Amazing! In view of how African governments reps sell *everything* WIPO as "UN" to us.. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Konstantinos Komaitis < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > WIPO and ICANN are two separate bodies. WIPO has always wanted to be > involved in the domain name dispute process and, actually, long before the > UDRP was formed and structured, WIPO had proposed another administrative > policy, which WIPO was meant to be administering by itself. This proposal > fell through and when the US Government approached WIPO for the UDRP, WIPO > jumped on it. over the years, WIPO has sort of become the default authority > over the rules and principles behind the UDRP, but this is more an issue of > convention and habit rather than sustained in any official document. ICANN > has with WIPO the same contractual agreements it has with NAF, the Czech > Arbitration Court, and the other UDRP providers. Also, the services that > WIPO provides for domain names are separate and unrelated to its work as a > UN body on intellectual property issues, although WIPO tends to use the > latter justification to sustain its authority over domain names and > trademarks. **** > > But, ultimately, ICANN is not bound to respect or follow WIPO's proposals > and recommendations.**** > > ** ** > > KK**** > > ** ** > > Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,**** > > ** ** > > Senior Lecturer,**** > > Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses**** > > Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law**** > > University of Strathclyde,**** > > The Law School,**** > > Graham Hills building, **** > > 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA **** > > UK**** > > tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306**** > > > http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765 > **** > > Selected publications: > http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038**** > > Website: www.komaitis.org**** > > ** ** > > *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *Victoria McEvedy > *Sent:* Πέμπτη, 13 Οκτωβρίου 2011 3:56 μμ > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG input on request for special privileges > for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains > **** > > ** ** > > I would just note that while WIPO has an arbitration centre -it is > primarily responsible for certain international IP Treaties and their > amendment. **** > > ** ** > > It is a branch of the UN and responsible for IP Treaties and other services > related thereto -including international trade mark registrations. **** > > ** ** > > See http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what_is_wipo.html**** > > The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency > of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and > accessible international intellectual property<http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/>(IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes > to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.**** > > WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention<http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/convention/>in 1967 with a mandate from its Member > States <http://www.wipo.int/members/en/> to promote the protection of IP > throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration > with other international organizations. 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If you have received this in error, please let us > know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without > reading, copying or forwarding the contents.**** > > This email does not create a solicitor-client relationship and no retainer > is created by this email communication. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *Rafik Dammak > *Sent:* 13 October 2011 15:22 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG input on request for special privileges > for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains > **** > > ** ** > > 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**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6540 (20111013) __________**** > > ** ** > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.**** > > ** ** > > http://www.eset.com**** > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6540 (20111013) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com**** >