[ncdnhc-discuss] Need guidance on the Names Council GAC-country namesresolution

[Norbert Klein]

Thanks, Milton,

I support your amendments and hope it can be fed into the ongoing process.

There are not only a lot of "Cafe de Paris" around in the world (which seems to be OK now, when restricting the restriction only to country names) , but also the use of the name of a country or its derivatives should stay available in domain  names; consider the "Argentina Steak House" and "German Beer Gardens" and "New Japan Sushi Bar" as examples.


Norbert Klein

==

Milton Mueller wrote:

> Members:
>
> The resolution proposed by the Business constituency is in
> many ways a good thing, because it opposes the recent
> GAC attempt to seize control of country names. I should point
> out that national governments have absolutely no
> internationally recognized, legal rights over the codes
> and names they are seeking.
>
> I have proposed the following amendment to the
> resolution:
>
> OLD:
> 4. That, due to the inherent complexity, the best forum for governments to seek solutions to the problems perceived by the GAC is the existing forum of such expertise, namely the inter-governmental specialised UN agency, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
>
> NEW: (amendments in CAPS)
> 4. That, due to the inherent complexity, the best forum for governments to seek solutions to the problems perceived by the GAC is the existing forum of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY expertise, namely the inter-governmental specialised UN agency, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), COMBINED WITH THE EXISTING FORUM FOR REPRESENTING THE INTERNET COMMUNITY IN POLICY MAKING,
> THE DNSO
>
> Apologies for lack of consultation, but we received the final
> version of this resolution today and the telecon is tomorrow.
>
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