[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] A proposal for geographic names not included in the 2012 AGB

[Greg Shatan]

Protecting or reserving virtually ALL geographical terms would be the
ultimate example of ICANN “taking sides.”

Best regards,

Greg

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 6:50 AM lists at christopherwilkinson.eu <
lists at christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote:

> Dear Javier:
>
> Thankyou for these references. They confirm the complexity and sensitivity
> of the issue.
> Actually, I doubt that WT5 could take all that detail on board at such
> short notice.
>
> I have been aware of related issues for several years and have come to the
> conclusion that ALL geographical terms should be protected or reserved
> (including ISO 4217 and geographical indications) . WT5 should focus on the
> limited numbers of names that need not be protected. For all other
> geographical terms, ICANN should accept applications only from, or endorsed
> by, the relevant national or local authorities. Otherwise, the domain
> should not be delegated.
>
> ICANN must not be in the position of ’taking sides’ in such matters.
>
> Best regards
>
> Christopher
>
> On 17 Jul 2019, at 01:13, Javier Rua <javrua at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Work Track 5 Members,
>
> Before tomorrow's call, and knowing that as a co-leader my role is not to
> actively propose, I take the exceptional liberty to put forth the following
> idea for group discussion. The only motivation is to provide some definite
> concept under the additional geographic names not included in the 2012
> Applicant Guidebook category:
>
> "require a letter of support / non-objection from the relevant regional or
> autonomic authority for an autonomous area/region of a country."
>
> There is not, I concede, an ISO-type list to pin down these areas, however
> there are useful and easily attainable credible reference resources such
> as: "The World's Modern Autonomy Systems" at
> http://webfolder.eurac.edu/EURAC/Publications/Institutes/autonomies/MinRig/Autonomies%20Benedikter%2009%20klein.pdf.
> There is also "List of Autonomous Areas by Country" found at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country, though
> I fully understand an aversion to cite this cite. Can any member suggest
> other reference resources which could be acceptable?
>
>
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