[apnic-talk] FW: [ifwp] WIPO Panel of Experts
FYI, to help you assess the candidate... a more neutral and balance person will help as
indicated below. Lawyers representing only trademark holders may appear to be bias. Lawyers
who have handled both sides, are of course able to see both sides, or those representing the
needs of the industry and developing countries (concern for scalability of domain names for
developing countries, if new names are blocked out for "famous marks" and on a trademark
basis alone.)_ For your information, as well, the IFWP process achieved concensus that there
can be concurrent rights to a domain name, i.e. those that are not trademark based can also
have legitimate rights to a name.
--- On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 06:13:15 -0400 Jay Fenello <Jay@Iperdome.com> wrote:
At 01:01 AM 8/14/98, Laina Raveendran Greene wrote:
>WIPO has engaged in consultations in order to constitute
>an internationally and sectorally representative panel of
>experts to provide assistance for the WIPO Internet Domain
>Name Process.
>
>WIPO is requesting that the Asia PAcific region nominate
>two members to this panel.
While I support the goal of an "internationally and sectorally
representative panel of experts to provide assistance for the
WIPO Internet Domain Name Process," I am concerned with the
procedural implications of the statement above.
One of the recurring concerns over WIPO assuming responsibility
over the Trademark/Domain Name controversy is its natural bias
towards Trademark owners.
In order for any WIPO commissioned study to be considered credible
and comprehensive, it must include non-traditional Trademark/Domain
Name interests on this panel.
So while it would appear that WIPO is actively soliciting regional
representatives, I am *not* aware of WIPO asking the community at
large for any other recommendations.
To address this oversight, I would like to suggest the following
people and organizations be considered for membership on your
Expert Panel:
The Domain Name Rights Coalition
Mikki Barri
Howard Feld
Kathryn Kleiman
The Cato Institute/Syracuse University
Dr. Milton Mueller
Network Solutions
Each of these organizations have been involved in the DNS debate
for quite some time, and each have public policy, academic, and
real world experience (respectively) to add depth to your panel.
Regards,
Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.
404-250-3242 http://www.iperdome.com
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Name: Laina Raveendran Greene
E-mail: laina at singnet dot com dot sg
Date: 16/08/98
Time: 19:53:03
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