[Npoc-discuss] Invitation to Join the Right Protection Mechanism Review

[Martin Pablo Silva Valent]

Dear all,
	Hello again, I hereby extend this invitation for you to join the Policy Development Process (PDP) for the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs. This literally means to join a very large group with all the stakeholder to debate on how to resolve a conflict, even prevent it, when someone want to protect their right in the domain name system. NGOs are very abstain in this and are usually run over by states, business with trademarks and envy end users which do no hace the problems that a non for profit organization has.

You can join and look for all the info here:  https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rpm <https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rpm>

I recommend to fully understand the issue to read all the material you can find and ask some of the leader, specially the chairs, to explain to you what is the wg about, what is the state of the debate and what can you do.

Summary

The question of who legally has rights to, or is the legitimate holder of, a domain name can be open to dispute. In relation to domain name disputes concerning the registration and use of legally protected trademarks, the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is the longest standing alternative dispute resolution procedure. As a result of the New gTLD Program, several new rights protection mechanisms (RPMs) were developed to mitigate potential risks and costs to trademark rights holders that could arise in the expansion of the gTLD namespace: the Uniform Rapid Suspension Dispute Resolution Procedure (URS); the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and the associated availability through the TMCH of Sunrise periods and the Trademark Claims notification service; and the Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures (PDDRPs).
Prior to the launch of the New gTLD Program, on 3 October 2011 ICANN staff had published a Final Issue Report on the current state of the UDRP. The recommended course of action in that UDRP Report was not to initiate a PDP at the time, but to hold off launching any such PDP until after the new URS had been in operation for at least eighteen (18) months.
Subsequently, on 15 December 2011, the GNSO Council requested that ICANN staff prepare and publish a new Issue Report on the current state of all rights protection mechanisms implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the UDRP and URS. This Preliminary Issue Report is being published for public comment as the result of that GNSO Council request.


Cheers to all,
Martin.
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