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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for clarifying, Sam, sorry I misunderstood the intent of your message<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Sam Lanfranco [mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 30, 2015 5:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Milton L Mueller; NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Comments on the Draft Rights Protection Mechanism Review paper - now finishing ICANN Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Milton, <br>
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Not sure what has fogged your glasses here (<span class="moz-smiley-s1"> :-) </span>
) but the question IS being asked of the ICANN process. How you read that as blame against Kathy's good work escapes me. If there is a constituency problem here it is
<b><i>not a problem with</i></b><i> </i>the constituencies but <b><i>a problem for the constituencies</i></b>. It appears that the constituency (NCUC in this case) proposes and ICANN either disposes or ignores. Not a healthy sign for a multistakeholder consensus
governance model. On 30/04/2015 4:09 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sam</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You should be asking ICANN that question, not Kathy. NCUC, with Kathy in the lead, has been noting these kinds of problems for more than 15 years. We’re happy
that you and Timothe are starting to notice them, too. But to blame ICANN’s bias towards trademark owners on Kathy or NCUC is incredible.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.25pt">I remain confused on outcomes here, not on intent. In response to Timothe's posting I referenced the recent decision on the trumpcard.com domain name as an example of how easy it is for a trademark holder, registering
the trademark after the fact of the domain name registration, to take the domain name. This was a case of the owner in pursuit of legitimate business interests tied to that name for seven centuries, and operating two years before the trademark was applied
for. The trademark was granted in pursuit of something else - selling credit cards. This was not a case of false representation nor of cyber squatting.<br>
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Where were the ICANN protections there? What am I missing?<br>
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<pre>"It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>in an unjust state" -Confucius<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>email: <a href="mailto:Lanfran@Yorku.ca">Lanfran@Yorku.ca</a> Skype: slanfranco<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>blog: <a href="http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com">http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852<o:p></o:p></pre>
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