November 2005 - council - lists.icann.org

Additional evaluation of new TLDs, discussion document in draft, new version
by Olof Nordling Nov. 22, 2005

Nov. 22, 2005

Dear Council Members, Please find attached a revised version (with rectification of some errors, a more refined questions list etc.) of the discussion document concerning additional evaluation of new TLDs, to replace the version previously distributed. Very best regards Olof Olof Nordling Manager, Policy Development Coordination ICANN 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 Mobile: +32.475.420805 Fax: +32.2.234 7848 E-mail: olof.nordling(a)icann.org <http://www.icann.org> www.icann.org

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RE: [council] Letter from WIPO to ICANN
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 21, 2005

Nov. 21, 2005

Hello Avri, > > > Instead the process as set out in the ICANN bylaws should be: > > > > - WIPO recommends new policy to GAC > > - GAC advises Board of WIPO recommendation > > - Board requests that the GNSO commence a PDP > > has the Board done so? or do we expect them to? Not yet. The Board did arrange for a working group to be formed but this was outside of the PDP process. We don't need to wait for the Board to send us a request, the GNSO itself can decide to conduct a PDP. Regards, Bruce

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RE: [council] Letter from WIPO to ICANN
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 21, 2005

Nov. 21, 2005

Hello All, I note below that there is a fundamental flaw in the understanding of the process. It seems that WIPO's expectation is: - WIPO recommends new policy to ICANN - GAC supports the new policy - WIPO requires ICANN to implement the policy Instead the process as set out in the ICANN bylaws should be: - WIPO recommends new policy to GAC - GAC advises Board of WIPO recommendation - Board requests that the GNSO commence a PDP - the GNSO engages the ICANN community in considering the issue - The GNSO MAY recommend that the Board adopt a new policy - If the Board adopts the Policy, it requests that staff implement the policy - Staff may seek advice from ICANN community on how to implement With respect to UDRP, as I understand it there are established international treaties associated with dealing with trademark infringement. An affected party may take a person to court to resolve a dispute over trademarks. UDRP was established to provide a lower cost option for all parties compared taking the issue to court. The real question related to country names and IGO names, is "assuming UDRP doesn't exist what is the existing legal process for protecting the intellectual property rights of country names and IGOs". The issues faced by countries and IGOs with the mis-use of their names is not confined to domain names. In fact it is far more likely to occur in emails and website content. Some understanding of how these other infringements are managed today would help. As I understand it, the general GNSO community position is that ICANN should not be creating special rules related to the strings used in gtld domain names (ie ICANN doesn't regulate content). ICANN can however develop dispute resolution systems based on laws established outside of ICANN that are widely accepted. It has not yet be made clear to the GNSO community what laws apply to country names and IGOs. I recommend that the GNSO Council arrange to meet with Mr Christian Wichard from WIPO in Vancouver to discuss this further. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Vancouver Council meeting attendance 28 November
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 21, 2005

Nov. 21, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, If you have responded, please ignore this mail! There will be a GNSO Council meeting, to replace the meeting scheduled for 16 November, in Vancouver on Monday 28 November 2005 from 9:00 to 12:00 PST (local time) Washington 12:00 noon, Brussels 18:00, Melbourne 4:00 next day, Auckland 6:00 next day. Could you please let me know, off the list, whether you will be attending in person, arrival and departure days and if possible where you will be staying. If you will not be attending the Vancouver meetings, please let me know whether you will dial-in. Details for the phone hook-ups will be sent later. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Letter from WIPO to ICANN
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 21, 2005

Nov. 21, 2005

Hello All, Please see the attached letter from WIPO to ICANN dated 15 Nov 2005. See below for plain text version. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Dear Dr Cerf, Dr Twomey I am contacting you to inquire about the status of the recommendations made by WIPO in the context of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process (WIPO-2 Recommendations) to extend protection under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) to country names and the names and acronyms of International Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs). At the last WIPO General Assembly which took place in Geneva from September 26 to October 5, 2005, a number of delegations expressed concern with regard to the apparent lack of progress in the implementation of the WIPO-2 Recommendations. These delegations also requested the WIPO Secretariat to transmit this concern to ICANN. I would therefore be grateful if you could enable us to inform our member States as to how ICANN intends to proceed in this matter. As you will recall, the WIPO-2 Recommendations were transmitted to ICANN in February 2003. They were unanimously supported by ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee on a number of occasions. Unfortunately, the Working Group which you established to consider implementation issues focussed on issues other than implementation and, unlike the Working Group that developed the UDRP on the basis of WIPO's Recommendations made in the context of the First WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, failed to produce any agreed recommendations. At your request, WIPO subsequently submitted a briefing note providing further information on the issue as well as a draft confirming the (few) additions that would have to be made to the UDRP in order to implement the WIPO-2 Recommendations. The Comment Forum that you established in December 2004 failed to trigger any substantive comments from the public. You will appreciate the concerns of countries with regard to the abuse of their country's names especially in new generic Top Level Domains. Please also note the very real concerns of IGOs concerning the protection of their names and acronyms which are a vital prerequisite for them to perform their functions. If anything, the abuse of IGO names and acronyms has increased over the last years and has caused a great deal of confusion among, and outright fraud directed at, consumers. Regrettably, such abuse also targets IGOs involved in humanitarian , development and health-related activities. I hope that you will consider the issue further at your next meeting in Vancouver. My colleague Mr Christian Wichard will be attending the meeting and is available to meet with you should you so require. I look forward to hearing from you. Your sincerely, Francis Gurry Deputy Director General World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

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RE: [council] Letter from WIPO to ICANN
by Lucy.Nichols＠nokia.com Nov. 20, 2005

Nov. 20, 2005

Notwithstanding the recent events in Tunisia, I am quite surprised at the tone of the letter as it is terribly over-confident. As Bruce pointed out, there is a major flaw in their interpretation of the ICANN process and I think that needs to be immediately clarified. Lucy >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org >[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of ext Bret Fausett >Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:15 PM >To: Bruce Tonkin >Cc: council(a)gnso.icann.org >Subject: Re: [council] Letter from WIPO to ICANN > > > I note below that there is a fundamental flaw in the >understanding > of the process. > >I suspect that WIPO knows well the requirements of the ICANN >process but is using the new pressure from governments in WSIS >to push forward an unpopular agenda item. > > Bret > >

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Vancouver ICANN DNSSEC Workshop Program
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 19, 2005

Nov. 19, 2005

VANCOUVER ICANN WORKSHOP ON DNSSEC - THE REGISTRARS' VIEW This workshop will take place Wednesday November 30, 9-11:30. It will focus on the security analysis, questions, concerns, business cases, and impact of the registrars as they consider DNSSEC. All audiences are encouraged to come discuss this important area in securing the DNS infrastructure. Program --------- 9:00 Workshop Welcome - Vint Cerf, Google Registrar Keynote Speakers -------------------------- 9:10 A Registrar in the Security Business - Margie Milam, MarkMonitor 9:25 Registrar Security - View from the Developing World - Uma Murali, Good Luck Domain DNS Attacks and DNS Security ---------------------------- 9:45 Demo of a DNS Attack - Russ Mundy, Sparta Adoption/Business Cases ----------------------- 10:00 Panel on Adoption/Business Cases Economic view - Stuart Schechter, MIT Customer sectors - Keith Schwalme, Good Harbor Very large enterprise view - TBA Small registrar - Rick Wesson, Alice's Registrar Very large registrar/combined service - Paul Diaz, Network Solutions Registry view - probably .ORG Discussion Questions and Experiences ------------------------- 10:30 Panel on Concerns and Facts about Adoption Steve Crocker, Shinkuro Peter Koch, DENIC Russ Mundy, Sparta Tim Ruiz, GoDaddy Geoffrey Sisson, Nominet UK Maxine Appleby, Hosting.Com Discussion DNSSEC Deployment Experience ---------------------------- 11:00 How a Registrar Enables DNSSEC - Rick Wesson, Alice's Registrar 11:10 Brief Reports on DNSSEC Going Live The .ORG Testbed - Ram Mohan, Affilias A Title/Speaker to be confirmed Wrap-up - Conclusions and Next Steps ------------------------------------- Moderator: Paul Diaz, Network Solutions WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE Maxine Appleby, Hosting.Com Sebastian Castro, NIC Chile Tim Cole, ICANN, Registar Liaison Steve Crocker, Shinkuro, Inc Paul Diaz, Network Solutions Amy Friedlander, Shinkuro, Inc Matt Larson, Verisign Allison Mankin, Shinkuro, Inc (Chair) Ram Mohan, Afilias Russ Mundy, Sparta Tim Ruiz, GoDaddy Stuart Schechter, Lincoln Labs Geoffrey Sisson, Nominet UK Paul Stahura, Enom Bruce Tonkin, Melbourne IT

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IDN Update - posting of IDN TLD papers
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 19, 2005

Nov. 19, 2005

-----Original Message----- From: Tina Dam Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2005 8:43 PM Subject: IDN Update - posting of IDN TLD papers Today's IDN Update is with focus on the implementation of Internationalized Top Level Domains. As previously announced, an IDN workshop will be held during the ICANN Vancouver meeting. Accordingly, ICANN is posting the candidate papers received in response to its earlier call for papers. The papers will be vetted for presentation by a technical panel being appointed by ICANN. See http://www.icann.org/ for today's announcement or directly at http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17nov05.htm Best regards, Tina Dam Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN

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IDN Guidelines Version 2.0 Finalized
by GNSO SECRETARIAT Nov. 15, 2005

Nov. 15, 2005

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] ICANN announces that the IDN Guidelines Version 2.0 has been finalized. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14nov05.htm The Guidelines for Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names, version 2.0, is now posted as final following ICANN Board endorsement. The resolution from the ICANN Board contained additional directions and timelines for potentially reframing or revising the IDN Guidelines. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO Council meeting attendance in Vancouver
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 14, 2005

Nov. 14, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, There will be a GNSO Council meeting, to replace the meeting scheduled for 16 November, in Vancouver on Monday 28 November 2005 from 9:00 to 12:00 PST (local time) Washington 12:00 noon, Brussels 18:00, Melbourne 4:00 next day, Auckland 6:00 next day. Could you please let me know, off the list, whether you will be attending in person, arrival and departure days and if possible where you will be staying. If you will not be attending the Vancouver meetings, please let me know whether you will dial-in. Details for the phone hook-ups will be sent later. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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