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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Alejandro,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>It isn’t really that simple at all. Before I begin, however, let me state two things. First, I do not question that PTO turned the thing off shortly after becoming aware of it. Second, I assume that you’re not aware of some of the relevant facts and law, rather than that you’re ignoring them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>PTO is a US government agency. A government agency as employer is not held to the same First Amendment restrictions as a government agency as government, but, unlike private sector employers, the government as employer is subject to some First Amendment restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>This particular filter was not in any way supposed to be similar to what is seen in corporate IT. It’s specific purpose, it’s only purpose, was to block access to terrorist sites and similar. (Some of that is required by US law, whether that’s a good or bad law is not something I plan on discussing here.) How any of the blacklisted sites could be found to be terrorist sites is incomprehensible. This was never supposed to be a pretty standard filter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Incidentally, the filter is the handiwork of Blue Coat, which did such a marvelous job of promoting free expression on the Internet in Syria, among other places, see, e.g., https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/blue-coat-acknowledges-syrian-government-use-its-products<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>James S. Tyre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Law Offices of James S. Tyre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Culver City, CA 90230-4969<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>jstyre@jstyre.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>https://www.eff.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:09 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro; Riaz K Tayob<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Sala, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>any knowledge of corporate IT will tell you that this is a pretty standard filter used in private as well as public offices. Usually installed by third parties who set up the networks or even run them, or accessed by IT at third-party sites. As Jamie Love writes as well, the filter was removed upon request. It is the same type of filter that would have caused some hotel reservation sites to be blocked "for sexual content."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Clues... they used to be more widely available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Alejandro Pisanty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>! !! !!! !!!!</span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>NEW PHONE NUMBER - NUEVO NÚMERO DE TELÉFONO</span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>+52-1-5541444475 FROM ABROAD </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>+525541444475 DESDE MÉXICO </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>SMS +525541444475 </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><br><span class=apple-style-span> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>UNAM, Av. 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Tamanikaiwaimaro [salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com]<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Enviado el:</span></b> jueves, 20 de septiembre de 2012 05:02<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hasta:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Riaz K Tayob<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Asunto:</span></b> Re: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If what is reported is legitimate, we are in for some troubling times ahead of us. :( :(:( <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sala<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Riaz K Tayob <<a href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com" target="_blank">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><h1><b><font size=6 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://keionline.org/node/1548" target="_blank">USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://keionline.org/node/1548" target="_blank">View</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://keionline.org/node/1548/backlinks" target="_blank">What links here</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Submitted by James Love on 18. September 2012 - 12:32 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Update:</span></font></b></strong><font color=black><span style='color:black'> At 5 pm the USPTO called and said that the public access wifi network was using a filter, provided by a contractor, to block "political activist" sites. This filter was not used by the network providing Internet access for the USPTO staff. After our meeting, the USPTO reviewed its policies, and has removed the filter. USPTO says the filter was implemented by a contractor, and no one we talked to at USPTO was aware of who was being blocked. In any event, the filter has been removed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Today I was visiting the USPTO, for a high level meeting on global negotiations on intellectual property and access to medicine. The meeting was held in the Stockholm Room, on the 2nd floor of the USPTO library, at the main USPTO building at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA. The USPTO also uses these meeting rooms for its Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA). The USPTO offers free Wifi for the visitors. But when I tried to login to <a href="http://keionline.org" target="_blank" title="http://keionline.org">http://keionline.org</a>, I received this message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Access Denied (content_filter_denied) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Your request was denied because this URL contains content that is categorized as: "Political/Activist Groups" which is blocked by USPTO policy. If you believe the categorization is inaccurate, please contact the USPTO Service Desk and request a manual review of the URL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For assistance, contact USPTO OCIO IT Service Desk. (io-proxy4)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We checked and found that the USPTO blocks access to a number of groups that have followed SOPA and the TPP intellectual property negotiations, particularly those critical of the USPTO positions on intellectual property issues. Among the NGOs that were blocked were <a href="http://aclu.org" target="_blank">aclu.org</a>, <a href="http://cdt.org" target="_blank">cdt.org</a>, <a href="http://citizen.org" target="_blank">citizen.org</a>, <a href="http://eff.org" target="_blank">eff.org</a>, <a href="http://healthgap.org" target="_blank">healthgap.org</a>, <a href="http://keionline.org" target="_blank">keionline.org</a> and <a href="http://publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">publicknowledge.org</a>. Among the sites NOT BLOCKED were the industry lobby groups BSA, MPPA, RIIA, and PhRMA. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The USPTO also selectively blocks certain blogs and new sites, including, for example, dailykos.coms, <a href="http://firedoglake.com" target="_blank">firedoglake.com</a>, <a href="http://redstate.org" target="_blank">redstate.org</a>, <a href="http://rushlimbaugh.com" target="_blank">rushlimbaugh.com</a> and <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com" target="_blank">talkingpointsmemo.com</a>., <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Here are examples of what the USPTO blocks, and does not block. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=100 style='width:75.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blocked NGOs</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://aclu.org" target="_blank">aclu.org</a><br><a href="http://cdt.org" target="_blank">cdt.org</a><br><a href="http://citizen.org" target="_blank">citizen.org</a><br><a href="http://eff.org" target="_blank">eff.org</a><br><a href="http://healthgap.org" target="_blank">healthgap.org</a><br><a href="http://keionline.org" target="_blank">keionline.org</a><br><a href="http://publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">publicknowledge.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NGOs that are NOT blocked</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://bsa.org" target="_blank">bsa.org</a><br><a href="http://creativecommons.org" target="_blank">creativecommons.org</a><br><a href="http://iipa.com" target="_blank">iipa.com</a><br><a href="http://iipi.org" target="_blank">iipi.org</a><br><a href="http://ipi.org" target="_blank">ipi.org</a><br><a href="http://mpaa.org" target="_blank">mpaa.org</a><br>PhRMA.org<br><a href="http://pubpat.org" target="_blank">pubpat.org</a><br>RIIA.Org<br><a href="http://stockholm-network.org" target="_blank">stockholm-network.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blocked Blogs and news outlets</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>dailykos.coms<br><a href="http://firedoglake.com" target="_blank">firedoglake.com</a><br><a href="http://redstate.org" target="_blank">redstate.org</a><br><a href="http://rushlimbaugh.com" target="_blank">rushlimbaugh.com</a><br><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com" target="_blank">talkingpointsmemo.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blogs and new outlets that are NOT blocked </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://71patent.blogspot.com" target="_blank">71patent.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://aljazeera.com" target="_blank">aljazeera.com</a><br><a href="http://boingboing.net" target="_blank">boingboing.net</a><br><a href="http://dailycaller.com" target="_blank">dailycaller.com</a><br><a href="http://democracynow.org" target="_blank">democracynow.org</a><br><a href="http://drudgereport.com" target="_blank">drudgereport.com</a><br><a href="http://groklaw.net" target="_blank">groklaw.net</a><br><a href="http://huffingtonpost.com" target="_blank">huffingtonpost.com</a><br><a href="http://ip-watch.org" target="_blank">ip-watch.org</a><br><a href="http://itcblog.com" target="_blank">itcblog.com</a><br><a href="http://lessig.org" target="_blank">lessig.org</a><br><a href="http://michaelgeist.ca" target="_blank">michaelgeist.ca</a><br><a href="http://nationalreview.com" target="_blank">nationalreview.com</a><br><a href="http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com" target="_blank">spicyipindia.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://techdirt.com" target="_blank">techdirt.com</a><br><a href="http://washingtonmonthly.com" target="_blank">washingtonmonthly.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr></table></div><div><ul type=disc><li 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