[CWG-Stewardship] [Ianaplan] ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)

[Izumi Okutani]

Dear Steve,


Thank you and the ICANN Board for making this clarification.

The ICANN board statement that ICANN is prepared to transfer full ownership of the IANA-related trademarks to a neutral third party, is very helpful. Thank you also for your additional clarification that this includes the transfer of the iana.org domain name to be licenced back to ICANN for exclusive use.

It gives clarity on a possible way forward for all three operational communities, and allows the implementation of the IPR related parts of the IANA Stewardship transition to be consistent with the number community proposal. 

We believe this statement further strengthens the combined IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal, published by the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG).

Izumi and Nurani
Chair and Vice Chair, the CRISP Team


On 2015/08/18 12:24, Steve Crocker wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> Yes, this exactly what's meant.  I should have been clearer about this.  Thanks for asking.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:15 PM, Paul Wilson <pwilson at apnic.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Steve,
>>
>> Thanks for this very helpful proposal and clarification of ICANN’s position.
>>
>> Could you clarify that the transfer of “IANA-related trademarks” would include transfer of the iana.org domain name, which would also then be licensed back to ICANN for exclusive use (and operational control) for as long as it remains the IANA Functions Operator.
>>
>> If that were so then I believe that this proposal is consistent with the CRISP (Numbers Community) transition proposal and also with the ICG’s plan.
>>
>> Thanks and all the best
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                        dg at apnic.net
>> http://www.apnic.net                                            @apnicdg
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 16 Aug 2015, at 2:37, Steve Crocker wrote:
>>>
>>> The following is our formal statement on the IANA IPR.  We will post this on our website ASAP.
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Crocker
>>> On behalf of the ICANN Board of Directors
>>>
>>>
>>> ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)
>>>
>>> We support the ICG proposal and the underlying proposals from CWG, CRISP and IANAPLAN.  The ICANN Board is focused on how to implement the IPR component of the proposal.  The ICANN Board believes that for stability and pragmatic operational reasons, the IANA Functions Operator must have operational control over the IANA.ORG domain.  During the transition, ICANN is prepared to transfer full ownership of the IANA-related trademarks to a neutral third party mutually agreed among the operational communities with the understanding that ICANN, as the current IANA Functions Operator, will be granted license to those trademarks and ICANN will maintain operational control of the IANA.ORG domain for as long as ICANN remains the IANA Functions Operator.  If the transfer during the transition affects the timeline, we advise delay until after the transition.  In that event ICANN is ready to hold the IPR as interim measure but commits to transfer it within 120 days after the neutral th
 ird par
ty is identified by the operational communities.
>>>
>>> We believe this is neutral and in the public interest. We look forward to hearing anyone in the community._______________________________________________
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