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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I would just note that while WIPO has an arbitration centre –it is primarily responsible for certain international IP Treaties and their amendment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It is a branch of the UN and responsible for IP Treaties and other services related thereto –including international trade mark registrations.
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<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international
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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""> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafik Dammak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 13 October 2011 15:22<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG input on request for special privileges for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Alain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am little bit confused by a statement that you made,<br clear="all">
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ICANN cannot substitute for INTA, WIPO, etc... it must only respect INTA, WIPO, etc... rules and regulations. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I may understand for WIPO (which is btw an arbitration center) and I have some reserves about that , but I am puzzled that you imply that ICANN must respect INTA "rules and regulations",for remind INTA is an association for trademark
holders and professionals, which means an interest group. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> -----Original Message-----<br>
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> TLD .olympic, .red-cross, .ngo, .iso, .intl, .iata (variant<br>
> .aita), .icao (variant .oaci) and .code should be protected.<br>
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Protected from what?<br>
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Since when does someone own .ngo? If so, who?<br>
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Why .intl? Who has rights in that? Why?<br>
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JFC, I believe that the whole attitude here is wrong. I strongly resist the idea that we can create fiat global property rights in alphanumeric character strings just because someone on an email list thinks it's a good idea to "protect" whatever happens to
be his or her pet organization. Lets try to be more systematic and think about long term consequences, clear rules, etc.<br>
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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