Dear Council members, Kristina Rosette and Mike Rodenbaugh have updated their statements of interest as may be viewed at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rosette-soi-29jan08.shtml http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rodenbaugh-statement.htm Kristina Rosette North America representative, Intellectual Property Constituency Updated January 29, 2008 I am employed as a Special Counsel by Covington & Burling LLP Covington), a general practice law firm with over 600 lawyers in five offices in three countries. I am resident in Covington’s Washington, DC office and am a member of the District of Columbia bar. I specialize in Internet and trademark matters, and represent trademark owner clients in connection with such matters. Among my responsibilities, I develop and implement offensive and defensive domain name registration, Internet monitoring, and enforcement strategies; reclaim domain names through negotiation, arbitration (under the UDRP, .biz STOP, and .mobi Sunrise Challenge policies, thus far), and litigation; and advise clients on the use of keywords and sponsored links. In connection with advising firm clients of generally noteworthy trademark- or Internet-related developments, I have also provided information and updates on domain name system developments (e.g., posting of reports for public comment, announcements of new policies such as the Domain Name Transfer Policy, .eu Sunrise requirements). All such communications have been, and will continue to be, based solely on publicly available information and documents. From time to time, I register or acquire in my own name domain names for firm clients. I am currently the registrant of several domain names, both on behalf of firm clients and in an individual capacity. From time to time and as circumstances warrant, I have completed and submitted Whois Data Problem Reports on behalf of firm clients. I have been a member of the Registration Practice and DNS Administration Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association's Internet Committee since 2004, and chair the Subcommittee for the 2008-2009 term. I have determined that Covington does not represent ICANN and does not represent any clients in matters in which ICANN is an adverse party. Covington did represent the International Cooperative Alliance in connection with the formation and establishment of DotCooperation LLC, the .coop registry operator, but that matter has been closed for some time. I have also determined that Covington neither represents any gTLD or sTLD registry operator in matters relating to its capacity as a registry operator nor represents any client in matters adverse to such registry operators as registry operators. Based on the responses to my inquiries, Covington does not represent any ccTLD registry operator in its capacity as a registry operator nor does it represent any client in matters adverse to any ccTLD registry operators as registry operators. To the best of my knowledge, Covington does not represent any ICANN-accredited registrar in its capacity as a registrar nor does it represent any firm client in a matter adverse to a registrar as registrar. From time to time, Covington has represented firm clients in intellectual property matters adverse to registrars, and it is likely to do so periodically in the future. I have not been directly involved in such matters. A firm client is an ICANN-accredited registrar, but Covington does not represent it in such matters. It is possible that other firm clients may be ICANN-accredited registrars, but, if so, Covington does not represent them in such matters. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org