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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear RPMs PDP WG Co-Chairs, Liaison, and members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below the motion that was approved by the GNSO Council today, 21 January 2021. Specifically,
<b>“</b><b><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, all thirty-five (35) final PDP recommendations as documented in the PDP Working Group’s Final Report.”
</span></b><span style="color:black">This motion will be </span><span style="color:black">posted shortly on the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_resolutions_2020&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=ZSgASD1EuH-U7lIp4Tv5rZ7qbpaQd30Zx7zYM0-pUk0&s=fX9ASCG1j6_lmUZBaZPCSK8a5HGDv7G_X0ZM7ChsG_k&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_resolutions_2020&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=ZSgASD1EuH-U7lIp4Tv5rZ7qbpaQd30Zx7z">GNSO
resolutions</a> page.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Congratulations to all!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary, Ariel, and Julie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span style="color:black">Motion - Approve the Recommendations from the Phase 1 Final Report of the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs,
covering RPMs applicable to gTLDs launched under the 2012 New gTLD Program.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Submitted by: John McElwaine</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Seconded by: Maxim Alzoba</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">On 18 February 2016, the GNSO Council <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions*20160218-3__;Iw!!PtGJab4!rBCd6WUhSmpwAciljXi1UIh5ZILh8qF7tppx1cmTEwhdY8m2ySIdzh5UB4F2Js-jTy-bes1s4Q$"><span style="color:#0052CC">resolved</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[gnso.icann.org]</a> to
initiate a two-phased Policy Development Process (PDP), to review all existing rights protection mechanisms (RPMs in all gTLDs.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">On 9 March 2016, the GNSO Council <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions*20160309-2__;Iw!!PtGJab4!rBCd6WUhSmpwAciljXi1UIh5ZILh8qF7tppx1cmTEwhdY8m2ySIdzh5UB4F2Js-jTy_HI-AmMA$"><span style="color:#0052CC">approved</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[gnso.icann.org]</a> the
PDP Charter, thereby initiating Phase One of the PDP that focused on the RPMs developed for the 2012 New gTLD Program.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The PDP Working Group has followed all the necessary steps and processes required by the ICANN Bylaws, the GNSO PDP Manual and the GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including the publication of
an Initial Report for public comment (on 18 March 2020) and consideration of the public comments received thereto.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">On 24 November 2020, the PDP Working Group submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council for its review and action.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The PDP Working Group has reached Full Consensus for thirty-four (34) out of the thirty-five (35) final recommendations documented in the Final Report, and Consensus for the remaining one (1)
final recommendation (concerning Final Recommendation #1 for the Trademark Clearinghouse).<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="color:black">RESOLVED:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, all thirty-five (35) final PDP recommendations as documented in the PDP Working Group’s Final Report.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Should the PDP recommendations be adopted by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council requests that ICANN org convene an RPM Implementation Review Team, to assist ICANN org in developing the implementation
details for the PDP recommendations and ensure that the resultant implementation conforms to the intent of the approved recommendations. The Implementation Review Team shall operate in accordance with the Implementation Review Team Principles and Guidance
approved by the GNSO Council in June 2015.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">The GNSO Council thanks all the various Co-Chairs and members of the PDP Working Group for their commitment and hard work in completing Phase One of this PDP.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-21jan21-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!t19sxkZnw598R74Qokp77B_14CQ-Hr9Ly2hh_NM9BJzfb4otw19FaqrRQ0S8Gb99oWi2mMQ8wnpD$">Vote results</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">GNSO-RPM-WG <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 11:13 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[GNSO-RPM-WG] Posted: RPMs PDP Working Group Phase 1 Final Report on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process 24 Nov 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear RPMs PDP WG members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RPMs PDP Working Group Phase 1 Final Report on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process 24 Nov 2020 was submitted to the GNSO Council last week and has now been posted on the ICANN GNSO
website at: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpm-phase-1-proposed-24nov20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!qZX4NxSmEIEKaRHCSurhEGoHpqwnWhNDVnkNzLQGsmi-DyoYfYHTYJiPeV_f15GJ5XKVK7XX-Q$">
https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpm-phase-1-proposed-24nov20-en.pdf [gnso.icann.org]</a> and also on the RPMs PDP WG wiki at:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/sIAmCQ">https://community.icann.org/x/sIAmCQ</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary, Ariel, and Julie <o:p></o:p></p>
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