Re: Threat from Christopher Ambler -Reply

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jim and all,

Jim Dixon wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Karl Auerbach wrote:
>
> > > > Remove the ITU from the gTLD MoU and it
> > > > loses no substance or force.
> > >
> > > So remove it.
> >
> > We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that the Green Paper calls for the
> > inclusion of an unnamed worldwide Intellectual Property body to come in
> > and advise "the corporation" on how to resolve trademark issues and impose
> > Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms.
> >
> > I get the feeling that the camel's nose is inside the tent in either path.
>
> Different camel ;-)
>
> The intellectual property rights community presumably gets to drag
> WIPO in.  But I think that the ITU would have to be tossed out in
> order for the gTLD MOU to have any chance of a comeback.
>
> > (This does not bother me as long as their role is merely advisory; I think
> > that the trademark interests are already over represented and over
> > satiated in all the proposals on the floor.)
>
> Personally I think that input from the IPR community is essential.
> It would indeed be preferable that their role be advisory, but it
> doesn't look like they can be kept out.

  All parties should be represented in both perposals, MoU and GP.  This
seems not to be the case in with the MoU however.

>
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