To NCSG Councilors,
This is interesting as it expands the Trademark Clearinghouse in ways 
that it was never intended to be expanded. As you know, the TMCH was a 
narrow mechanism - to give trademark owners with a clear, registered 
trademark, a place to put it.

As these IGO names go into the Trademark Clearinghouse, we (NCSG reps in 
the GNSO Council) must require them to have some sort of _*description 
of their purpose *_-- something equivalent to the "description of goods 
and services" of a trademark. Because of these descriptions of goods and 
services, trademarks are limited, and trademarks such as Delta Faucets, 
Delta Airlines and future Deltas can co-exist.

But here it appears we are being asked to protect the IGO acronym in the 
abstract - some sort of protection of mere letters -- an absolute 
ownership of characters. But that can't be right - as the WHO (World 
Health Organization) coexists with The WHO (the rock and roll group).

Please remind everyone that the TMCH registrations are a basis for URS 
proceedings (the ultra-fast uniform rapid suspension of New gTLD domain 
names).  So without descriptions, the World Health Organization will 
come to own the string "WHO" with no bounds, no limits, and an almost 
absolute ability to pull it from anyone else using the string (including 
other noncommercial organizations sharing these common 3-letter acronyms 
in completely different areas of operation).

Even IGOs have bounds and limits - and a clear description of the areas 
and communities they serve.  This needs to be added to the requirements 
if these terms are to be added into the TMCH database.

/*What is the deadline here, and how can we work together (Councilors 
and those in NCSG who helped design (and limit) the TMCH) to help define 
and further limit this new IGO registration? */

Best,
Kathy:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[council] FW: Letter from Cherine Chalaby
> Date: 	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:11:04 +0100
> From: 	Jonathan Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Organization: 	Afilias
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> All,
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> FYI and for further discussion / follow-up.
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> Jonathan
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> *From:*Megan Bishop [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> *Sent:* 16 June 2014 21:09
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Letter from Cherine Chalaby
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> Dear Jonathan,
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> Attached please find a letter from Cherine Chalaby, providing an update
> on the ongoing work by the NGPC in response to the GNSO policy
> recommendations regarding Protection of IGO-INGO identifiers.
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> Regards,
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> Megan
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> Megan Bishop
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