[PC-NCSG] revised draft NCSG statement on staff's strawman proposal

Mon Jan 7 05:15:54 EET 2013

Thanks Robin and Kathy for following up on the strawman proposal andfor
the detailed response. I think it's vitally important that NCSG submit
astrong comment/rebuttal on this, and am glad to support the draft.

I'm not sure that I completely understand the 90 days notice = intent
toinfringe/willfulness legal standard description on page 2. I agree
that anextended notice period increases the possibility that a
registrant could beaccused of willful trademark infringement (i.e.
he/she proceeded to register anidentically-matching domain
notwithstanding actual notice that this wouldinfringe a registered
trademark) but I don't quite get how the change from a60-day period
during which a Claims Service will be live to a 90-day
periodautomatically converts things to a higher legal standard of
willfulinfringement. 

Are we saying that the longer the Claims Service period runs, the higher
thepossibility that registrants will be exposed to the risk of
accusations ofwillful infringement should they proceed - on the basis
that proceeding with anexact match registration of a domain name for the
same goods or services isequivalent to infringing activity, possibly
willful, since the Claims Notice isthe same thing as actual notice of a
trademark registration? I'm not sure itcomes across as clearly to those
not familiar with trademark law, but maybe I'mjust reading it wrongly.

Also - what do you think of emphasizing the territoriality concept,
i.e.trademark law is territorial and trademark infringement involves a
nuanced andpotentially complex analysis, such that simply disallowing a
domain nameregistration not tied to a particular use or jurisdiction at
the outset on thebasis that it matches a trademark registered somewhere
amounts to additionalprotections for trademark owners not necessarily
justified by trademark law?

Hope this is helpful,
Mary

Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
Two White Street
Concord, NH 03301
USA
Email: mary.wong at law.unh.edu
Phone: 1-603-513-5143
Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network
(SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584  

>>> Kathryn Kleiman  01/07/13 11:10 AM >>>
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* tx Robin!

Kathy

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[mailto:pc-ncsg-bounces at ipjustice.org]On Behalf Of Robin Gross
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:11 PM
To: NCSG-Policy 
Subject: [PC-NCSG] revised draft NCSG statement on staff's strawman
proposal

Dear All: 

Attached is the revised draft NCSG statement on staff's strawman
proposal.   

Big thanks to Kathy for her editing of the first draft.  I've removed
the procedural concerns at the end of the previous draft and will submit
them separately from me personally.

ICANN's deadline for comments is 15 January.  I'd like to submit NCSG's
comments early this week.  Please send any additional comments and
suggestions about the attached draft at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,

Robin

IP JUSTICE

Robin Gross, Executive Director

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