Dear RPMs PDP WG Co-Chairs, Liaison, and members, Please see below the motion that was approved by the GNSO Council today, 21 January 2021. Specifically, “The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, all thirty-five (35) final PDP recommendations as documented in the PDP Working Group’s Final Report.” This motion will be posted shortly on the GNSO resolutions<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_counc...> page. Congratulations to all! Kind regards, Mary, Ariel, and Julie Motion - Approve the Recommendations from the Phase 1 Final Report of the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs, covering RPMs applicable to gTLDs launched under the 2012 New gTLD Program. Submitted by: John McElwaine Seconded by: Maxim Alzoba WHEREAS: 1. On 18 February 2016, the GNSO Council resolved [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions*201...> to initiate a two-phased Policy Development Process (PDP), to review all existing rights protection mechanisms (RPMs in all gTLDs. 2. On 9 March 2016, the GNSO Council approved [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions*201...> the PDP Charter, thereby initiating Phase One of the PDP that focused on the RPMs developed for the 2012 New gTLD Program. 3. The PDP Working Group has followed all the necessary steps and processes required by the ICANN Bylaws, the GNSO PDP Manual and the GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including the publication of an Initial Report for public comment (on 18 March 2020) and consideration of the public comments received thereto. 4. On 24 November 2020, the PDP Working Group submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council for its review and action. 5. The PDP Working Group has reached Full Consensus for thirty-four (34) out of the thirty-five (35) final recommendations documented in the Final Report, and Consensus for the remaining one (1) final recommendation (concerning Final Recommendation #1 for the Trademark Clearinghouse). RESOLVED: 1. The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, all thirty-five (35) final PDP recommendations as documented in the PDP Working Group’s Final Report. 2. Should the PDP recommendations be adopted by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council requests that ICANN org convene an RPM Implementation Review Team, to assist ICANN org in developing the implementation details for the PDP recommendations and ensure that the resultant implementation conforms to the intent of the approved recommendations. The Implementation Review Team shall operate in accordance with the Implementation Review Team Principles and Guidance approved by the GNSO Council in June 2015. 3. The GNSO Council thanks all the various Co-Chairs and members of the PDP Working Group for their commitment and hard work in completing Phase One of this PDP. Vote results<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-m...> From: GNSO-RPM-WG <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 11:13 AM To: "gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> Subject: [GNSO-RPM-WG] Posted: RPMs PDP Working Group Phase 1 Final Report on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process 24 Nov 2020 Dear RPMs PDP WG members, The RPMs PDP Working Group Phase 1 Final Report on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process 24 Nov 2020 was submitted to the GNSO Council last week and has now been posted on the ICANN GNSO website at: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpm-phase-... [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/f...> and also on the RPMs PDP WG wiki at: https://community.icann.org/x/sIAmCQ. Kind regards, Mary, Ariel, and Julie