Closed Generics Small Team - Public Meeting Notes - & Upcoming NCSG Discussion at ICANN76

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi All,

As you may know, I am our NCSG representative to the Closed Generics 
Small Team of GNSO, GAC and ALAC Representatives meeting.  The goal of 
our work is to find a a workable
framework to identify and handle closed generic applications in the 
future rounds of new gTLDs. Should we reach agreement on a framework, it 
will go to the GAC and GNSO Council for approval, and then through the 
GNSO policymaking process, probably in an expedited PDP.

The reason we are here is, after many years of discussion, the 
Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group (Subpro 
WG) was unable to agree on recommendations for "closed generics" - one 
of the few areas our differences over new gTLDs could not be bridged. 
Plus the GAC weighed in heavily in 2013, issuing "consensus GAC advice" 
with deep concerns about closed generics in their 2013 Beijing GAC 
Communique.  It contained some direction and the GAC advice reaffirmed 
in more recent meetings. (I include GAC 2013 closed generic advice at 
bottom of this email.)

/This Closed Generics Small Team has been meeting weekly by phone and 
once in person in Washington DC, January 26-27, for in-depth discussions 
about Closed Generics. We have a public report of our work (attached).  
I share it and look forward to our discussion at the *NCSG Membership 
Meeting, Sunday 10:30AM (local time). *With additional discussion at the 
NCSG Policy Committee meeting later in the week. I look forward to your 
questions, ideas and our discussion! //
/

Best, Kathy

(Kathy Kleiman)

------------------------ GAC Beijing Advice, 2013 --------------------

Annex II, https://gac.icann.org/contentMigrated/icann46-beijing-communique

Exclusive Access
•For strings representing generic terms,exclusive registry accessshould 
serve a public
interest goal.
     •In the current round, the GAC has identified the following 
non-­‐exhaustive list of strings
that it considers to be generic terms, where the applicant is currently 
proposing to
provide exclusive registry access

• .antivirus,.app,.autoinsurance,.baby,.beauty,.blog,.book,.broker,
.carinsurance, .cars, .cloud, .courses, .cpa, .cruise, .data, 
.dvr,.financialaid,
.flowers, .food, .game, .grocery, .hair, .hotel,.hotels.insurance, .jewelry,
.mail, .makeup, .map, .mobile, .motorcycles, .movie, .music, .news, .phone,
.salon,.search, .shop, .show, .skin, .song, .store, .tennis, .theater, 
.theatre,
.tires,.tunes,.video,.watches,.weather,.yachts,.クラウド[cloud],
.ストア[store],.セール[sale],.ファッション[fashion],.家電
[consumer electronics], .手表[watches], .書籍[book], .珠宝[jewelry],
.通販[online shopping], .食品[food]

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