Interesting...

--- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Subject: [council] Text in Free Trade Agreement between
> Australia and the United States
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:16:17 +1000
> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> Hello All,
>  
> During the ICANN public forum in Marrakesh, there was mention
> of domain
> names in a free trade agreement between the USA and Chile. 
> Search for
> "ERICK IRIARTE" in the transcript at:
>
http://www.icann.org/meetings/marrakech/captioning-forum1-28jun06.htm
>  
> Vint Cerf asked for a reference.
> 
> I asked Melbourne IT's General Counsel to check the
> Australian/USA Free
> trade agreement, and there is similar text.
> 
> From Chapter 17 of the Australia-United States Free Trade
> Agreement on
> Intellectual Property Rights:
>
http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us_fta/final-text/chapter_17.h
> tml 
> 
> 
> "Article 17.3 : Domain Names On The Internet
> 
> 1. In order to address trademark cyber-piracy, each Party
> shall require
> that the management of its country-code top-level domain
> (ccTLD) provide
> an appropriate procedure for the settlement of disputes, based
> on the
> principles established in the Uniform Domain-Name
> Dispute-Resolution
> Policy.
> 
> 2. Each Party shall require that the management of its ccTLD
> provide
> online public access to a reliable and accurate database of
> contact
> information for domain-name registrants."
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
>