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<p>I thought we learned recently that ICANN is not bound by the
First Amendment ;-)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 30.09.2016 um 14:19 schrieb Paul
McGrady:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jeff Neuman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 30, 2016 5:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reg Levy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reg@mmx.co"><reg@mmx.co></a>; Paul Keating
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Paul@law.es"><Paul@law.es></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] "free speech"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
must admit that I am also confused about our discussions
on this list about free speech. I still believe the
general rule should be that our job is to address actual
problems that have arisen for which there is evidence of
such a problem. So, if there is evidence that free speech
has been stifled by the new RPMs, lets have that evidence
pushed forward. But if there are just philosophical or
hypothetical arguments, I am confused as to why we are
having them.<br>
<br>
My fear is that some may be taking this opportunity to
re-argue the entire trademark protection mechanisms that
we all negotiated in 2009-2012 (and beyond). I don’t
believe that is in our remit.</span></a><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>
[<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Reg Levy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 29, 2016 5:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Paul Keating <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Paul@law.es">Paul@law.es</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] "free speech"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">J. Scott said,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Trademark owners should not
overreach, true. However, the terms you cite deserve no
greater scrutiny than any other dictionary term. The
TMCH has been around for approximately 18 months and I
have seen no reporting that the marks registered in the
TMCH have severely hobbled free expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif;color:black">And I
agree. The challenge is coming up with a
solution that neither allows trademark
owners to be taken advantage of nor
encourages overreach. “Apple” in all
TLDs needn’t be reserved or treated
specially, but the TMCH does allow
a trademark owner to buy it first. There
are some instances where (police.london
was a much-touted one) a trademark in
conjunction with the TLD means something
different enough that it would make no
sense to allow the trademark owner first
rights. Those are a case-by-case issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif;color:black">Are we:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo3">looking to modify and/or
validate the TMCH?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo3">looking to supplement the
TMCH with additional protection
for trademark rights?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo3">expand the TMCH to include
non-trademark rights?<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are having a very
interesting and far-ranging conversation
about free speech and the like, but I’m
not clear on the focus that we should be
maintaining.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Reg<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif;color:black">Reg Levy<br>
VP Compliance + Policy | Minds
+ Machines Group Limited<br>
C: +1-310-963-7135<br>
S: RegLevy2<br>
<br>
Current UTC offset: -7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 29 Sep 2016, at 08:46, Paul
Keating <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Paul@law.es">Paul@law.es</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
term “free speech” itself is a false deity. It
is all about the protections afforded to speech.
While some jurisdictions may go further than
others I think taking J. Scott’s comment to mean
“speech is not protected” would be a
misrepresentation of the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aside
from “free speech” there is the closely related
concept of fair use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And,
finally, of course, trademark protection is
limited in scope. It does not act to preclude
use of the identical indicator for unrelated
goods/services or for purposes which are generic
(meaning the thing or its essence) or
descriptive (use in describing the thing).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I
think it would serve us best to keep in mind the
distinctions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paul
Keating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>>
on behalf of Rebecca Tushnet <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rlt26@law.georgetown.edu">rlt26@law.georgetown.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 29, 2016 at
5:31 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Paul McGrady <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:policy@paulmcgrady.com">policy@paulmcgrady.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] "free speech"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">That
was the misstatement. “Most nations don’t
have a US-style First Amendment” would
have been true.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rebecca
Tushnet</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Georgetown
Law</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Paul
McGrady [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:policy@paulmcgrady.com">mailto:policy@paulmcgrady.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 29,
2016 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rebecca Tushnet<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [gnso-rpm-wg]
"free speech"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Rebecca,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What
was the misstatement you are trying to
correct? The most related statement that
I could find in the Transcript was J.
Scott who said “very few jurisdictions in
the world have free speech.” I didn’t see
anyone who said “Most nations don’t have a
US-style First Amendment.” In fact, I
didn’t see a single reference to the First
Amendment in the transcript.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rebecca Tushnet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 28,
2016 12:35 PM<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gnso-rpm-wg] "free
speech"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Just
to correct a misstatement on the call
earlier: Most nations don’t have a
US-style First Amendment. Most nations
with a rule of law do, however, recognize
freedom of speech in some form, including
the right to criticize private companies.
As this Wikipedia entry notes, </span><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">,
implementation can be inconsistent on the
ground, but I expect that inconsistent
enforcement of trademark rights on the
ground doesn’t mean that trademark owners
want ICANN to ignore the law on the books;
freedom of speech is equally a principle
worth honoring. In addition, I don’t know
how many countries whose nationals
participate in the ICANN process have
signed on to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, which includes freedom of
speech, </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">,
but I doubt we want to make policy based
on the countries that don’t recognize any
freedom of speech at all.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also,
you can’t have it both ways: if domain
names can facilitate infringement, which
they absolutely can, then they convey
meaning; if they convey meaning, they can
also facilitate noninfringing conduct or
affirmatively protected freedom of
speech. It is just as true, or untrue,
that a trademark owner can register a
different string if it can’t have the one
that it wants as it is that a person
making fair or otherwise noninfringing use
can do so. This is especially so if we’ve
given trademark owners the ability to jump
the line in many circumstances. Freedom
of speech principles may help tell us when
preclusion of a domain name to a
speaker—whether a trademark owner or a
non-owner—is of particular importance.
That is, they can help us identify the
important false positives (notifications
generated in response to domain names that
wouldn’t infringe).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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