[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Follow up from our WG meeting earlier today

Tue Sep 16 00:20:57 UTC 2014

Sorry to miss the call this morning, I am happy to help on Subgroup C.

Best,
Mike

Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
tel/fax:  +1.415.738.8087
http://rodenbaugh.com

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org> wrote:

> Dear WG members,
>
> This is to follow up on the “action items” stemming from and certain WG
> questions raised on the WG call earlier today relating to IGO and INGO
> statistics.
>
> *I. Action Items:*
>
> The following WG members have signed up for the three sub-groups
> identified in the Work Plan:
>
> A - Petter Rindforth. Kristine Dorrain. Jim Bikoff
>
> B - Phil Corwin, Paul Keating, George Kirikos, Imran Ahmed Shah
>
> C- None so far
>
>
> Please sign up for one of the three Sub-Groups by emailing me by *Friday
> 19 September* if at all possible (refer to the Summary Extract of the
> Work Plan for a description of each Sub-Group:
> https://community.icann.org/x/9brhAg). Staff will compile the list before
> our next meeting for review by the WG Co-Chairs. As noted on the call,
> Sub-Groups are expected to discuss how they wish to achieve the aims set
> out in the Work Plan, and formal meetings and recordings are generally not
> arranged. Of course, Sub-Groups may request ICANN staff assistance with
> setting up calls, as well as facilitating their research and information
> gathering, such as liaising with ICANN General Counsel and providing
> information as to whether there are resources available to support a
> particular form of research for which a fee is charged by the third party
> from whom information is being sought. We can also set up wiki pages for
> each Sub-Group to record and edit its work, if desired.
>
>
> *II. Follow Up Questions*
>
>
> *(1) On what is an “international organization”, or more specifically, an
> “international governmental organization” or IGO:*
>
>    - The GAC’s approved list of IGOs that was sent to the Board in March
>    2013, and which was the list upon which our predecessor WG based its
>    recommendations, defines these as: *“(a) an international organization
>    established by a treaty and which possesses international legal
>    personality; or (b) an “Intergovernmental organization” having received a
>    standing invitation to participate as observer in the sessions and the work
>    of the United Nations General Assembly; or (c) a distinct entity, organ or
>    program of the United Nations.”*
>    - Note that although the term is not defined in the Paris Convention,
>    Article 6ter refers to an international intergovernmental organization of
>    which at least one WIPO Member State is a member – and the adoption of the
>    Paris Convention by the World Trade Organization (WTO) via the 1994
>    Trade-Related Agreement on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) means that
>    this now extends to all WTO member countries regardless of whether they
>    also joined the Paris Convention.
>
> *(2) On how many IGOs are on the GAC list of March 2013: *
>
>    - The GAC list contains *192* organizations (see list attached.)
>    - Although the updated number of IGOs who have submitted notifications
>    for protection under Article 6ter is not known to ICANN staff at the
>    moment, a 2005 paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat noted that by 31
>    August 2005, 118 IGOs had submitted notifications under Article 6ter. This
>    was updated to *138* in 2007, divided as follows:
>
> 24 flags
> 290 emblems
> 288 abbreviations
> 578 names
>
>
>    - As noted on the WG call, the scope of our WG is limited to the GAC
>    list, as that was the scope of the recommendations ultimately adopted by
>    our predecessor PDP WG.
>
> *(3) On how many NGOs are on the ECOSOC list:*
>
>    - As of September 2013, 3900 NGOs have Consultative Status with
>    ECOSOC, of which only *144* have attained General Consultative Status,
>    with the others mostly given Special Consultative Status or Roster status
>    (see attached list). Those organizations with General Consultative Status
>    are considered to be those with the closest and most substantive
>    contributions to and connections with the economic and social objectives of
>    the UN and ECOSOC.
>    - Our predecessor WG distinguished between the INGOs with General
>    Consultative Status and those with Special Consultative Status, with
>    differing protections recommended for each. They did not, however, include
>    any direction to either the GNSO Council or our present WG as to whether
>    the distinction should be maintained for curative rights protection.
>
> We hope the above is helpful. We have added the attached documents to the
> WG’s wiki space under Background Documents as well.
>
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
>
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
>
>
>
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