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First WIPO Internet Domain Name Process: Archive

The Management of Internet Names and Addresses:
Intellectual Property Issues


ANNEX II

List of Governments, Organizations and Persons
Submitting Formal Comments 1

 

I. STATES

COUNTRY

AGENCY

WIPO

RFC-1

WIPO

RFC-2

WIPO

RFC-3

SUBMISSION

AT

CONSULTATIONS

Australia

IP Australia: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

National Office for the Information Economy

x

 

x

Belarus

Belarus Patent Office: The State Patent Committee

x

Belgium

Industrial Property Office: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Administration of Trade Policy

x

Brazil

Associação Brasileira da Propriedade Intelectual (ABPI)

Comissão Nacional Energia Nuclear

INPI

Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro

Ministry of Science and Technology

National Institute of Industrial Property: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

Task Force on Electronic Commerce: Industry Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

 

x

Burkina Faso

Directorate General of Industrial Development: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft

x

Canada

Affaires étrangères et commerce international Canada

Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Industry Canada

Commercial Law Division: Industry Canada

Intellectual Property Policy Directorate: Industry Canada

Task Force on Electronic Commerce: Industry Canada

x

x


x

 

x

x

China

Trademark Office: State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the Peoples' Republic of China

x

Egypt

Legislation and Development Information Service

Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, Administration of Commercial Registration

x

x

France

x

Germany

Federal Ministry of Justice

x

Hungary

Hungarian Patent Office

x

x

India

Department of Industrial Development: Ministry of Industry

x

x

Japan

Japanese Patent Office

Ministry of International Trade and Industry

x

x

x

x

x

Kyrgyzstan

State Agency of Intellectual Property of the Kyrgyz Republic

x

Mauritius

Commerce Division: Ministry of Industry and

Commerce

x

Mexico

Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office, Geneva

National Institute of Copyright: Secretariat of Public Education

Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)

x


x

 

 


x

 



x

Norway

Norwegian Patent Office

x

Poland

Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

x

Republic of Korea

Korean Industrial Property Office: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

x

x

Romania

State Office for Inventions and Trademarks

x

Russian Federation

Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks

x

x

Singapore

Attorney-General's Chambers

Ministry of Law

Trade Development Board

 

x

x

 

x

Sweden

National Post and Telecom Agency

Swedish Patent and Registration Office

x

x

x

x

Switzerland

Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

x

x

x

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Industrial Property Protection Office

x

United States of America

National Research Council

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Office of Advocacy
United States Small Business Administration

 

 

 

x

x

x

 

x

Senegal

Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture

Ministry of Scientificand Technological Research

x

x

Zimbabwe

Data & Telegraphy: Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunication

x

Member States of the European Community

European Commission: DG XV E1 and E2

Joint Submission of the European Community and its Member States

 

x

 

x

x

 

II. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ORGANIZATIONS

WIPO

RFC-1

WIPO

RFC-2

WIPO

RFC-3

SUBMISSION

AT

CONSULTATIONS

European Community: Joint Submission of the European Community and its Member States

x

x

x

International Labor Organization (ILO)

x

International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)

x

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

x

World Health Organization (WHO)

x

 

III. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

ORGANIZATIONS

WIPO

RFC-1

WIPORFC-2

WIPORFC-3

SUBMISSION

AT

CONSULTATIONS

ACM

x

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

x

x

x

x

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

x

Andhra Pradesh Technology Services

x

Arbitration Center for Industrial Properties (ACIP)

x

Association of European Brand Owners (MARQUES), Internet Subcommittee

x

x

x

BitoS

x

Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI)

x

x

Brazilian Steering Committeee

x

Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac

x

Center for Democracy and Technology

x

Centro Internacioanl para a Educação Trabalho e Transferência de Technologia/SENAI

x

Coalition for Advertising Supported Information and Entertainment (CASIE)

x

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

x

Council of Registrars (CORE)

x

x

Council of Hungarian Internet Providers

x

Delhi Public School, India

x

Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC)

x

x

x

x

Egyptian Association for Protection of Industrial Property (AEPPI)

x

Electronic Commerce Forum

x

x

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

x

x

x

Electronic Frontiers Australia

x

Electronic Frontiers Spain

x

El Instituto Latinoamericano de Alta Tecnologia, Informática y Derecho (ILATID)

x

European Brands Association (AIM)

x

x

x

European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)

x

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

x

European Internet Service Providers Association

x

x

Fapesp/Registro.br

x

Fédération des syndicats de producteurs de Châteauneuf-du-Pape

x

Fédération internationale des conseils en propriété industrielle (FICPI)

x

x

x

Fordham University, School of Law

x

Hungarian Internet Providers

x

Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas

x

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

x

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

x

IDSC, Information Highway Unit

x

Institute of Trade Mark Agents (ITMA)

x

International Association of Top-Level Domains (IATD)

x

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

x

x

x

International Congress of Independent Internet Users (ICIIU)

x

x

x

International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)

x

x

x

International Trademark Association (INTA), Internet Subcommittee

x

x

x

x

Internet Association of Japan

x

Internet Industry Association of Australia (IIAA)

x

x

Internet Society

x

Internet Society of Australia

x

Internet Society of Mexico

x

Internet Society of New Zealand

x

Italian Naming Authority

x

x

Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), Trademark Committee

x

x

x

Japan Trademark Association, Legal Systems Committee

x

Japanese Patent Attorneys Association

x

Markenverband

x

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

x

x

x

National Autonomous University of Mexico: Institute of Legal Research

x

National Association of Webmasters, New England Chapter

x

National Post, Canada

x

NetAction

x

Office international de la vigne et du vin

x

Open Root Server Confederation

x

Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada

x

x

Policy Oversight Committee (POC), Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding (gTLD-MoU)

x

x

Promarcas Assossoria à Propriedade Industrial

x

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

x

x

Rede Nacional de Pesquisa

x

Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC)

x

Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC)

x

x

Staff Center for Democracy and Technology

x

Stanford University

x

x

Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt

x

Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China

x

Union of Industrial Employees of the Confederation of Europe (UNICE)

x

University of Michigan, Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

x

 

IV. CORPORATIONS & PROFESSIONAL FIRMS

NAME

WIPO

RFC-1

WIPO

RFC-2

WIPORFC-3

SUBMISSION

AT

CONSULTATIONS

Abelman Frayne & Schwab

x

ABTI Techno Way

x

Adams & Adams

x

Adams Law Firm

x

Advanced Technology Strategy

x

Alban Tay Mahtani & De Silva

x

Allen & Gledhill

x

Alonson, Pardo & Asociados

x

Amazing Domain.com

x

America Online

x

x

Aoyama & Partners

x

Arghur Loke & Partners

x

Arter & Hadden

x

Artmidia net Midia

x

Ascend Communications

x

AT & T Canada

x

AT & T

x

x

Basham, Ringe y Correa

x

Bell Atlantic Network Services

x

x

x

x

Bentata Hoet & Asociados

x

Bereskin & Parr

x

Beuchat, Barros & Pfenniger

x

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

x

Bold Bikes

x

British Telecommunications

x

x

Broadcast Music

x

Bufete Quirós y Asociados

x

CABASE

x

Cadence Design

x

Canal WEB

x

Cegetel

x

Centraal

x

CIENA

x

Cisco Systems

x

Clarke Modet do Brasil

x

Clear Thinking Technology

x

x

Clue Computing

x

CommerceNet

x

x

Covington & Burling

x

Cyberlaw Association

x

Dain, Gandelman e Lacé Brandão Advogados Associados

x

De las Carreras & Chaloupka

x

Dear!Net Online Services

x

Deeth Williams Wall

x

DENIC

x

Deutsche Telekom

x

x

Digital Renaissance

x

Dildar

x

DNS Technologies

x

Domainz, New Zealand Internet Registry

x

x

Doughney, Mike

x

x

Echelon Internet Corporation

Ecomplus.net.inc

x

ED Venture Holdings

x

Effective Business Applications

x

EFPIA

x

Elea Cheong & G. Mirandah

x

Elena Berbery & Asociados

x

Eli Lilly and Company

x

Elzaburu

x

Emerging Star Investments

x

Endispute Company

x

Enternet

x

Escritório de Advocacia Empresarial

x

Estudio Mersan, Abogados

x

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner

x

Fiorio y Alvarado/FAYC Agencia de Marcas y Patentes

x

Ford Global Technologies

x

Ford Motor Company

x

x

Free Community Network

x

Goodspeed Communications

x

GraphiCode

x

Hausheer Belgrano & Fernández

x

Helmy & Hamza

x

House of Donuts, International

x

Houthoff Advocaten en Notarissen

x

Howard, Phillips & Anderson

x

IBM Canada

x

IBM Corporation: Internet Division

x

x

Ibrachy & Dermarkar

x

x

I9 Marketing e Propaganda

x

INEG.INC.

x

Infoseek

x

Informatics Holdings

x

Intel Corporation

x

Interelectronics Corporation/Pagex Company

x

Internet Computer Bureau

x

Internet Names Australia

x

Japan Network Information Center

x

Jefferson Technologies, SA De CV

x

KPMG

x

x

Lanahan & Reilley

x

Lanferman, Fisher & Hashimoto

x

Lex Research

x

Limbach & Limbach

x

Mallesons Stephens Jaques, Solicitors

x

x

Marcastro Assossoria Empresarial

x

Martins de Almeida Advogados

x

MCI WorldCom

x

x

x

x

Melbourne IT

x

x

Mersan Law Offices

x

Meta-Certificate Group

x

x

Microsoft Corporation

x

Microsoft Corporation Egypt

x

Momsen Leonardos & Cia

x

National Informatics Center

x

Nauta Dutilh

x

Net Registry Australia

x

NetNames

x

NIC Mexico

x

Network Solutions

x

NIC Brazil

x

NIC Hyderabad

x

NIC Paraguay

x

Nissan Motor Company

x

Nominalia

x

Nominet

x

Nortel Networks

x

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt

x

Oca, Jesús Rodríguez

x

Olivares & Cia

x

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Dunnelly

x

Osiris Comunicação Digital

x

Page Hargrave

x

Pagina Vesta

x

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

x

Porsche

x

x

Procurement Services International

x

Prosys International

x

Rajah & Tann

x

RAM Informatics

x

Ravindran Associates

x

Rembrandt Group

x

Researcher.com

x

Riches, McKenzie & Herbert

x

Ringe y Correa

x

Robin, Blecker & Daley

x

Rosana Strassburger Kuwer

x

Rupert International

x

Satyam Computer Services

x

Schering

x

Sena & Bertón Moreno

x

Shalakany Law Office

x

Shapiro, Cohen

x

Shaw Pittman

x

ShockMedia

x

Silveira Advogados

x

Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay

x

Simpson Solicitors

x

Sínese - Comércio e Serviços

x

Singapore Telecom, Singnet

x

Skyline International Corporation

x

Smart & Biggar

x

Software Technology Park

x

Solmark Marcas e Patentas

x

Soto Esculante y Pontones

x

Speco

x

Spoor and Fisher

x

Sprint

x

Sprint Canada

x

SWITCH

x

Taylor Joynson Garrett

x

x

Telstra Corporation

x

The Chanel Company

x

The Darwin Group

x

Thomson & Thomson

x

Thorne Echeandia & Piaggio Abogados

x

Time Warner

x

x

Trenite Van Doorne

x

Tucows Interactive

x

Uniforum

x

UNINET (Foundation for Research and Development)

x

United Parcel Service of America

x

UUNET

x

Veirano e Advogados Associados

x

Viacom

x

x

Viñamata, Roldan y Asociados

x

Warner Bros., A Time Warner Entertainment Company

x

Wiley, Rein & Fielding

x

x

Zacarias & Fernández

x

Zavala De Leon y Asociados

x

 

V. INDIVIDUALS

NAME

WIPORFC-1

WIPORFC-2

WIPO

RFC-3

SUBMISSION

AT

CONSULTATIONS

Akabani, Sami

x

Almeida, Gilberto M.

x

Anderson, Ethan

x

Arida, Christine

x

Azmi, Karim

x

Barrios, Gabriela

x

Barry, Mikki

x

beebs@slip.net

x

bentley@crenelle.com

x

Bird, Darrell J.

x

bkerffer@hola.com

x

boukary.sawadogo@mcc.gov.bf

x

Bourne, Jana

x

Bowman, Paul T.

x

Bradley, Tom

x

brandy@directinternetlocator.com

x

brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca

x

brianbo@bocton.com

x

Brieu, Philippe P.

x

Brunner, Eric

x

Burton, James

x

Cabagnot, Rocky

x

ccutright@wa.net

x

Chandru, Ganesh

x

Chevallier, Natalie

x

Cody, John

x

Cortes, Oscar Fernandez

x

Crumbaugh, Steven

x

Cyhan, Adrian

x

da0g+@andrew.cmu.edu

x

dan@mythology.com

x

dan_williams3rd@yahoo.com

x

Daniels, Ron

x

darkcied@hotmail.com

x

darnell@radioblack.com

x

DeGarcia, Juan

x

Desvousges, David A.

x

Dickenson, Virginia

x

Doughney, Michael

x

x

dwreid@interaccess.com

x

Ebérard, Monica Fragoso

x

eggplant@ix.netcom.com

x

Elam, Len E.

x

eric@macwe.com

x

erinsowden@aol.com

x

Evans, Clark

x

Evans, Gail

x

x

Everett-Church, Ray

x

fezzik@rocketmail.com

x

Figueroa, Joan

x

FinanciaCo@aol.com

x

Fitzgerald, Brian

x

x

Foster, Coleman

x

fserrano@titan.sep.gov.mx

x

Gabrielli, Joseph

x

gaje419@aol.com

x

Galt, John David

x

Ganesh, Chandru

x

x

Garland, David

x

gbauluz@iname.com

x

Geller, Paul Edward

x

Genis, Jerez Alberto

x

Gerck, Ed

x

G. Gervaise Davis III

x

gjohnson@season.com

x

Goodspeed, John D.

x

Gordon, Seth

x

Gymer, Keith

x

hannes@rupertinternational.co.za

x

hdroemer@ford.com

x

Hirsch, Helmut

x

Hirsch, Jane

x

Hofman, Julien

x

Horns, Axel H.

x

Hunger, Adam

x

hwa100@yahoo.com

x

Ibrahim Mohamed Abd El Moniem, Ahmed

x

Irizarry, John

x

Iyer, Rukmani

x

Jacoy, Jacob and Kaplan, Leon B.

x

Jaeger-Lenz, Andrea

x

jametrel@enoreo.on.ca

x

jgraber@association.org

x

Jensen, Mike

x

john@atkeison.org

x

Katsch, Ethan

x

kcren@hotmail.com

x

Kerr, Ian

x

kics@loraincounty.net

x

King, Ron

x

Knight, Dale

x

Kuner, Christopher

x

László, Velok

x

x

Leal, Marcel

x

Lebow, Robert

x

Lewin, Ted R.

x

LGrif1872@aol.com

x

longmore@eng.utah.edu

x

luca-wipo@olivetti.dhis.org

x

Lulessa, Nega G.

x

Lytle, Seth R.

x

madrid@jmtoro.es

x

marcmcswain@email.msn.com

x

Marinho de Castro, Clarice

x

McCoy, Tony

x

McTaggart, Craig

x

Mikus, Jean-Philippe

x

Minus, Derek

x

Moskin, Jonathon

x

x

msondow@ic.sunysb.edu

x

Mueller, Milton

x

x

x

Munsche, Peter

x

mwegley@cnetech.com

x

Nadeau, Thomas D.

x

Narra, Srikanth

x

Nelthrope, Frederick D.

x

netlooser@ndi.net

x

Nezumi, Magenta H.

x

nomen@mail.cinet.es

x

Oppedahl, Carl

x

Opsahl, Kurt - and co-signatories; law professors, academics, students, attorneys and industry

x

x

Oriol S.

x

Orr, Tom

x

Padilla, Robert

x

Parisi, Dan

x

Parker, Charles B.

x

Partridge, Jeff

x

Pazmiño, Carlos

x

Pearre, Benjamin Weste

x

perugini@planet.it

x

Perry, Mark

x

Peterson, Anna Victoria

x

Pfeifer, Aina

x

Pollack, Malla

x

Rangarajan

x

Reese, R.A.

x

Reesha, Joseph C.

x

Reidenberg, Joel R.

x

Reisig, Ken

x

rlojr@yahoo.com

x

roc@cs.cmu.edu

x

Rony, Ellen

x

x

Rony, Peter

x

x

Ropers, Thomas

x

ruvenschwartz@hotmail.com

x

sals@realityfusion.com

x

Samuelson, Pam

x

Schenk, Oliver

x

scot@autonomous.org

x

Sexton, Richard J.

x

x

Shahid, Alikahan

x

Sherwood, Kirk

x

Silver, Caryl

x

Slattery, James M.

x

Smith, Orlando

x

Smith, Russ

x

Schwimmer, Martin

x

Stefferud, Einar

x

Steinberg, Dan

x

Steinfeld, Ed

x

Sullivan, Andrew

x

s.yeates@cs.canterbury.ac.nz

x

Tang, Guangliang

x

Thorburn, Ian

x

Todd, Sandy

x

turbotronic@prodigy.net

x

Turner, Collin

x

Verger, Gérard

x

volkmar.bonn@erls.siemens.de

x

Wee Loon, Ng-Loy

x

Weinberg, Jonathon

x

Woeger, Robert Adam

x

wfm@capdatsys.com

x

Williams, Dan

x

Williams, Eric C.

x

Williams Jr., Robert

x

Winn, Jane K.

x

wsmith@opasd.com

x

Yabe, Kozo

x

Youdelman, Billy

x

Youkharibache, Philippe

x

Zamkotowicz, James E.

x

Zhang, Xiao-He

x

 

[Annex III follows]

 

Footnotes:

A total of 66 comments were submitted to RFC-1; 72 comments were submitted to RFC-2 (of the 72 comments, six were administrative in nature); and 196 comments were submitted to RFC-3 (a small number of comments were submitted on behalf of more than one entity or individual).