Well done, Zahid and Steve. Great
bridge-building! Nice to see success in an area where we have traditionally
seen personality clashes and contentiousness. Finding common ground is
the baseline at ICANN and this demonstration of it is a pleasure to see.
Kind regards,
RA
Ronald N. Andruff
RNA Partners, Inc.
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Sent: 2009-10-28 11:14
To: 'bc - GNSO list'
Subject: [bc-gnso] Update on TM
Rights Protection Mechanisms Negotiations
Today the 3 days of off line negotiations and reaching
out to the ALAC and NCSG on the issue of the IRT Report and the RPMs were
successful.
3 hours of discussion (with the help of the ALAC- Alan
and Cheryl) on Monday with NCSG reps (Kathryn Kleiman and Konstantinos
Komaitis) followed by discussions through yesterday were successful in
providing background and a context to the BC position on the IRT Report.
Initially on the Council list the NCSG had indicated
and unwillingness of the IRT being available as a resource.
Summary of points for discussion that were discussed
were (subject to them being taken back to the NCSG):
Welcome the IRT and other resources being available to
the GNSO Working Group working on the Board’s letter regarding the RPMs
(ie. STI review team).
At the session on Thursday (today) express the
willingness that NCSG had for reaching out constructively to the GNSO community
(language discussed included reaching common ground).
The GNSO passed a Resolution today with the support of
the NCSG stating:
The assistance of members of the IRT
in answering questions about the IP Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension
System recommendations may be useful to this work. The GNSO Council requests
that members of the IRT who worked on those recommendations be available to
answer any such questions that may arise;
I believe that possibly a more integral part than the
discussion with Kathy in achieving this was the efforts of members from other
Constituency(s) that may have helped mediate this resolution through.
In today’s session on Trademark Protection and
new gTLDs (transcript attached):
Kathy responded positively and at the end of her first
intervention stated:
‘....we in the NCUC want to
work with you. We want to establish common ground, and we wish the best
of luck for all of us in this expedited process.’
She even went as far as saying in regards the IRT URS
recommendation for Appeal:
‘.....and I have to say it,
and I guess I'm on the record, the IRT kind of got this one right and let's go
back to that.’
This was met with equal good will by CSG members:
J. Scott, now President of the IPC said:
‘I worked with Kathy Kleiman,
and we drafted the UDRP final version with Louis Touton and a group of other
talented people, many of whom are here today................We just want to
solve a problem. That's what we're here to do. We want to work with
registries, registrars, NCUC. That's what we're here for. We're
problem solvers. We want to solve the problem. Thank you for the
opportunity, and we look forward to working together in the near future.
Zahid Jamil BC Councillor said:
‘First of all, I would like to
acknowledge and thank Kathy for the NCUC's constructive invitation to work with
goodwill.
We look forward to the sentiment
continuing in the GNSO. So thank you for that..........’
With respect to several aspects of the IRT Solutions
it seems that NCSG and BC may be able to find common ground.
I am sure there must have been much discussion in the
NCSG itself about taking these positions after discussing matters with the BC
and other individuals. So Kudos to Kathy and Kostantino for achieving success
for not letting down our discussions from Monday for which I have thanked
them.
Efforts of Alan and Cheryl to set up some of the
atmosphere for the interaction also helped.
Also in other private discussions this evening with
some ALAC reps it seems that there may be even more common ground possible with
the BC positions.
This sentiment seems to have created an atmosphere
which may enable some parties with divergent views reaching consensus on some
aspects at least. I hope this interaction will also help BC, NCSG and
ALAC collaborating on other issues in the future.
Through private meetings tomorrow leading up to the
STI session I hope this sentiment continues.
Will report back after tomorrows STI meeting.
Sincerely,
Zahid Jamil
Barrister-at-law
Jamil & Jamil
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