[Euro-board] WG: [ALAC-Announce] At-Large Public Comments Requested: Draft ALAC Statement on the IRT Final Report

[Wolf Ludwig]

Dear Patrick and all,

I think, it could be useful to support and strengthen Patrick's additional remarks on behalf of EURALO.
If you agree, I can add a support comment for EURALO in favour of Patrick's points

>- We believe the IRT's proposals are beyond the scope of ICANN and trademark law: If such an IP clearinghouse needs to be created, it should be by institutions external to ICANN.
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>- There is no way dictionary words can be reserved by IP holders on the basis that they use such words as brands.
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>- "Post Delegation Dispute" is Inappropriate, in that it would extend the registries contractual compliance to include treatment of trademarks, with rather vague and subjective criteria on how well they would perform on that aspect. 
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>- The Whois section adds a sentence mentioning that no reach out to, and requests comments from, national and regional Data Protection Offices, and that it should be part of the process.

on the statement / link mentioned.

Thanks for your responses/comments and regartds,
Wolf


At-Large Staff sent Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:51:
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>We are pleased to notify you that the Draft ALAC Statement on the IRT Final Report is now open for comments by the At-Large community. Comments will be taken until 26th June; these will then be reviewed for incorporation in the final text by the At-Large IRT Working Group members.
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>The statement may be found at: 
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>https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_of_the_alac_on_the_irt_s_final_report_al_alac_st_0609_1
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>Amongst the points introduced in this statement which were not a part of the ALAC Statement on the Draft IRT Report are the following, as provided by ALAC Member Patrick Vande Walle:
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>- We believe the IRT's proposals are beyond the scope of ICANN and trademark law: If such an IP clearinghouse needs to be created, it should be by institutions external to ICANN.
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>- There is no way dictionary words can be reserved by IP holders on the basis thay they use such words as brands.
>
>- "Post Delegation Dispute" is Inappropriate, in that it would extend the registries contractual compliance to include treatement of trademarks, with rather vague and subjective criteria on how well they would perform on that aspect. 
>
>- The Whois section adds a sentence mentioning that no reach out to, and requests comments from, national and regional Data Protection Offices, and that it should be part of the process.
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>Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms
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