[CCWG-ACCT] [ccTLDcommunity] ICANN Statement Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Rights

[Burr, Becky]

I think that the IP rights in question are limited to the IANA trademark,
which the USG transferred to ICANN in 1999 or so.

J. Beckwith Burr
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On 8/18/15, 3:11 AM, "Dr Eberhard Lisse" <el at lisse.NA> wrote:

>Gabi,
>
>thank you for posting this.
>
>All,
>
>I want to place on record, that this needs SIGNIFICANT thought, and
>considerably more detail than what is provided here.
>
>In particular what actual Intellectual Property Rights do they mean,
>EXACTLY? And I would like to see them in a numbered list :-)-O
>
>Most certainly will the root zone (database) on which the NSF is
>performed, and the contacts database (DEF) NOT fall under this.
>
>
>Without having thought this through to the end, however, I think this is
>a WS1 item for the CCWG Accountability, and needs to be dsicussed on
>tonight's call.
>
>
>Fortunately, we have time, the transition has been postponed to
>2016-09-30 last Friday
>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ntia.doc.gov_blog_
>2015_update-2Diana-2Dtransition&d=AwICAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=62cJFO
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>
>greetings, el
>
>
>On 2015-08-18 09:16, Gabriella Schittek wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> ICANN has released a statement regarding the IANA Intellectual Property
>> Rights:
>> 
>> ===
>> ICANN Statement Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)15
>> August 2015
>> ICANN supports the IANA Stewardship Transition Group (ICG) proposal and
>> the underlying proposals from the Community Working Group (CWG), the
>> Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) team and the Planning
>> for the IANA/NTIA Transition (IANAPLAN) working group.
>> The ICANN Board is focused on how to implement the Intellectual Property
>> Rights (IPR) component of the proposal. The Board believes that for
>> stability and pragmatic operational reasons, the IANA Functions Operator
>> must have operational control over the IANA.ORG
>><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iana.org_&d=AwICAg&c
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>>EqzcJUU3MkUOa58&e= > 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
>> 
>><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iana.org_&d=AwICAg&c
>>=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=62cJFOifzm6X_GRlaq8Mo8TjDmrxdYahOP8WDDkMr4k&m=x
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>>EqzcJUU3MkUOa58&e= > 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 third party is identified by the operational
>>communities.
>> We believe this is neutral and in the public interest. We look forward
>> to hearing from anyone in the community.
>> 
>> ===
>> 
>> See 
>>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_a
>>nnouncement-2D2015-2D08-2D15-2Den&d=AwICAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=62c
>>JFOifzm6X_GRlaq8Mo8TjDmrxdYahOP8WDDkMr4k&m=xEvMoIyL67gEqHJRspVNVH_5RfpEaB
>>O3-njFirHo3sc&s=kkb9yxPPFQICrdDt6_by0xp5V6I-9OPO6Ap5eKlTttQ&e=
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Gabi
>> 
>> 
>> 
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