[Discussion-igo-rc] Example of laws on international orgs

[James M. Bladel]

Good morning from Madrid!

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for weighing in on this discussion recently, and for Bruce's research on the legal situation as it applies in Australia.

Second point, I'm a bit nervous that some of these talks are closely resembling topic deliberations, or a decisional conversation. All constructive contributions are welcome, but we need to bear in mind that this list is for discussion / coordination of our approach, rather than discussion of the subject matter itself.

If there's something in particular that we want to capture, then let's try to work with Phil and Petter to feed those items back in to the ongoing Curative Rights PDP.

Finally, while Council has approved a review of the Red Cross protections, and is working to reconvene the PDP soon, I am unclear as to any immediate next steps regarding IGO/INGO. I note that GNSO and GAC leadership have a call scheduled for later this month (week of 22 MAY, I believe), and we can discuss the path forward during that meeting (including any sessions in Johannesburg).

Thank you,

J.


On May 11, 2017, 09:19 +0200, Beckham, Brian <brian.beckham at wipo.int>, wrote:
Thanks for pointing this out Bruce.

This squarely underscores what has been put forward inter alia by IGOs and the GAC for some years now (which was also noted as having broad agreement in concluding the Sunday evening session in Copenhagen), namely a strong public policy basis for the limited protection sought for IGO identifiers in furtherance of their global public missions -- of which we are all beneficiaries.

Best regards,

Brian

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Hello All,

Just been informed that Australia does have a law related to International Organizations:

So this is an example of applicable local law:

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C01053

" Except with the consent in writing of the Minister, a person (including a body corporate) shall not:

(a) use the name or an abbreviation of the name of an international organisation to which this Act applies in connexion with a trade, business, profession, calling or occupation;"

There is a list of organizations to which the act applies.


Looks like strong protection at least in Australia.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin



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