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<DIV>Robin,</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for sharing the new Intellectual Property Constituency
proposal. It reminds me of a proposal a number of years ago by the World
Health Organization to "own" the names of major diseases and medicines online
in gTLDs. The proposal was ridiculous, and we blocked it
quickly.</DIV>
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<DIV>How seriously do you think ICANN will take the IPC proposal? </DIV>
<DIV>Kathy </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>A new
proposal from the Intellectual Property Constituency to create new <BR>rights
for Inter-Governmental Organizations (like the World Trade <BR>Organization)
that do not exist in law. <BR><BR>On a quick look, it appears that this
proposal is (not surprisingly) <BR>broad enough to be used to prevent WTO
protesters and the like from <BR>using the IGO's name or abbreviation in a
domain name and thus tarnish <BR>the name of the IGO.<BR><BR>I guess ICANN
doesn't have anything more important to do than create <BR>special rights for
the WTO to squelch criticism these
days.<BR><BR>Robin<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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