[governance] Global Pharma Calls On ICANN To Act Against Online Counterfeits

[Fouad Bajwa]

ICANN lacks the legitimacy to do anything in this regard. Its contracted
parties can possibly do something such as verisign that has taken down a
number of .com domains in collaboration with the US authorities on various
occasions. The pharma guys are just trying to get some limelight by calling
out to ICANN and trying to attempt a bit of harassing the domain community
by going to WIPO that most of the times appears bewildered on IG or open
access issues. The WIPO itself is yet to face the surges to emerge from the
newGTLD process.

On the other hand counterfeit drugs of any sort should be countered but its
the payment, postal, freight and delivery systems that require moderation
and not just Internet.

Somebody must tell the pharma people that ICANN is not the Viagara of the
Internet or the means to stop counterfeit trade of drugs, its just a
.0000001% of the pharma industry's incapacity to keep its business clean
and no business by far is clean!

Fouad Bajwa
On Aug 2, 2012 1:53 PM, "Riaz K Tayob" <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

>  [After Global Pharma got WHO to do some work on this, then poor countries
> realised that that this was an industry driven process, they protested at
> WHO, and WHO only relented after getting a number of thwacks... I guess
> ICANN will more amenable given its lack of legitimacy and "can do"
> spirit...after all it was ICANN et al that contributed to make domain names
> equivalent to trademarks... for that there is no problem going to WIPO...
> an UN body... perhaps cos there is money there... not to be crass of
> course... ]
>  Global Pharma Calls On ICANN To Act Against Online Counterfeits Published
> on 28 July 2012 @ 2:06 pm
>
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> Intellectual Property Watch
>
> The international pharmaceutical industry this week released a policy
> statement targeting counterfeit medicines on the internet. Among the
> recommendations was for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN) to join the fight.
>
> At the same time, the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies was launched in
> the United States, aimed at taking down illegal internet pharmacies. More
> information about the CSIP is available here<http://www.safemedsonline.org/>.
>
>
> Four research-based industry associations joined together to issue a joint
> policy statement<http://www.efpia.eu/position-papers/internet-sales-and-access-safe-medicines>on counterfeits online.
>
> The groups are the International Federation of Pharmaceutical
> Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), Pharmaceutical Research and
> Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), European Federation of Pharmaceutical
> Industries and Associations (EFPIA), and Japanese Pharmaceutical
> Manufacturers Association (JPMA).
>
> The groups showed support for governments, law enforcement, the private
> sector and any others, working to stop counterfeit medicines.
>
> And they said, “We call upon [ICANN], which oversees the assignment of
> generic top level domains and accredits domain registrars, to take
> appropriate actions and ensure accountability measures in order to protect
> Internet users from illegitimate online sites that are engaged in the
> illicit sale of prescription medicines.”
>
> Up till now, ICANN has been explicitly considered to be a technical
> oversight body with no policy authority.
>
> But the stakes are high, industry says. “Everybody is at risk of
> counterfeiting,” said Eduardo Pisani, IFPMA director general.
> “Counterfeiting is a crime against patients and poses a public health risk
> that can lead to treatment resistance, extended illness, disability and
> even death.”
>
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