[At-Large] New gTLD implementation Consultation Session London 15 July 2009

[Seth Johnson]

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> said:
> 
> I've heard a lot of people say that Intellectual Property & 
> the work of the IRT fell outside ICANN's scope.
> 
> Someone asked this specific question & Jonathan Cohen, 
> Senior Partner at Shapiro Cohen replied that this was false: 
> according to him, the ICANN bylaws & principles mention 
> protection of Intellectual Property & Marks, and that 
> therefore, the IRT's proposals fall completely *in line* 
> with ICANN's *core mission*.
> 
> I'd be interested if this was confirmed/denied.


The issue is more how can they proceed with the proposals they're
presenting without addressing the fact that they're changing
established legal traditions.


Seth