rpm-sunrise] [Discussion Thread] Sunrise Q6

Mon May 13 12:59:12 UTC 2019

Hello fellow Sunrise sub team members and staff,

I am submitting this entry to the thread on Sunrise Agreed Charter Question 6 in my personal capacity, not in my sub-team co-chair capacity.

Here are the Charter Question 6 questions, as per Ariel’s thread email below:

Q6(a) What are Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policies (SDRPs), and are any changes needed?

Q6(b) Are SDRPs serving the purpose(s) for which they were created?

Q6(c) If not, should they be better publicized, better used or changed?

My suggested answers:

I suggest we answer the questions in this manner, and invite comment here on the thread:

Suggested answer to Q6(a):

As to the ‘what are SDRPs’ part of the question, I don’t see any usefulness in us trying to answer other than by referring to existing documents – e.g. to the Applicant Guidebook, Module 5, Trademark Clearinghouse<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/trademark-clearinghouse-04jun12-en.pdf>, Section 6 (Mandatory Rights Protections Mechanisms), with SDRP as part of the Sunrise registration process (at 6.2.2 and at 6.2.4).

As to the ‘are any changes needed’ part of the question, it depends on how we wrap this issue up after our discussions.

We have several proposals:

First, we have proposal #2<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%232.pdf?api=v2> from George Kirikos which says, in part:

If the sunrise procedures are retained (a separate proposal calls for its elimination), then all details of any trademark relied upon to secure a sunrise registration shall be made public, in order to permit utilization of the SDRP. Details should include all information provided to the TMCH (e.g. country, registration number, TM registration date, TM owner, goods and services, etc.). Without limiting an implementation review team, such publication might be implemented by making it public at the source (the TMCH) or via the WHOIS (which had been done in the past).

Second, we have a related ‘operational fix’ proposal related to George’s from Kathy Kleiman in her email<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-sunrise/2019-May/000288.html> of May 8th. It says, in part:

Accordingly, a surgical change seems warranted. Allow a party associated with a business, organization or individual having the same or similar name to the domain name registered during the Sunrise Period [or an association or organization representing its members or affiliates which include that business, organization or individual with the same or similar name], or someone with strong proof of inaccuracy during Sunrise registrations, to bring to the Trademark Clearinghouse a request for data of a single, specific mark.

Third, we have proposal #4<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%234.pdf?api=v2> from George which says, in part:

If the sunrise procedure is retained (a separate proposal calls for its elimination), then the Uniregistry "Substantive Ineligibility" clause be included as a minimum standard for SDRP disputes, as per clause 2.1.2. of: https://www.uniregistry.link/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SEPRP.pdf

And fourth, we have a proposal that Jeff Neuman forwarded to the RPM group in his role as a co-chair of the Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs PDP. This proposal is an attachment to this email<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-gtld-subsequent-procedures-initial-03jul18/2018q3/000058.html> comment from Google Registry that the Sub-Pro leadership has turned over to the RPM PDP. In part it says:

Suggestion to adjust the terms of the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Mechanism: We believe that the rights protection mechanisms designed for the 2012 round have generally struck the right balance. However, we encountered minor issues related to the inability to consider “dot-span trademarks” in applying the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Process (SDRP).3 We would recommend that ICANN adjust the terms of the SDRP such that a registry could treat dot-span trademarks as exact-matches when making SDPR determinations. The Working Group could also explore extending Sunrise and Claims services to domains that are exact matches of dot-span trademarks registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse.4 This recommendation would not otherwise affect the requirement that Sunrise participants demonstrate use of the underlying trademark in commerce, nor the ability of registries to reserve names or designate them as premium.

3.  We use the term dot-span trademarks to refer to instances where the entire domain name, including the TLD, is an exact match of a registered trademark.

4. For instance, for a TMCH entry for WALMART the brand owner would be permitted to register both walm.art and walmart.art during the Sunrise period for .art, and would receive claims notifications for either registration.

My opinion is that we have not heard the ‘wide support’ needed for sending these along as sub-team recommendations. Does anything think otherwise – or want to endeavor again on list to establish wide support? Is there promise for such support in the ‘operational fix’?

Is there a desire to revisit the ‘span the dot’ issue that Claudio raised in light of the Google Registry comment?

Suggested answer to Q6(c):

So far, in my opinion, an answer would not be required based on the suggestion about Q6(b).

For now, best regards,

David

David McAuley

Sr International Policy & Business Development Manager

Verisign Inc.

703-948-4154

From: Gnso-rpm-sunrise <gnso-rpm-sunrise-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of Ariel Liang
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2019 10:49 AM
To: gnso-rpm-sunrise at icann.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Gnso-rpm-sunrise] [Discussion Thread] Sunrise Q6

Dear Sunrise Sub Team members,

As announced, this thread is being opened for final mailing list discussions related to Sunrise Agreed Charter Question 6, including Proposals #2 and #4.

We ask that you review the Summary Table (as of 16 April 2019) and provide any additional input you may have to the “tentative answers & preliminary recommendations” in relation to the Agreed Charter Question, and consider draft answers to the following questions regarding the individual proposal:

a. Should the Sub Team recommend that the full WG consider including this Individual Proposal in the Initial Report for the solicitation of public comment?

b. In light of the Individual Proposal, are any modifications to the current “tentative answers & preliminary recommendations” needed?

c. Should any additional Sub Team recommendations be made in relation to the agreed Sunrise charter question?

Unless the Sub Team Co-Chairs determine otherwise, this discussion thread will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 15 May 2019. Comments/input provided past the closing date or outside this discussion thread will not be taken into account when compiling the final Sub Team member input.

Summary Table (Pages 29-32)

The draft answers, preliminary recommendations, and links to the relevant individual proposals are in the latest Summary Table (as of 16 April 2019):

https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102138618/%5BSunrise%20Summary%20Table%5D%20%2816%20April%202019%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1555515624235&api=v2.

Agreed Sunrise Charter Question 6 (Pages 29-30)

The Sub Team just discussed Agreed Charter Question 6 on 02 May 2019, hence the proposed answers are “TBD”. Based on the Sub Team’s discussions, the transcript and notes, staff will provide update.

Q6(a) What are Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policies (SDRPs), and are any changes needed?

Proposed Answer: TBD

Q6(b) Are SDRPs serving the purpose(s) for which they were created?

Proposed Answer: TBD

Q6(c) If not, should they be better publicized, better used or changed?
Proposed Answer: TBD

Individual Proposals

The Sub Team just discussed the Proposals #2 and #4 on 02 May 2019, hence there is no draft answer currently on the Summary Table (as of 16 April 2019). Based on the Sub Team’s discussions, the transcript and notes, staff will provide.

Link to the individual proposal is included below.

Proposal #2: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%232.pdf?api=v2

Proposal #4: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/102146375/Proposal%234.pdf?api=v2

Where to Find All Discussion Threads

Access the Documents wiki page and find the opening messages of the all discussion threads in the table (highlighted in green): https://community.icann.org/x/_oIWBg

Best Regards,

Mary, Julie, Ariel

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