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Re: Comments on WIPO RFC-1
Einar Stefferud (Stef@nma.com)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:46:35 -0700

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1.. One reaction that we non-WIPO folk might have to to ignore them
and not warn them that they are way off track, in the hopes that they
will wander further off into the weeds.

2.. Another is to alert them and hope that they will see the light
and recover their sense of proper direction and do something relevant.

At this point, after our previous and current encounters with WIPO, I
am not able to decide between these two options;-)...

Cheers...\Stef

>From your message Sat, 22 Aug 1998 23:23:27 -0400 (EDT):
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}COMMENTS ON WIPO RFC-1
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}The White Paper asks the following:
}
}The U.S. Government will seek international support to call
}upon the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to initiate a
}balanced and transparent process, which includes the participation of
}trademark holders and members of the Internet community who are not trademark
}holders, to (1) develop recommendations for a uniform approach to resolving
}trademark/domain name disputes involving cyberpiracy (as opposed to conflicts
}between trademark holders with legitimate competing rights), (2) recommend a
}process for protecting famous trademarks in the generic top level
}domains, and (3) evaluate the effects, based on studies conducted by
}independent organizations, such as the National Research Council of the National
}Academy of Sciences, of adding new gTLDs and related dispute resolution
}procedures on trademark and intellectual property holders.
}
}The mandate, as stated by WIPO, is:
}
}"The objective will be to obtain consensus among all the
}stakeholders of the Internet on the issues signalled in the
}White Paper."
}
}This is not consistant with what is contained in WIPO RFC-1:
}
}A.Uniform Approach to Resolving Domain Name Disputes:
}Recommendations will be formulated on methods to prevent and
}to resolve Internet domain name disputes involving
}intellectual property rights. In particular, this will
} include recommendations on the following
}
}Conclusion:
}It seems apparant this is a broad expansion of the mandate from the
}White Paper, which asked for a uniform policy on cyberpiracy, not
}"all disputes involving intellectual property rights"
}
}