As Co-Chair of this IGO I’m adding Mary Wong as she drafted the language of this amended portion of the Charter in consultation with the Chairs – and I welcome any further light she can shed. The purpose of the amendment is to give the WG more latitude in circumscribing the list of IGOs that are eligible for whatever final recommendations we make, as we have preliminarily determined that only those IGOs that have exercised their rights to trademark regime protection under Article 6ter have sufficient globally recognized legal rights to achieve standing. The original Charter language covered a broader group of IGOs and gave us no latitude to narrow it down. Best to all, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bret Fausett Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 11:30 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] motion for IGO-INGO WG charter amendment Thank you Susan. So I can understand this better, what is the delta between "the IGO List provided to ICANN by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in March 2013” and the "the legal protections for IGO names and acronyms that are conferred by Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property”? Is there a comprehensive list of names and acronyms protected by Article 6ter? -- Bret Fausett, Esq. General Counsel, Uniregistry, Corp. 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 mobile +1 310 985 1351 office +1 949 706 2300 x4201 http://uniregistry.link On Apr 6, 2015, at 8:15 AM, Susan Kawaguchi <susank@fb.com<mailto:susank@fb.com>> wrote: As council liaison to the IGO-INGO working group I respectfully submit this motion for the council’s consideration. Susan Kawaguchi Domain Name Manager Facebook Legal Dept. Phone - 650 485-6064 <Motion to amend WG charter - FINAL - 2 Apr 2015.docx> -- Bret Fausett, Esq. General Counsel, Uniregistry, Corp. 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 mobile +1 310 985 1351 office +1 949 706 2300 x4201 UTC -8 hours • http://uniregistry.link ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2015.0.5856 / Virus Database: 4321/9479 - Release Date: 04/07/15