[gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items, Slides and Notes from the Working Group call held earlier today

Michael Graham (ELCA) migraham at expedia.com
Fri Apr 7 18:15:30 UTC 2017


Thank you for this extremely useful index, Jeff.  By "Review" I do not believe the GNSO meant "Rehash", nor do I think that would be productive.  

As I understand the Charter, we have been asked to review the effectiveness of the RPMs in their operation as proposed and as carried out based on the policies established and agreed to by GNSO PDPs.  

We each will carry with us into this review our understanding of the purposes, effects, and shortcomings of the various RPMs -- and in our individual analyses -- but promoting these one over another is not the purpose of the present PDP.  The RPMs were a result of long, careful, and much debated consideration in which the concerns of the present discussion were dealt with extensively and passionately.  The current RPMs are a result of those.  

Seems to me it is time and we have been asked to review these RPMs and their effectiveness, and not debate the questions of law and the philosophical positions we each hold. (Though these are excellent subjects for discussion between members outside the PDP).  

Michael R.

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+1

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From: gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Neuman
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 11:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items, Slides and Notes from the Working Group call held earlier today

THIS IS IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A WG CHAIR FOR THE SUBPRO PDP

With all due respect to everyone, all of these types of issues have been "asked and answered."  We should not be revisiting issues that were extensively debated from 1999-2001 and 2006-2012.  There is a huge archive of this information and just because we have new participants in this group that were not around back then, unless there are changed circumstances which necessitate a change in policy, I think this is beyond our scope.

For example, see each of the following all before the 2012 round:

- DNSO WG-B:  Famous Trade - Marks (1999-2000):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_dnso_wgb-2Dreport-2D17apr00.htm&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=m7hO3u6glQPdXopeD0Yz1Ip19YeGVbRDUvrYGlqtyfg&e= ;
- DNSO WG-B Position Papers (1999):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dnso.org_wgroups_wg-2Db_Archives_msg00505.html&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=NC6G6dtInQwmNQ6DwY8bm_5jy25m4Hobzg8FIq8Cpo8&e=  (includes positions from community)
- DNSO WG-C:  New gTLDs (1999-2000):  See https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dnso.org_wgroups_wg-2Dc_Arc00_msg02018.html&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=B8CM-fpnB6C4k0wSk6zYPQ1aXHMUnkxGC8n1pjX6f-s&e=
- Evaluation of Legal Policy Issues in new gTLDs (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__archive.icann.org_en_tlds_new-2Dgtld-2Deval-2D31aug04.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=bMXizZeS47XS-9OKH76kuWt-OwynNDAMbyP-_pQzpbQ&e= )
- WIPO Report on New gTLDs (2005) https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wipo.int_amc_en_domains_reports_newgtld-2Dip_&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=a-MUprA8t5n8Jm6__p6miDzIRu84zcyyy9YSBTB1WYM&e=
- Protecting the Rights of Others Working Group (2006-2007):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group-2Dactivities_inactive_2007_pro&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=6HbmYIT3Ic86WgtN3zCAb7B3J6k51iG9QikHSm0cS_I&e=
- Final IRT Report (2009):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_irt-2Dfinal-2Dreport-2Dtrademark-2Dprotection-2D29may09-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=9Ckzssv1vDaMWXHVudknhDOa033eUlU3aBdXTL6Ej6w&e=
- STI Final Report (2009):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_issues_sti_sti-2Dwt-2Drecommendations-2D11dec09-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=laAFV9OWLIXF_YnFfSAMSlX0tqbKKwfC9kSaMrQsNo8&e=
- Trademark Clearinghouse (2010):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_trademark-2Dclearinghouse-2Dclean-2D28may10-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=mExB8TEGdQt6QIZSWraJiV-bYm3QDJvvB5oUKTD_5Zc&e=
- URS (2010):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_draft-2Durs-2Dclean-2D28may10-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=ZtstiApoRmeojE9eY-j53MIoWbkzgjO4GjplbpjsthY&e=
- Trademark Issues (2011):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_trademark-2Dprotection-2Dclaims-2Duse-2D15apr11-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=NfI8ti344pPLKwcXmf3emQL3U1u1pWsHZt2Nsw1e4Vs&e=
- Trademark Clearinghouse (2011):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_trademark-2Dclearinghouse-2Dimplementation-2D30may11-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=SmKHDjYmr5PIJznaIKp_0iizJ0wQDuC0spEva86LN7E&e=
- Board Briefing Paper on Rights of Others (2011):  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.icann.org_en_topics_new-2Dgtlds_gac-2Dboard-2Dprotection-2Drights-2Downers-2D21feb11-2Den.pdf&d=DwIFAw&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=tTNPWiUeJkKKh909Hn7id0gH4abCnqIVnktNQhaRmvU&s=mT1sPLTpIUU156D_AqMBo75Y-A51V4WI2QLJNegrpQQ&e= 
 
I think we are well past the point of discussing whether Sunrise is consistent with trademark law or whether it infringes free speech unless actual and substantial evidence can be shown to override all of the thousands of pages of materials that have come before.   Hundreds of smart people have debated these issues before including many of the people in this very group.  It is one of the reasons that precedent is so important.  We should not be redoing the work of the past unless there is new and substantial evidence to do so.

This would be part of the essence behind Neuman Rule #2.

Thanks.






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Hello all. I have been following these threads with growing concerns.  It seems people are letting their anger show and I ask that the discussion be rebooted.  Email is a horrible communication system - even when polite emails are often misconstrued. 

Seems to me that the issues all seem to center around the following:

1. Sunrise as inconsistent with freedom of expression 

2. Sunrise is unfair because it provides a priority right to TMCH registrants over all other potential registrants. 

Regarding #1 there is no doubt that the sunrise system infringes on speech freedoms.  The infringement is not avoided simply because The speaker has an alternative channel; part of the freedom incorporates the communicative aspects of being able to select the method of speech itself. 

There are indeed many enroachments upon freedom of speech. Some are permissible. Some are not. Whether a particular impact is permissible or appropriate requires a balance of interest.  That balance includes 

  the societal interests in restricting speech vs not. 

  The speaker's interests

  Whether alternatives to the restrictions exist. 

Seems to me here that alternatives do exist which alone may not preclude all possible trademark abuse but acting together may.  These include the use of the pre-registration TMCH notice (which I am told is extremely effective), the UDRP, The URS, and of course litigation. There are also of course economic forces wherein the registration price is placed outside of the affordable range for an abuser.  This issue is not limited to trademark rights. It arises anytime there is a priority granted. 

I ask that we consider all of the above. 

2. The priority right. In addition to the speech related issue above there is the issue of priority based upon trademark rights. 

To determine if this is being abused or if the benefits granted are not otherwise justified we need data. L

> On Apr 6, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Jon Nevett <jon at donuts.email> wrote:
> 
> Contrary to George's fears, for example, it seems clear from the study that Sunrise is not being used by trademark owners to monopolize generic terms.  Nor is there any empirical evidence that it has had any negative effect on non-trademark owner registrants or applicants.

I ask that Jon kindly provide the data. I have not seen any data that would permit such a conclusion. This would require data as to:

  - the actual mark's in the TMCH, 
  - the number of sunrise registrations undertaken based on a TMCH registration, 
  -  the number of post-sunrise, pre-registration notices sent to registrants, and 
  -  the number of registrations subsequently undertaken notwithstanding the notice (from which we can determine the number of domain registrations abandoned post notice. 

If we do this honestly then "camps" don't matter and insults and offensive language can be avoided. We are tasked with making recommendations that will benefit the entire space and we should strive to avoid words and decisions that separate us from that goal. 

Paul Keating. 

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