<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear Jon,</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank you for your input
and comments, and good to know that they can be read as comments from the
"core group" (OECD, UN, UPU, WHO and WIPO).</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>As to your trademark point:</b></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">As I see it, that is one of
several possibilities. A traditional trademark, especially if it is registered
by the local or regional PTO, is in fact from the start handled by national or regional
trademark legislation. A traditional trademark application will not be treated
in any different way if the applicant is an IGO, INGO or commercial company. The
question is how it is dealt with if a local/national trademark registration
hold by an IGO is taken to a court action. </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">So, in this respect, I
agree with you that a UDRP case that is submitted to a court will raise the
immunity issue (UDRP <span class="highlight" style="background-color: white;">§<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;">4</span></i><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">(</span><i><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;">k</span></i><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span></span></span>). As
we know, that will be dealt with in different ways, depending on the
nationality of the court.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>As to the consultation of a
legal expert:</b></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">I definitely agree with you
that this work has already "been an extensive and resource-intensive
process". However, I also positively note that IGO's now are open for a
direct communication and co-operation with our WG, something we have asked for
since we started, meaning more practical and specific inputs rather than
general comments. I hope that we all together can find a practical solution
that can be generally accepted, without adding too much additional time before
we solve this topic. In this respect, consulting another external legal expert
will likely mean that we have to add at least another 6 months...</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Best regards,</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="font" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Petter</span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-- </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Petter Rindforth, LL M </span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Fenix Legal KB </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Stureplan 4c, 4tr </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">114 35 Stockholm </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Sweden </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Fax: +46(0)8-4631010 </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Direct phone: +46(0)702-369360 </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">E-mail: petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">www.fenixlegal.eu </span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">NOTICE </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">This e-mail message is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed. 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<br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal">First, allow me to take the opportunity to correct a point in your last email, sent on 30 April at 02:14 CEST. You stated that “<i>Where IGOs have a trademark, they can take advantage of the existing UDRP</i>.” As we have discussed at length,
the mutual jurisdiction provision of the UDRP in fact prevents IGOs from using the UDRP. For more in-depth explanations regarding why the mutual jurisdiction provision is incompatible with the immunities we enjoy as intergovernmental organisations, I invite
you to consult the comments numerous IGOs provided on this point in the context of the ongoing PDP (including
<i>e.g.</i> <a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-igo-ingo-crp-access-initial-20jan17/pdfQMY4Efq7Aa.pdf" target="_blank">
OECD</a>, <a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-igo-ingo-crp-access-initial-20jan17/pdf28tKc4pChA.pdf" target="_blank">
UN</a>, <a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-igo-ingo-crp-access-initial-20jan17/pdfzzHOSpXFGP.pdf" target="_blank">
World Bank</a>).<br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal">Second, regarding the consultation of a legal expert, my IGO colleagues share the OECD’s concern that such an exercise will significantly prolong what has already been an extensive and resource-intensive process. In addition, our past experiences
within ICANN make us deeply concerned that such an exercise risks being manipulated against IGOs’ interests, from the formulation of the research question, the selection of the expert and the choice of jurisdictions to the potential cherry-picking of language
from the expert’s conclusions once her report is released. We are grateful that you are trying to start a new, less contentious chapter in this saga but hope that you understand why we are reticent to embark down this path.<br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal">In that regard, if you do decide to proceed, we would naturally expect that the IGOs would be involved in (1) the formulation of the research question(s); (2) the selection of the expert (3) the terms of reference guiding the expert’s work;
and (4) the choice of jurisdictions (please note already that a survey of five jurisdictions out of the 177 States Parties to the Paris Convention seems unlikely to give any kind of accurate idea about the scope of mechanisms States use to protect IGO acronyms).<br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal">Kind regards,<br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal">Jon<br></p><table class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="567" style="width: 15.0cm;"><tbody><tr><td width="71" nowrap="" valign="top" style="width: 53.3pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oecd.org/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color: windowtext;"><img border="0" width="167" height="71" id="oneComWebmail-Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2C3FA.11C13240" alt="logo_mail_uk"></span></a><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><br></p></td><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="oneComWebmail-MsoNormal"><b><span class="colour" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Jonathan Passaro</span></span></b><b><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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