[CWG-Stewardship] ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)

[Seun Ojedeji]

+1. I think this helpful intervention from ICANN board. Although I wish
this came in earlier (before the release of ICG PC), nevertheless I hope it
can still serve as source of response for most IPR related
questions/comments that may come-up during the comment period.

This should make the work of the CWG on IPR easier going forward.

Regards

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Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 15 Aug 2015 18:52, "Mueller, Milton L" <
milton.mueller at pubpolicy.gatech.edu> wrote:

> This is a very helpful statement that will help avoid an impasse. It does
> appear to be offered in the spirit of the ICG, CRISP and IANAPLAN
> proposals.
>
> --MM
>
>
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> *From:* cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
> cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Steve Crocker
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:37 PM
> *To:* ianaplan at ietf.org; cwg-stewardship at icann.org; ianaxfer at nro.net
> *Subject:* [CWG-Stewardship] ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual
> Property (IPR)
>
>
>
> The following is our formal statement on the IANA IPR.  We will post this
> on our website ASAP.
>
>
>
> Steve Crocker
>
> On behalf of the ICANN Board of Directors
>
>
>
> ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)
>
> We support the ICG proposal and the underlying proposals from CWG, CRISP
> and IANAPLAN.  The ICANN Board is focused on how to implement the IPR
> component of the proposal.  The ICANN Board believes that for stability and
> pragmatic operational reasons, the IANA Functions Operator must have
> operational control over the IANA.ORG <http://iana.org/> 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 <http://iana.org/> 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 anyone in the community.
>
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