This PDP was initiated by the GNSO Council in June 2014, following an Issue Report requested by the Council upon the recommendation of another PDP WG (on the Protection of International Organization Identifiers at the Top and Second Level in All gTLDs). The IGO-INGO PDP WG had completed its work in November 2013. The Preliminary Issue Report recommended by the PDP WG and consequently requested by the GNSO Council was published for public comment in March 2014. A Final Issue Report incorporating relevant public comments received was prepared for the GNSO Council in May 2014.
On this page you will find relevant background documents and materials relating to the work of the previous IGO-INGO PDP WG as that relates to the charter of this WG, and other relevant information. For a fuller account of the work of that WG, see that group's wiki workspace at https://community.icann.org/x/2YJEAg and its web page at http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/igo-ingo.
ICANN Reports Relating to the Establishment of this WG:
Final Report of the 2012-13 IGO-INGO PDP WG (November 2013)
Preliminary Issue Report on IGO & INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (March 2014)
Final Issue Report on IGO & INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (May 2014)
Findings & Reports from the earlier 2012-2013 IGO-INGO PDP Working Group:
Final GNSO Issue Report on the Protection of International Organization Names in New gTLDs (2012)
Red Cross Red Crescent Sample Registration Statistics (2013)
IOC Watch Report from Thomson (May 2012)
ICANN General Counsel Research Summary (May 2013)
Final Report on the Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs Policy Development Process (Nov 2013)
List of IGOs and INGOs to be considered by this WG:
GAC List of Approved IGOs (2013) (NOTE ALSO: GAC Criteria for IGO List - March 2013)
ECOSOC Full Consultative List (2013)
Legal Texts & Treaties:
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (relevant to IGO protections)
The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols (relevant to the Red Cross - see also this brief Factsheet about protection for Red Cross emblems)
The Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (relevant to the Int'l Olympic Committee)
WIPO Reports and Other Related Materials:
Final Report on Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process (2001)
WIPO General Assembly Decision on Second Internet Domain Name Process (2002), adopting the recommendations of the WIPO Standing Committee on Trademarks (2002)
OECD Report to WIPO on Cybersquatting (2002)
IFRC Report to WIPO SCT on Special Protections (2002)
WIPO Secretariat Report on IGO Protections (2002)
WIPO Secretariat Report on Protection for Country Names (2002)
WIPO Secretariat Paper on a possible de novo appeal mechanism for country names (2003)
WIPO Secretariat Report on Article 6ter (2005)
Additional WIPO paper on legal and procedural aspects of Article 6ter (2007)
WIPO Briefing Note on WIPO 2 Process for ICANN
Previous ICANN Work on this Topic:
Final Report of ICANN Joint WG on WIPO-2 Process Issues (2004)
GNSO Issues Report on Dispute Handling for IGO Names & Abbreviations (2007) (Note: requested by GNSO Council by motion based on a 2007 IPC Request for Issue Report that was opposed by the Registries Constituency)
Draft Text for IGO DRP & Rules (2007)
Additional Staff Papers and Other Materials:
Staff Briefing Note on the WIPO Paper regarding Possible De Novo Appeal Mechanisms (prepared 26 March 2015)
Selected UDRP Panel Decisions:
IOC OlympicMuseum UDRP Decision
IOC Vancouver2010 UDRP Decision
General GNSO Processes & Other Background:
Overview of GNSO Policy Development
GNSO Policy Development Process (from the ICANN Bylaws, Annex A)
