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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">To clarify, the IP community brought the issue to NPOC. Sam has been spearheading our internal NPOC discussions and response. We were given a list of six members of the European
Parliament to write to and 4 Members of the EU. Sam has the list. The language proposed within the EU is overly broad and ignores the issue of “context” especially with domain names. In IP enforcement, context is crucial. I have also discussed the
matter with the NCSG-EC and framed it as one of the few issues where I think the NCSG and the IP community would agree about overreaching. The proposed language prohibits using trademarks by anyone other than the owner from “using the sign as a trade or
company name….or as a domain name or as a part thereof.” There are commercial and noncommercial interests in opposing it. The noncommercial interests are that the law could potentially
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rights to domain names. This is in no one’s interest – commercial or noncommercial – as I believe that there are many unintended consequences including creating conflict between legitimate rights holders which include NGO’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sam Lanfranco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 29, 2014 11:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: NPO/Civil Society Issue in European Union Proposals for Internet Domain Name Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicolas, Thanks for the question. What I meant to convey is that the IP community also is opposed to the proposed regulation on the grounds that there are existing trade mark protections elsewhere and that this wording would open a Pandora's
Box of problems around domain name fights. Many registrar's are also against the wording both on principle and on the practical grounds that it would reduce domain registrations because of increased risk of litigation (TM protective or TM predatory) depending
on parts of the domain name.<br>
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Sam <br>
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On 29/12/2014 9:56 AM, Nicolas Adam wrote:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Hi Sam,<br>
I am very happy too about this NPOC initiative. Under the thrust of some powerful NPOs, I sometimes was afraid that NPOC may not always recognize the value of keeping TM away from domain names.<br>
I am curious as to why you would say that "</i><tt><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The IP community opinion is that this language is unnecessary (...)</span></i></tt><i>" though?<br>
Thanks<br>
Nicolas</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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