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

Tue Aug 18 16:24:45 UTC 2015

On Aug 18, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Burr, Becky <Becky.Burr at neustar.biz> wrote:

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

Yes, I think so.

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