Welcome! ICANN59 will be our second ever Policy Forum. This four-day meeting is focused on current policy development work, outreach, and daily opportunities to network with the community . For general information about ICANN59, please visit https://meetings.icann.org/en/johannesburg59.
On 28 February 2016, the GNSO Council voted to initiate this Policy Development Process (PDP) and adopted the Working Group Charter (updated from its draft form following work by several Council volunteers) in March 2016 (https://community.icann.org/x/2CWAAw). The PDP is being conducted in two phases, beginning with the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) developed for the 2012 New gTLD Program, with the 1999 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy to follow in Phase 2. As part of the first phase of this PDP, the Working Group is currently completing its review of the Trademark Claims Clearinghouse (TMCH), and using Sub Teams to assist it in beginning the process to review Sunrise Registrations and Trademark Claims. The Working Group will take advantage of the face-to-face meeting at the Policy Forum at ICANN 59 to further deliberate on Charter questions pertaining to these two Rights Protection Mechanisms, in addition to soliciting input from the broader community on these ongoing discussions. - Staff Leader: Mary Wong Staff Facilitator: Terri Agnew
Mary Wong is a Senior Policy Director with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN), in which capacity she handles global policy development work relating to the coordination and management of the Internet domain name system. Prior to joining ICANN, she was a... Read More →
