<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am also VERY concerned about this latest attempt to change GNSO policy and expand trademark privileges even further post hoc. How many backflips is ICANN supposed to do for the Red Cross? How much community time and energy is spent on creating special privileges for these special interests. Just imagine if all this energy and resources could actually be put toward something worthwhile.<div><br></div><div>Robin<br><div><br><div><div>On Jun 17, 2014, at 5:33 AM, Kathy Kleiman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">To NCSG Councilors,<br>
This is interesting as it expands the Trademark Clearinghouse in
ways that it was never intended to be expanded. As you know, the
TMCH was a narrow mechanism - to give trademark owners with a
clear, registered trademark, a place to put it.<br>
<br>
As these IGO names go into the Trademark Clearinghouse, we (NCSG
reps in the GNSO Council) must require them to have some sort of <u><b>description
of their purpose </b></u>-- something equivalent to the
"description of goods and services" of a trademark. Because of
these descriptions of goods and services, trademarks are limited,
and trademarks such as Delta Faucets, Delta Airlines and future
Deltas can co-exist.<br>
<br>
But here it appears we are being asked to protect the IGO acronym
in the abstract - some sort of protection of mere letters -- an
absolute ownership of characters. But that can't be right - as the
WHO (World Health Organization) coexists with The WHO (the rock
and roll group). <br>
<br>
Please remind everyone that the TMCH registrations are a basis for
URS proceedings (the ultra-fast uniform rapid suspension of New
gTLD domain names). So without descriptions, the World Health
Organization will come to own the string "WHO" with no bounds, no
limits, and an almost absolute ability to pull it from anyone else
using the string (including other noncommercial organizations
sharing these common 3-letter acronyms in completely different
areas of operation).<br>
<br>
Even IGOs have bounds and limits - and a clear description of the
areas and communities they serve. This needs to be added to the
requirements if these terms are to be added into the TMCH
database. <br>
<br>
<i><b>What is the deadline here, and how can we work together
(Councilors and those in NCSG who helped design (and limit)
the TMCH) to help define and further limit this new IGO
registration? </b></i><br>
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Best,<br>
Kathy:<br>
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Subject: [council] FW: Letter from Cherine Chalaby
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:11:04 +0100
From: Jonathan Robinson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info"><jrobinson@afilias.info></a>
Reply-To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info"><jrobinson@afilias.info></a>
Organization: Afilias
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a>
All,
FYI and for further discussion / follow-up.
Jonathan
*From:*Megan Bishop [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:megan.bishop@icann.org">mailto:megan.bishop@icann.org</a>]
*Sent:* 16 June 2014 21:09
*To:* <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>
*Subject:* Letter from Cherine Chalaby
Dear Jonathan,
Attached please find a letter from Cherine Chalaby, providing an update
on the ongoing work by the NGPC in response to the GNSO policy
recommendations regarding Protection of IGO-INGO identifiers.
Regards,
Megan
Megan Bishop
Board Support Coordinator
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
12025 Waterfront Dr., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90094
Mobile: +1-310-795-1894
Direct: +1-310-301-5808
/One World. One Internet./
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