AGAT Teleconference
Meeting Number: AGAT/0211/1
Date: Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 UTC . (For the time in various timezones click here)
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Participants: Eric Brunner-Williams, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Evan Leibovitch, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Kathy Kleiman
Apologies: Cintra Sooknanan, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Avri Doria
Staff: Matthias Langenegger
Agenda: 23 February 2011
1. Roll call – 2 min
2. Introduction of the aims and objectives of the WG and Review of Areas of Focus- (10 mins) - Evan
For Reference: AGAT WG Workspace
Applicant Guidebook areas of focus for AGAT WG:
- Overhaul, requirement of 100% transparency or total elimination of the Independent Objector
- Replacement of the Dispute Resolution Service Provider with an expert panel, and replacement of a costly adversarial adjudicated system with one more objective and streamlined
- Explicit Board affirmation of applications which are recommended (by the above experts) to be rejected because of obscenity
- Use of ALAC and GAC, possibly as a replacement for the Independent Objector, as a filter for obscenity-based objections
- Reducing trademark "bullying" through modification of the time and language requirements of the URS mechanism
- Possible explicit categorisation of applications, to denote those which meet a criteria of community and financial need, especially from developing economies
- Provisions (reduced costs and/or streamlined processes) for applicants meeting the above criteria
3. Determine tasks, deadlines, and assignments - (30 mins) - Evan
4. Next Steps - (10 mins) - Evan
5. Any other Business - (5 mins) - Evan