[bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program

[Phil Corwin]

John:

I don’t wish to guess as to who encouraged this hearing or what the view of staff is.

However, IP interests have long exercised considerable influence over this Subcommittee, which has primary responsibility for patents, trademarks, and copyrights.  The same Subcommittee recently held two separate days of hearings on "Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online: Legitimate Sites v. Parasites” – although Chairman Goodlatte has also stated that he opposes the expansion of Federal domain seizure authority as proposed in last year’s Senate COICA legislation. So the choice of venue is significant in that it means the hearing will probably be more IP-centric.

Best,
Philip

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From: john at crediblecontext.com [mailto:john at crediblecontext.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:28 AM
To: Phil Corwin
Cc: bc-gnso at icann.org
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program

Phil,

Do you have a sense of where staff wants to take the hearing?  Do you know who instigated?  Do you think it is more meaningful because it is a subcommittee of Judiciary and not Commerce?

Berard
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FYI--

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html


Hearing Information



Hearing on: "ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing"
Wednesday 5/4/2011 - 10:00 a.m.

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet

By Direction of the Chairman




--As of yet, no witnesses listed --

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
Virtualaw LLC
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Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20004
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202-255-6172/cell

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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