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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Your ability to not understand basic aspects of Internet governance always amazes me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So my interpretation was and always has been applied to trademarks in ICANN. Domain names are not trademarks, they are character strings that act as globally
unique identifiers for a host on the internet. Whether or not domain names clash with trademarks – or geographical indicators – depends on how they are used, NOT on a mechanical string match. Therefore we should have a global, and relatively simple and laissez-faire
system of assigning domain names. If there are clashes with TMs, or with GIs, we have the UDRP as a first cut to protect rights, ex post, and if that isn’t enough we have national laws that can be applied based on their jurisdiction. In other words, if someone
uses a .WINE domain in a way that clashes with established law in any country that has these protectionist laws, action can be taken. You do not need to do it by imposing ex ante restrictions on how a top level domain can be used or to whom it is allocated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> CW Mail [mailto:mail@christopherwilkinson.eu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Milton L Mueller<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] .WINE .VIN - who's business is it ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Milton:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just imagine if your interpretation were to be applied to trademarks in ICANN - !<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(To be protected only _<i>within their own territory</i>_ )<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 28 May 2014, at 21:57, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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laws to regulate DNS let’s eliminate a global root altogether and turn the Internet into the national PTT telephone system. (Oh, it wouldn’t be the internet then, would it?)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The EC’s idea that it can impose its parochial GI regulations on a global resource is misguided, and an attempt to assert extraterritorial jurisdiction. If
they want to enforce their _<i>local</i>_ rules, let them regulate sale or consumption of the TLD registrations _<i>within their own territory</i>_ nothing stops them from doing that, they already have that authority.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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that those negotiations do not have the consensus support of the GAC, much less the rest of the community.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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[mailto:governance-<a href="mailto:request@lists.igcaucus.org">request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>CW Mail<br>
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<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Steve Crocker; Fadi Chehade<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [governance] .WINE .VIN - who's business is it ?<br>
<b>Importance:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>High</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Protection of Geographical Indications by ICANN does not depend on " … GI related obligations in any international legal instrument … " (c.f. Strickling, para 2)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">4. The Corporation shall operate for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles
of international law and <b>applicable </b>international conventions and<b> local law</b> and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with these Articles and its Bylaws, through open and transparent processes that enable competition and open entry in Internet-related
markets. To this effect, the Corporation shall cooperate as appropriate with relevant international organisations.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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