[gnso-rpm-wg] Notes from WG call & QUESTION FOR MEMBERS ABOUT MEETING TIMES (please read!)

Wed Jun 8 16:09:14 UTC 2016

Hi Everyone:

Under the question of "are the fees reasonable" we should examine or find:

+ "what are the fee drivers?" or put another way, "what TMCH policy or implementation requirements affect the fees?" 
+ "can any of those requirements be eliminated or modified?" 

Regards,

Kurt

--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Notes from WG call & **QUESTION FOR MEMBERS ABOUT MEETING TIMES** (please read!)
From: "Chicoine, Caroline" <CChicoine at fredlaw.com>
Date: 6/8/16 8:52 am
To: "gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>

  Dear all,

 On the TMCH, this is somewhat covered by the “Are the fees reasonable?” question, but I have always wondered why the Basic Fee option is not available to Trademark agents as it is for Trademark Holders.

 Cordially,

 Caroline G. Chicoine
 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
 Phone: 314.991.8486
 Fax: 612.492.7077
 cchicoine at fredlaw.com 

   From: gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wong
 Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 10:35 AM
 To: gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org
 Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Notes from WG call & **QUESTION FOR MEMBERS ABOUT MEETING TIMES** (please read!)

 Dear all,

 The following note contains an initial section for Members only, followed by a section intended for both Members and Observers, containing notes of the last Working Group call.

 I. For Members only:
 Please note the upcoming WG call on Wednesday 8 June will not be a rotating call; in other words, the 8 June WG meeting will take place at the regular time of 1600 UTC. However, the next call - on Wednesday 15 June - will rotate to 2100 UTC. Please look out for updated calendar invitations from the GNSO Secretariat. This change is being made to partially accommodate the biweekly Registries Stakeholder Group calls.

 In order to fully accommodate the Registries SG calls, however, it may be necessary to change the time of the non-rotating, regular call. The co-chairs and staff recognize that there is likely not one single time that will suit all time zones and that some suggested times are fairly difficult for some WG members, especially those situated in the APAC region. As such, the co-chairs wish to ask Members to indicate, via response to this Doodle poll, whether they approve a change from 1600 UTC (the current time) to 1700 UTC for the non-rotating calls: http://doodle.com/poll/5t5zaticrz9cfizf. 

 II. For All:

 (i)                   TMCH Data Sub Team

 The following Members have signed up for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Sub Team that will be tasked to contact various relevant sources (e.g. ICANN's Global Domains Division; the TMCH provider; the TMCH Independent Examiner etc.) to begin the process of data gathering for the Working Group's TMCH review: Scott Austin, Catherine Douglas, Salvador Camacho Hernandez, Marina Lewis, Susan Payne. A mailing list will be set up for these Members, the WG co-chairs and ICANN support staff to begin this work. If you are a Member of the WG and would like to join this Sub Team, please send me an email (note that the co-chairs may limit the number of Members for the team).

 The Sub Team may also decide to request a list of the TMCH marks to compare with frequency of registrations (and variety of different registrants) with those in other TLDs

 Other suggestions include one for a survey of mark-holders who did not register in the TMCH, to understand why they chose not to do so. A survey of registrars and even registrants, to see whether TMCH match notices/warnings caused them undue pressure to not register names could also be considered.

 (ii)                 Additional Questions for the WG

 The following Additional Questions were also suggested by various Members for the Working Group to consider as part of the review of the TMCH and the Trademark Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure. Please send any thoughts or comments you may have on these to this email list for further consideration and discussion. Note that these do not replace and may be added to the existing list of issues currently attached to our Charter: 

 For the TMCH:
 - Are the fees reasonable? 
 - Should there be multiple TMCH Providers? 
 - What % of contemplated domain name registrations were deterred due to the notices of a matching mark in the TMCH database? (note: registrars might have this information, e.g. via abandoned shopping carts for new gTLDs vs ccTLDs or legacy gTLDs)
 - Strength of the marks in the TMCH, i.e. what % are fanciful, vs. descriptive, generic, etc. (note: interest here is finding out whether a TMCH registration allows "weak" marks to gain some advantage, vs. the first-come first serve system) 
 - Should there be a time limit on Claims notices? (query whether this should be considered under the TMCH review or the Claims Period review - interest here is finding out whether there is an increase in registrations after the Claims Notices end)

 For the TM-PDDRP:
 - It has never been used so one question could be whether it is broad enough to cover abuses that were not anticipated when it was developed? 

 General Question about whether there is latitude for the WG to change our Charter - WG should at minimum be open about "foundational issues" about the UDRP that may nevertheless be relevant to flag for discussion even during Phase One; a specific suggestion is for ICANN staff to make a list of foundational issues identified during Phase One that may be relevant to Phase Two

 Thanks and cheers
 Mary

 Mary Wong
  Senior Policy Director

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Email:  mary.wong at icann.org

Telephone: +1-603-5744889

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