[PC-NCSG] Fwd: proposed text for joint statement of ALAC & NCSG

[Robin Gross]

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> From: Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org>
> Date: April 9, 2013 12:16:42 PM GMT+08:00
> To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> Cc: David Cake <dave at difference.com.au>, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>,  Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm>
> Subject: Re: proposed text for joint statement of ALAC & NCSG
> 

> I generally support Alan's comments and proposed mods. One difference below.
> 
> >  I believe however, that the ALAC would support (but would need formal approval) to limit the extensions to 50 strings per unique mark and not per each registration of the same mark. But to re-iterate, the ALAC has objected to the PROCESS, not the substance of this proposal.
> 
> IMO, the "+50" proposal was something that was never even suggested at the LA meeting (that I recall) and indeed_appears_ to have been pulled out of thin air. So it is reasonable for the statement to comment on both the process problem as well as this (+50) as an example of a poor and unexpected outcome that resulted from the problem. I'm not myself a fan of +50 as an answer to the legitimate "strings contained" concern advanced by brand owners and would likely not support it if raised at ALAC.
> 
> Had this (+50) been raised in advance with the community, even if interpreted as implementation and discussed in a more lightweight process than a PDP, a better outcome would have resulted. IMO
> 
> -Evan
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