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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bob,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I, for one, oppose any attempt to expand
WIPO to cover country names, their acronyms, and IGOs. Could the Gov’t of
Turkey then come after me for using the domain TurkeyTime.com? If these become
covered under WIPO there will be a tail spin of dispute activity that is going
to sidetrack all of us unnecessarily for a very long time.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tim</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Robert F. Connelly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 18, 2003
1:39 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Registrars Constituency<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [registrars] What is
involved in WIPO II</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear
Registrars: <br>
<br>
Some months ago, I was appointed to the WIPO II Assistance Group. (See footnote
2, below) This is an initial comment on the process.<br>
<br>
The names of the study members was announced just before the Carthage meeting
of ICANN. Suddenly, prior to the time that our designated Chair organized
the Group, there was a fire storm of agenda (hidden and open) on the WIPO2
mailing list. I would characterize it like Don Quixote galloping off in
all directions:-(<br>
<br>
Here are my comments on what I consider to be the substance of the debates:<br>
<br>
1. Attention has been focused upon the publicity about WIPO II. Most of
the light has been focused upon combatting abusive use of domains composed of
the 1. names of sovereign countries and, 2., the names and acronyms of
International Governmental Organisations. <br>
<br>
2. Supposedly, abuses would be subject to UDRP challenges.<br>
<br>
3. However, the expansion of UDRP could be subject to *binding*
arbitration. Some members of the discussion warn that such would put
ICANN in the position of being a judicial tribunal superior to national courts.<br>
<br>
As your representative on the WIPO II Assistance Group, I am persuaded to
oppose any attempt to move the UDRP from voluntary to mandatory arbitration.<br>
<br>
Now, for comments on what *is* included in WIPO II.<br>
<br>
1. Country names may be protected in a variety of languages. <br>
<br>
The six UN languages are as follows: Arabic, Chinese, English, French,
Russian and Spanish. It is not clear whether names in Arabic, Chinese and
Russian may be challenged if the ASCII renderings of those names are to be
protected. (At some date, we will need to consider the expanded scope
when IDN domains are in the root -- such as they are *today* for .com and
.net;-)<br>
<br>
As for the names of countries in their local languages, it is clear that
guidance is needed for country names on non roman characters and Asian
ideographs. For example, would the romanization of Japan's own names,
"Nihon" and "Nippon", but subject to protection and
challenge UDRP challenge?<br>
<br>
2. IGOs include names such as ITU, UNESCO, etc. But what about UTI,
the French rendering of ITU? I presume it till also be protected, though
it does not appear in the list, Footnote 1, below. <br>
<br>
An expanded list of organisations subject to protection is added at the bottom
of this message, courtesy of Dr. Froomkin:<br>
<br>
What about future implications? What about proactive protection of these
ASCII strings? As registrars, I believe we would prefer for it to be done
by the registries, such as was done by Afilias prior to the .info
Landrush. That is, by blocking "registrations" in the .info
database. Some registries would disagree.<br>
<br>
Regards, BobC<br>
<br>
Footnote 1:<br>
<br>
There follows a necessarily limited list of large international organizations,
grouped together by continent. Each institution is followed by a list of its
official languages. Not all of those languages are necessarily used at all
meetings. Another point to be borne in mind is that international organizations
are grouped into larger "systems" i.e. the UN system, the
co-ordinated institutions sector, the European Union institutions. Each system
has its own official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish in the case of the UNO; English and French in the coordinated institutions
(CE, ESA, OECD, NATO, WEU); Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish for the European Union
institutions.<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<h4 style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>AFRICA:</span></font></b></h4>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ADB (African Development Bank), Abidjan </span></b>
<br>
English, French <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ECA (Economic Commission for Africa),
Addis-Ababa</span></b> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>UNO <br>
English, French (occasionally Spanish) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>HABITAT (United Nations Division for Human
Habitat), Nairobi</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OAU (Organization of African Unity),
Addis-Ababa</span></b> <br>
Arabic, English, French <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNEP (United Nations Environment Program),
Nairobi</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<h4 align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AMERICAS</span></font>:</b></h4>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean), Santiago de Chile</span></b> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UNO </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>English,
French, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IADB (Interamerican Development Bank),
Washington </span></b> <br>
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ICAO (International Civil Aviation
Organization), Montreal </span></b> <br>
English, French, Russian, Spanish (also Arabic and Chinese) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IMF (International Monetary Fund), Washington
</span></b> <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>INTELSAT (International Telecommunications
Satellite Organization), Washington </span></b> <br>
English, French, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OAS (Organization of American States),
Washington </span></b> <br>
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>PAHO (Pan American Health Organization),
Washington</span></b> <br>
English, Spanish (also French and Portuguese) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNO (United Nations Organization), New York</span></b>
<br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<h4 style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ASIA</span></font>: </b></h4>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific), Bangkok</span></b> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>UNO <br>
Chinese, English, French, Russian <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SPC (South Pacific Commission), Noumea </span></b>
<br>
English, French <br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<h4 align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>EUROPE</span></font>:</b></h4>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CE (Council of Europe), Strasbourg</span></b>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coordinated
institutions <br>
English, French (sometimes Dutch, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and,
occasionally, Eastern European languages) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CERN (European Organization for Nuclear
Research), Geneva</span></b> <br>
English, French <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CEU (Commission of the European Union),
Brussels</span></b> <br>
<br>
EU <br>
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CICR (International Red Cross Committee),
Geneva </span></b> <br>
French (Arabic, English, Farsi, German, Spanish) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ECJ (European Court of Justice), Luxembourg</span></b>
<br>
<br>
EU <br>
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>EP (European Parliament), Luxembourg,
Brussels and Strasbourg</span></b> <br>
<br>
EU <br>
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>EPO (European Patent Office), Munich </span></b>
<br>
English, French, German <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ESA (European Space Agency), Paris</span></b>
<br>
<br>
Coordinated institutions <br>
English, French, German and sometimes Italian <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>EUROCONTROL, Brussels </span></b> <br>
English, French, German, and sometimes Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese,
Turkish, Spanish, Italian and a Scandinavian booth <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization), Rome</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency),
Vienna</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural
Development), Rome <br>
<br>
</span></b>UNO <br>
Arabic, English, French, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ILO (International Labour Office), Geneva</span></b>
<br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian,
Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IMO (International Maritime Organization),
London</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ITU (International Telecommunications Union),
Geneva</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization),
Brussels</span></b> <br>
<br>
Coordinated institutions <br>
English, French (Russian) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development), Paris</span></b> <br>
English, French <br>
<br>
Coordinated institutions <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OSCE (Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe), Vienna</span></b> <br>
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and
Culture Organization), Paris</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development
Organization), Vienna</span></b> <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNO (United Nations Organization), Geneva,
Vienna</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UPU (Universal Postal Union), Berne </span></b>
<br>
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WCU (World Customs Union), Brussels</span></b>
<br>
English, French, sometimes Arabic, Russian and Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WEU (Western European Union), Brussels, Paris
</span></b> <br>
English, French (occasionally Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish) <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WHO (World Health Organization), Geneva</span></b>
<br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WIPO (World Intellectual Property
Organization), Geneva</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WMO (World Meteorological Organization),
Geneva</span></b> <br>
<br>
UNO <br>
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WTO (World Tourism Organization), Madrid</span></b>
<br>
English, French, Russian, Spanish <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WTO (World Trade Organization), Geneva </span></b>
<br>
English, French, Spanish </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Footnote 2:<br>
<br>
6 October 2003 <br>
<br>
<br>
President Appoints Joint Working Group for WIPO-2 Process
Issues<br>
<br>
Dr. Paul Twomey, ICANN's President, is pleased to announce a Joint
Working Group concerning the results of<br>
the WIPO Second Internet Domain Name Process (WIPO-2 Process). The
President was directed to appoint a<br>
Joint Working Group resulting from a Board Resolution of 2 June
2003 (text of resolution provided below) and<br>
consultation with the Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO)
and its constituencies, the Governmental<br>
Advisory Committee (GAC) and the At-Large Advisory Committee
(ALAC).<br>
<br>
The Joint Working Group is tasked with analyzing the practical and
technical aspects of implementing WIPO-2<br>
Process recommendations in a manner consistent with ICANN's
mission, and the implications for the Uniform<br>
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).<br>
<br>
The Joint Working Group shall initially consist of the following
individuals:<br>
<br>
GNSO Members - Philip Sheppard, Commercial and Business Users
Constituency; Michael Froomkin,<br>
Non-Commercial Users Constituency; David Maher, gTLD Registries
Constituency; Mike Heltzer, Intellectual<br>
Property Interests Constituency; Robert F. Connelly, Registrars
Constituency; and Maggie Mansourkia, Internet<br>
Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency.<br>
<br>
GAC Members - Vanda Scartezini (BR), Christian Wichard (WIPO).
Lena Carlson (SE). Jean-Christophe<br>
Chouvet (FR), Olive Chikankheni (Malawi), Richard Hill (ITU) and
Martin Boyle (UK)<br>
<br>
ALAC Members - Sebastian Ricciardi (Argentina) and Wendy Seltzer
(USA)</span></font></p>
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