Dear All,

 

Please see below the action items and notes captured by staff from the RPM Sunrise Sub Team meeting held on 19 December 2018 (18:00-19:00 UTC).  Staff have posted to the wiki space the action items and notes.  Please note that these are high-level notes and are not meant as a substitute for the recording, chat room, or transcript. The recording, AC chat, transcript and attendance records are posted on the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2018-12-19+Sub+Team+for+Sunrise+Registrations.

 

See also the survey analysis tool: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905.

   

Best Regards,

Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

 

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NOTES & ACTION ITEMS

 

Actions:

 

  1. Staff will extend the nominations for Sub Team leaders/co-leaders to COB 21 December and also send to the Working Group for reference. [DONE]
  2. Staff will create Google documents for each question to which Sub Team members can add comments/suggestions. [ONGOING]
  3. Sub Team members: By 1300 UTC, Wednesday, 02 January 2018, analyze whether / how the data in "Actual & Potential Registrants", “Registry & Registrars”, and “Trademark Owners” tabs answer the agreed question 5, sub question 5(a), and all the sub questions of 5(a), in the spreadsheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBw-dW2gBzvBfhUgl3u6ShWlPZt0yyNF-Vs1qmUuIjg/edit#gid=381275905 and add your comments/suggestions in the summary table (to be provided, see action item 2) [BY 02 Jan]  See:

 

Question 5  (Final Charter Questions for Sunrise & Trademark Claims RPMs for Which Data is Being Sought)

(a) Does the current 30-day minimum for a Sunrise Period serve its intended purpose, particularly in view of the fact that many registry operators actually ran a 60-day Sunrise Period?

• Are there any unintended results?

• Does the ability of Registry Operators to expand their Sunrise Periods create uniformity concerns that should be addressed by this WG?

• Are there any benefits observed when the Sunrise Period is extended beyond 30 days?

• Are there any disadvantages?

 

Notes:

 

1. Review agenda/Statements of Interest: Susan Payne has taken the position of Secretary of the Intellectual Property Constituency.

 

2. Select Sub Team Leader:

 

-- ACTION ITEM: Resend the nomination announcement until COB 21 December, also send to the full WG.

-- Consider whether WG Co-Chairs could rotate.

 

3. Begin survey analysis

 

-- ACTION ITEM -- Tool: Look at the refined charter questions and the Data Sub Team questions -- structured on the original data request table.  Applies some structure.

-- Ask Sub Team members to point out where other data applies.

-- Cells F28 and G28 answer that, namely that only 4 TM owners missed the 30 day deadline.

-- Cell F31 argues for 'more time', but with no tradeoff/cost attached to it, it's somewhat a weak question

-- Registries and Registrars data also apply.

-- Question 5 is not the place to start.

-- See F28 and G28 responses.

-- Don't look at the Sunrise period on its own, look at the time before it sharts (G35 on registries and registrars tab).

-- F31 indicates that people believe that a 60-day period would be preferable.

-- Can look at brand owner, but also at registries and registrars.  Line: 33 onward.

-- Haven't decided the overarching question -- is Sunrise a good thing?  Is it a good thing?  Propose that we go to the summary table: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/attachments/20181203/0f4ad243/TableoffinalagreedSunrisequestionsdataforreview-3Dec2018-0001.pdf.,

-- Need to start filling in the table.

-- From registrars find it too late -- don't participate.  Misunderstanding of 30 days versus 60 days (30 days sunrise and 60 days are both 60 days, for the first one is a 30 day notice period).  dding +30 (multiplied by something) days means registry can not start business , but paying bills.  There is no way registries could do 60 days because of the first come, first-served scenario.  The questions didn't provide clarity or there was no knowledge about this.

-- Could run it longer than 60 days -- the durations are a minimum.

-- Filter for the question was those registrars who participated in sunrise.

-- Registry/Registrar -- Q15 and Q4 tabs -- costs implementing sunrise periods.  Also, registry E29.