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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Christopher,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will reach out to our colleagues within ICANN org to see if more information can be determined.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chantelle <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>"lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, July 18, 2022 at 6:26 AM<br><b>To: </b>CPWG <cpwg@icann.org><br><b>Cc: </b>ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Protection of Geographical Indications – European ccTLDs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Good evening :<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Colleagues may recall that I have argued in Sub-Pro and elsewhere that geographical indications must be protected in the DNS in the same way as are trade-marks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/domainnamewire.com/2022/07/13/eu-weighs-new-rules-for-geographic-terms-registered-in-country-code-domains/__;!!PtGJab4!6xFraJ_l96MQANQ5E-i47uSDkPGlIH8kTTmheTzTfspJAj5Gg0bLp3azD1xg-1mPyHaTPhsKT0Ee_ujCjX5kUkHINecKmi8_O6WY$">https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/13/eu-weighs-new-rules-for-geographic-terms-registered-in-country-code-domains/ [domainnamewire.com]</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Recent reports (thankyou, Domain Name Wire) relate to the proposed EU Regulation for the protection of GIs for Industrial and Craft products including in the DNS (Article 41).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>The scope of the Regulation is the ccTLD Registries within EU jurisdiction. It goes into these matters in considerable detail (pp. 71).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>The Executive agency responsible for implementation is the EU Intellectual Property Office (previously known as OHIM, Alicante.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/home__;!!PtGJab4!6xFraJ_l96MQANQ5E-i47uSDkPGlIH8kTTmheTzTfspJAj5Gg0bLp3azD1xg-1mPyHaTPhsKT0Ee_ujCjX5kUkHINecKmtZUAD5B$">https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/home [euipo.europa.eu]</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>I would request that the protection of Geographical Indications be put back on the agenda of SubPro and CPWG.<br><br>I would also be interested to know whether <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/icann.org/__;!!PtGJab4!6xFraJ_l96MQANQ5E-i47uSDkPGlIH8kTTmheTzTfspJAj5Gg0bLp3azD1xg-1mPyHaTPhsKT0Ee_ujCjX5kUkHINecKmhDpy_17$">ICANN.org [icann.org]</a>, CCNSO and CENTR participated in preparatory consultations relating to this EU Regulation. Could At Large Staff please investigate and rerport on the background to this proposal.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>CW<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 14 Jul 2022, at 03:51, ICANN At-Large Staff via CPWG <<a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org">cpwg@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>