Dear All, Many thanks and congratulations to Damon for successfully presenting the IRT’s request at today’s Council meeting. We can now proceed along the timeline outlined during yesterday’s IRT meeting, with the goal of reaching public comment before ICANN85. As discussed during yesterday’s meeting, I encourage the IRT, individually or collaboratively, to provide suggestions on language around the new use-case in the current draft copies linked below, or in the attached Word documents, by 26 January. This will aid staff when drafting updates and provide a solid basis for subsequent discussions. For guidance or ideas, please see section 5 of the attached slide deck, also shared yesterday, which contains some high-level initial drafting ideas and questions from staff. LINK TO GOOGLE DOCS (EXTERNAL IRT DRIVE): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ai1BFeCK51eloe7cHPaI5YIoWvlQYMdJ I will be in touch shortly to arrange a (longer) meeting to discuss updates to the UDRP and URS, which staff will provide in advance. Best, Peter Peter Eakin Policy Research Specialist, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: + 32 493 547 913 Office: 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt. 1, Brussels B-1040, Belgium From: BECKHAM Brian <brian.beckham@wipo.int> Date: Thursday, 15 January 2026 at 10:16 To: "Ashcraft, Damon" <dashcraft@swlaw.com>, "igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt@icann.org" <igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt@icann.org> Cc: Peter Eakin <peter.eakin@icann.org>, Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> Subject: [Ext] RE: Council Meeting Outcome Thanks Damon for the good report – looking forward to getting this fully in place! Brian From: Ashcraft, Damon via Igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt <igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt@icann.org> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2026 7:12 AM To: igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt@icann.org Cc: Peter Eakin <peter.eakin@icann.org>; Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> Subject: [Igo-ingo-curative-rights-irt] Council Meeting Outcome All, I’m pleased to report the motion passed at today’s Council meeting. Specifically, During the 15 January 2026 GNSO Council meeting, the GNSO Council confirms that the intent of the EPDP policy recommendations was to enable the respondent to a UDRP or URS dispute to voluntarily leverage alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at any time once the UDRP or URS proceeding has been initiated, and the policy recommendations enabling the new arbitral proceeding should not be read to limit that ability. I doubt the resolution has been posted yet but see the link below in a few hours and it should be there. You can find the GNSO Council meeting agenda here: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/kIAtJ [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/kIAt...> GNSO Council Resolutions found here: https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020-current [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/202...> Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Damon J. Damon Ashcraft , P.C. ​​​​ O: 602.382.6389<tel:602.382.6389> | M: 602.510.1640<tel:602.510.1640> dashcraft@swlaw.com<mailto:dashcraft@swlaw.com> SNELL ​& WILMER swlaw.com [us.content.exclaimer.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/us.content.exclaimer.net?url=https*3A*2F*...> | LinkedIn [us.content.exclaimer.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/us.content.exclaimer.net?url=https*3A*2F*...> One East Washington Street | Suite 2700 | Phoenix, AZ 85004‑2556 Albuquerque | Boise | Dallas | Denver | Las Vegas | Los Angeles | Los Cabos | Orange County | Palo Alto | Phoenix | Portland | Reno-Tahoe | Salt Lake City | San Diego | Seattle | Tucson | Washington, D.C. This email and any attachments may be confidential and protected by legal privilege. If you have received this message in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone. Please notify the sender by return email and delete this email as well as any attachments from your system. World Intellectual Property Organization Disclaimer: This electronic message may contain privileged, confidential and copyright protected information. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail and all its attachments. Please ensure all e-mail attachments are scanned for viruses prior to opening or using.