Dear Working Group members,

This message follows up on Julie’s note below, with reference to our meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 10 March). You will see that the updated agenda calls for us to discuss potential preliminary recommendations that this Working Group may wish to make concerning a few RPM-related recommendations from Phase 1 of the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP). These include EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation #21, which the GNSO Council referred to this Working Group in July 2019, proposing that:

“… the GNSO Council instructs the review of all RPMs PDP WG to consider, as part of its deliberations, whether there is a need to update existing requirements to clarify that a Complainant must only be required to insert the publicly-available RDDS data for the domain name(s) at issue in its initial Complaint. The EPDP Team also recommends the GNSO Council to instruct the RPMs PDP WG to consider whether upon receiving updated RDDS data (if any), the Complainant must be given the opportunity to file an amended Complaint containing the updated respondent information.”

In this regard, staff has updated the URS Deliberations document, to add further proposed text to URS Recommendation #1 that the Working Group has previously discussed and approved, as well as some additional background information about the relevant EPDP Phase 1 recommendations in the Context section. Please note that this is staff-suggested draft text that the Working Group co-chairs have not had the opportunity to review or comment on, and as such has been placed on the Working Group agenda for tomorrow (Tuesday): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wZWow09gE6-YmZYcty81CT2Tujm-3vTZE7lHj2fIZXE/edit?usp=sharing.

The staff-proposed text is based on staff recommendations to the Working Group co-chairs as to how the EPDP recommendations can be handled at this stage of our work, particularly the benefit of including preliminary conclusions in the Initial Report so as to solicit community input. Much of the text has been based on the following resources:

• The Wave 1 analysis report that our colleagues in ICANN org’s Global Domains Division (GDD) has produced, in relation to EPDP Phase 1 recommendation #27: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-phase-1-recommendation-27-18feb20-en.pdf;
• The provisions of the Temporary Specification (which ICANN’s Contracted Parties continue to have to comply with, under the Interim Registration Data Policy that became effective on 20 May 2019 (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/interim-registration-data-policy-en): see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registration-data-specs-en/#temp-spec; and
• The fact that the URS, while not a Consensus Policy at this stage, is a dispute resolution procedure that registry operators of gTLDS delegated under the 2012 New gTLD Program are mandated to apply and that registrants of domain names in these new gTLDs agree to as part of their registration agreements.

Finally, as analysis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its impact is outside the scope of this PDP, staff ventures to suggest that the Working Group consider specifically requesting the EPDP Team and/or the GNSO Council to weigh in, during the public comment period, on whether the proposed preliminary recommendations meet the intention and needs of the EPDP recommendations.

Staff will be pleased to elaborate further on this topic during the call tomorrow, but we wanted to make sure that you all had the proposed text before the meeting. Thank you.

Best regards,

Julie, Ariel & Mary

From: GNSO-RPM-WG <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>
Date: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 11:58
To: "gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org>
Subject: [GNSO-RPM-WG] UPDATED AGENDAS AND LINK: Schedule and Proposed Agendas for RPMs PDP WG Sessions at ICANN67

Dear RPMs PDP WG members,

Per the ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum Schedule the sessions for the RPMs PDP WG are as follows and are on the schedule at: https://67.schedule.icann.org/meetings [67.schedule.icann.org].  Please note the updated proposed agendas and link for each session below, which also are posted on the wiki pages at the links below.  These updated agendas reflect WG review of suggested potential/preliminary recommendations on EPDP and CCT-RT issues (draft text will be forthcoming from staff).

Kindly note that staff have uploaded the google docs for the Initial report draft sections on this wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/1SOJBw.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Mary, Ariel, and Julie

ICANN67 Schedule – RPM PDP WG Sessions

See the ICANN67 GNSO Remote Participation Details Virtual Meetings

The ICANN67 Virtual community Forum [67.schedule.icann.org] scheduled session times are all reflected as Eastern Standard Time (MX) for Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico [UTC-5].

Important Reminder: On 8 March, Eastern Standard Time (EST) changes in the U.S. and Canada to Eastern Daylight saving Time (EDT), however, there is NO TIME CHANGE in Cancún, Mexico or to the posted Virtual Community Forum schedule on this date.  For the EASTERN US this means that the meeting times will be ONE HOUR LATER than the times listed in the local Cancún time.

Monday, 09 March: 13:45-15:15 (Cancún)/18:45-19:15 UTC/14:45-16:15 EDT – Session 1 of 4

Proposed Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2020-03-09+ICANN67+-+Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+WG

1. Review Agenda and Updates to Statements of Interest
2. Initial Report Review of Deliberations/Context – See the Google docs at: https://community.icann.org/x/1SOJBw
   1. Deliberations of Trademark PDDRP – Review Action Items from 04 March Meeting
   2. Deliberations of Additional Marketplace – Review Action Items from 04 March Meeting
3. Review of Initial Report Boilerplate Sections (as many sections as time permits) – See the Google docs at: https://community.icann.org/x/1SOJBw
   1. Background (introduced on 04 March)
   2. Next Steps
   3. Approach Taken by the Working Group
   4. Executive Summary
   5. Overview of Preliminary Recommendations and Questions for Community Input
   6. Annex B - Charter Questions
   7. Annex C - Working Group Documents
   8. Cover Page
   9. Deliberations of the Working Group [introduction – recommendations already covered]
   10. Individual Proposals (Non-Recommendations) [introduction – recommendations already covered]
   11. Annex E - Community Input
4. AOB

Tuesday, 10 March: 13:30-15:00 (Cancún)/18:30-19:00 UTC/14:30-16:00 EDT – Session 2 of 4

Proposed Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2020-03-10+ICANN67+Cancun+-+Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+WG

1. Review Agenda and Updates to Statements of Interest
2. Review of EPDP Suggested Potential/Preliminary Recommendations
3. AOB

Wednesday, 11 March: 10:45-12:15 (Cancún)/15:45-17:15 UTC/11:45-13:15 EDT – Session 3 of 4

Proposed Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2020-03-11+ICANN67+Cancun+-+Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+WG

1. Review Agenda and Updates to Statements of Interest
2. Review of CCT-RT Suggested Potential/Preliminary Recommendations
3. Review of Initial Report Remaining Boilerplate Sections (carried over from Monday’s meeting) – See the Google docs at: https://community.icann.org/x/1SOJBw
4. AOB

Thursday, 12 March: 14:45-15:45 (Cancún)/19:45-20:45 UTC/15:45-16:45 EDT – Session 4 of 4

Proposed Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2020-03-12+ICANN67+Cancun+-+Review+of+all+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+%28RPMs%29+in+all+gTLDs+PDP+WG

No agenda; meeting will be cancelled if not needed.