<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:44 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:16 AM, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> When, for instance, Amazon gets the ownership of .book (as their exclusive<br>
> gtld not available to others) they can legitimately parade and publicize the<br>
> term '.book' as their own as they please, and with extended use, not only<br>
> will that make an extremely unfair association between the word 'book' and<br>
> amazon's business in books in people's mind, in time, they may also claim<br>
> trademark rights over the word, with some legitimate grounds behind them....<br>
> Therefore, not only ICANN's legal regime is much worse that governmental<br>
> regimes, it can and will be used to upstage the latter's good points..<br>
<br>
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</span>Perhaps ParminderCAN tell us which words should be allowed instead of<br>
which strings he objects to, and the rules under which they are<br>
allowed, and who should be eligible to be the Registry Operator for<br>
those strings.<br>
<br>
We could call it the Parminder Applicant Guidebook or PAGB for short.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><b>Ask<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a href="http://wipo.int" target="_blank">WIPO</a></span></span></b> the world reference for trademarks<br> .<br></div><div>Louis<br>- - -<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>
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> What has become of ICANN is best represented in the email of resignation<br>
> (<a href="http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2014/09/msg00049.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2014/09/msg00049.html</a><br>
> ) from the chair of one of APNIC's policy groups which is linked below.<br>
> What has been said of APNIC is just many more times truer of ICANN.... It is<br>
> just that ICANN supported and fed groups are simply not willing enough to<br>
> speak about the emperor's clothes.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span>Once again, your cluelessness shines thru.<br>
<br>
The RIRs are NOT supported and fed by ICANN, in fact, the reverse is<br>
true. I too was a RIR Policy Working Group Chair and I realised that<br>
during slow times (few or no policy proposals on the table) that<br>
holding meetings was not a futile exercise, as having regular,<br>
coordinated processes are essential to PDPs even when there are no<br>
current policy proposals to discuss.<br>
<br>
ICANN ALWAYS has policy proposals to discuss, in fact there are too<br>
many to keep track of at the moment.<br>
<br>
If you were really concerned about affecting change in this area,<br>
ICANN folks are just now putting together a timetable for the next<br>
round. Now is not too early to get involved.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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--<br>
Cheers,<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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