[ALAC] Red Cross/IOC - Questions for Consensus Call - Reply due by September 26th

Fatimata Seye Sylla fsylla at gmail.com
Sat Sep 22 18:43:48 UTC 2012


Hello All,

I just  want to say my appreciation of the on going discussions.

Thank you to all of you.

 If I  had a say, I would support dissociating the RC and IOC issues.

Best,
Fatimata


2012/9/22 Hong Xue <hongxueipr at gmail.com>

> On Saturday, September 22, 2012, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>
> > At 21/09/2012 03:08 AM, Hong Xue wrote:
> >
> >> > 5) Suggest an alternate robust method to protect non-trademarked
> >> > public-interest names.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Under FAG, IOC, RC and any other IGOs can file as many objections as
> >> possible based on their IGO legal rights against TLD applications
> >> identical or confusingly similar to their name(s). But no DRP
> >> mechanism available for IGO names against 2nd-level domain name
> >> registration, and all protection measures at 2nd-level are for
> >> trademark, which makes the IGO names' protection unbalance at
> >> top-level and second-level. If a dispute resolution policy could be
> >> developed to enable IGOs to complain against abusive registrations at
> >> second level, it would be good idea. But I object to changing the
> >> current policy at this round and setting out a priorly-reserved name
> >> list, let alone merely singling out 2 IGOs for special treatment.
> >>
> >> Hong
> >>
> >
> > The URS is a bit wider than that, as it also protects a name "that is
> > specifically protected by a statute or treaty in effect at the time the
> URS
> > complaint is filed." - (Section 1.2.6.1 of the URS section of the
> Applicant
> > Guidebook).
>
>
> Hi, I am afraid that stipulation refers to "trademarks" not registered but
> protected by statute or treaty, which consistent with TMCH. Anyway URS is a
> provisionary measure that cannot really solve igo problem.
>
> Btw, IOC is a igo by treaty but RC is specially defined by treaty for its
> neutral humanitarian operation.
>
>
>
>
> Hong
>
>
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