Hi Alain I am little bit confused by a statement that you made, > > ICANN cannot substitute for INTA, WIPO, etc... it must only respect INTA, > WIPO, etc... rules and regulations. > I may understand for WIPO (which is btw an arbitration center) and I have some reserves about that , but I am puzzled that you imply that ICANN must respect INTA "rules and regulations",for remind INTA is an association for trademark holders and professionals, which means an interest group. Best Regards, Rafik > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > TLD .olympic, .red-cross, .ngo, .iso, .intl, .iata (variant >> > .aita), .icao (variant .oaci) and .code should be protected. >> > >> >> Protected from what? >> >> Since when does someone own .ngo? If so, who? >> >> Why .intl? Who has rights in that? Why? >> >> JFC, I believe that the whole attitude here is wrong. I strongly resist >> the idea that we can create fiat global property rights in alphanumeric >> character strings just because someone on an email list thinks it's a good >> idea to "protect" whatever happens to be his or her pet organization. Lets >> try to be more systematic and think about long term consequences, clear >> rules, etc. >> >> >> --MM >> > > > > -- > Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA > Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> > Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca > Trustee, GKP Foundation, www.globalknowledgepartnership.org > Vice Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ > O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 > Skype: alain.berranger > >