[ncdnhc-discuss] Proposed Names Council resolution on GAC/country names

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

I respectfully submit you have not consulted very widely if you believe
the expertise is lacking.  There are a number of law professors from
several countries involved with ICANN who understand these issues quite
well.  I am certain many of the practicing lawyers do too.  This is NOT
rocket science AT ALL.  I teach these issues in my basic introductory
trademark course.

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> 1. The clash between geographical indications and other names is VERY
> complex. There are few people I know in the ICANN process who understand the
> difference between geographical indications of origin, geo-political
> indicators, geographical identifiers, appellations of origin etc. The
> expertise on this issues and work in progress is at WIPO.
> 

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