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

Tue Aug 18 16:22:56 UTC 2015

Ah. Presumably this was originally registered by Jon/ISI.

J. Beckwith Burr
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On 8/18/15, 9:20 AM, "Steve Crocker" <steve at shinkuro.com> wrote:

>Becky,
>
>Not quite right.  I believe there are three trademarks, but far more
>important than the trademarks is the control of the iana.org domain name.
> Despite the thousands of words of email devoted to the trademarks, in
>the case of IANA they¹re of only modest, at best, practical importance.
>The domain name, however, is a key piece of the operation.
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>On Aug 18, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Burr, Becky <Becky.Burr at neustar.biz> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Neustar, Inc. / Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer
>> 1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
>> Office: + 1.202.533.2932  Mobile:  +1.202.352.6367  /
>> becky.burr at neustar.biz / www.neustar.biz
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
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>>> 
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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
>>>> 
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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
>>>> 
>>>> 
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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 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Gabi
>>>> 
>>>> 
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