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Originally Posted by FightThisPatent
Seems to be more of an ICANN internal issue at this moment until they open it up to public comment.
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Is it a certainty that there will be a public comment period relating to the independent review? I didn't catch any reference to a public comment period in ICM's request for review, but I'm sure they don't really see an additional public comment period as being in their best interest, so that might have been a conscious omission on their part.
Hopefully, the request that the review board "declare that ICANN must immediately execute a registry agreement on terms and conditions substantially similar to ICM's draft registry agreement" proposed in Feb 2007 either proves a bridge too far for the review board, or executing such an agreement would trigger more public comment. On its face, the language of that request sounds like ICM is going for a knockout punch via the review board -- an attempt to bypass the question of public comment and more internal debate by the ICANN board, and simply execute the agreement pursuant to the demand of the review panel.
Of course, if the ICANN board can simply ignore the review panel's decision, ICM's individual requests relating to the independent review board's declarations could be moot, anyway.
Hopefully all of this will be clarified when ICM's request for review is answered/acted upon.