Thanks for the update Carlos. KK On 12/03/2010 08:19, "Carlos A. Afonso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just now -- Icann board votes against EOI. Back to the drawing board. > > --c.a. > > Konstantinos Komaitis wrote: >> I would also add to that (and apologies for coming in late) - there are >> serious trademarks concerns that have not been really expressed. Like for >> instance, will Time Warner be able to take .time? There needs to be some >> form of legitimate restrictions as applied in trademark law. >> >> Konstantinos >> >> >> On 09/03/2010 14:06, "Wendy Seltzer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Milton L Mueller wrote: >>>> Hi, it would be nice to know more about what the rationale for this >>>> position >>>> is. Not that I oppose it, it's just that the EoI proposal has been kicking >>>> around since October and no one here has expressed any positions on it or >>>> interest in it. Obviously you had a discussed there, please let us know >>>> what >>>> you mean by a "pre-launch application" and I'd especially like to know how >>>> you respond to one of the arguments I have heard in favor of the EoI >>>> proposal: >>>> - it provides information about what is really out there, thus providing a >>>> counter to GAC and TM-lobby promoted FUD about all the problems a new TLD >>>> round is likely to cause >>> When the EoI becomes a mandatory declaration of intent to participate, >>> combined with a serious financial commitment, without greater clarity of >>> process from the ICANN side, it seems unfair to many who would like to >>> participate. I'd rather channel that energy back into advancement of >>> the actual gTLD introduction. >>> >>> --Wendy >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [[log in to unmask]] On >>>> Behalf Of Wendy Seltzer [[log in to unmask]] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:27 AM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCSG statement on the EoI >>>> >>>> The assembled NCSG in Nairobi agreed to endorse this statement regarding >>>> Expressions of Interest: >>>> >>>> As it has been described here, the "Expression of Interest" is in fact a >>>> "Pre-Launch Application" before ICANN is willing to make contractual >>>> promises. The NCSG does not support a Pre-Launch Application under these >>>> circumstances. >>>> >>>> -- >> -- Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Lecturer in Law, GigaNet Membership Chair, University of Strathclyde, The Lord Hope Building, 141 St. James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT, UK tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 email: [log in to unmask]