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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">Original link:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-11-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-11-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Call for Public Comment on<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR Agreements<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Today, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Trust, the operational communities, and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICANN announced a call for public comment, soliciting feedback on draft agreements
 designed to address a requirement from the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-10mar16-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0098D5">Proposal to Transition the Stewardship
 of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 2.3 MB]. The Proposal required that the domain names that<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICANN<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>uses to perform the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>functions
 and the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>trademarks (the &quot;IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR&quot;) be transferred to an entity independent of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Functions
 Operator, and held for the benefit of the entire community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">This<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.ianacg.org/call-for-public-comment-on-iana-ipr-agreements/"><span style="color:#0098D5">call for public comment</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>seeks
 community input on three agreements concerning the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR developed by the community to meet this requirement from the Proposal:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR Assignment Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR License Agreement (model)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR Community Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">The<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICG<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>web site is being used as a neutral site to host this call for public comment, but the agreements are not a product
 of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICG. After public comment inputs are reviewed and considered, the agreements will be finalized. The agreements are expected to be signed upon successful completion of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA
 Stewardship Transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">ICANN<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>is a party to some of the agreements posted for comment:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">The<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR Assignment Agreement, through which<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICANN<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>will
 transfer the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR to the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IETF Trust<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Three<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR License Agreements, through which the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IETF<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Trust
 will license back to<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICANN<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the rights to use that<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR in the performance of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>functions.
 There will be three<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IPR License Agreements, so that there is one representing each portion of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IANA<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>functions
 (naming, numbering and protocol parameters). The Community Agreement sets out how the naming, numbering and protocol parameters communities will work together with the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>IETF<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Comments are due by 12 September 2016 at 23:59 UTC. Comments should be submitted via email to
<a href="mailto:IANAIPRpubliccomment@ianacg.org"><span style="color:#0098D5">IANAIPRpubliccomment@ianacg.org</span></a>. Commenters should clearly reference to which of the agreement(s) their comments apply. For more detailed information, please visit<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.ianacg.org/call-for-public-comment-on-iana-ipr-agreements/"><span style="color:#0098D5">https://www.ianacg.org/call-for-public-comment-on-iana-ipr-agreements/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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