[CWG-Stewardship] FW: [client com] IPR Memo

[Mueller, Milton L]

I don't recall reading anything that explained the apparent concern that ICANN would use the IPR assets in a "discriminatory manner," so I am at a loss to understand the genesis of this reason (and not surprisingly, there is nothing in the Sidley memo that deals with this mysterious concern).

First, your assertion is factually untrue. There has been extensive discussion of the switching costs associated with allowing an incumbent operator to control the IPR associated with the service.

Second, you have now admitted that the Sidley memo fails to deal with the transferability concern. Since this concern is, and has been, the key consideration behind the call for a transfer of the IPR, its omission indicates that the memo has little value in these discussions.

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