[ga] Re: WIPO-2 interim report; request for comments 3

[Sotiris <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

What is this crap?!!  I guess the next logical (or rather *illogical*) move for WIPO
would be to propose for the enactment of a Rootsquatter Law!  And don't anybody
laugh! not even for a moment.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos

Jeff Williams wrote:

> Alex and all,
>
>   Thank you for passing this on ALex.  Much appreciated!
>
> Alexander Svensson wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > please have a look at
> >   http://wipo2.wipo.int/process2/rfc/rfc3/index.html
> >
> > This is now the report on the RFC-2 (Request for Comments
> > 2) of the Second WIPO domain name process (WIPO-2).
> > At the same time, it is RFC-3: Comments are requested
> > to be submitted by *June 8, 2001*. This is the *LAST*
> > chance within the WIPO process to have your say on
> > these topics!
> >
> > Some copying and pasting:
> >
> >  INTERNATIONAL NONPROPRIETARY NAMES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL
> >  SUBSTANCES (INNs)
> >   47. It is recommended that, in the interests
> >  of public health and safety, INNs should be
> >  protected against registration as domain
> >  names.
> >   83. It is recommended the Cumulative list of
> >  INNs in Latin, English, French, Russian and
> >  Spanish be excluded automatically from the
> >  possibility of registration as domain names in
> >  the open gTLDs.
> >   84. It is further recommended that any
> >  existing registrations of INNs as domain
> >  names be cancelled and that, following such
> >  cancellation, such INNs be excluded from any
> >  further registration.
> >
> >  INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS)
> >   115. It is considered that mere reliance upon
> >  the .int top-level domain for the protection of
> >  the names and acronyms of IGOs is
> >  insufficient and it is recommended that
> >  additional protection for those names and
> >  acronyms be established.
> >   123. It is recommended that the names of
> >  IGOs protected under the Paris Convention
> >  and the TRIPS Agreement should be excluded
> >  from registration in all existing open gTLDs,
> >  as well as in all new gTLDs.
> >   124. Further comments are requested on the
> >  desirability of adding to the exclusion
> >  mechanism mentioned in the preceding
> >  paragraph an administrative adjudication
> >  procedure for complaints by IGOs in respect
> >  of the misleading registration and use of their
> >  acronyms as domain names or of domain
> >  names that are misleadingly similar to their
> >  names.
> >
> >  PERSONAL NAMES
> >   186. Further comments and, in particular,
> >  expressions of preferences are invited on the
> >  options set out in the preceding paragraphs.
> >
> >  GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, INDICATIONS OF SOURCE AND
> >  OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS
> >   227. It is recommended that the scope of the
> >  UDRP be broadened to cover abusive
> >  registrations of geographical indications and
> >  indications of source as domain names in all
> >  open gTLDs.
> >   278. It is recommended that the consideration
> >  of any measures to protect the names of places
> >  in the gTLDs, at this stage, should be
> >  restricted to the names of:
> >  (i) countries; and
> >  (ii) administratively recognized
> >  regions and municipalities within
> >  countries.
> >
> >  TRADE NAMES
> >   318. Further submissions are invited on the
> >  extent of abusive registrations of trade names
> >  per se and on the nature of the harm being
> >  occasioned by such registrations.
> >
> >  THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL MEASURES
> >   341. It is recommended that the obligation to
> >  provide accurate, reliable and publicly
> >  accessible Whois data should be required of
> >  each registration authority in all gTLDs,
> >  existing and future.
> >
> >  PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS OF EXTENDED WHOIS SERVICES
> >   352. It is recommended that principles of
> >  access to and use of Whois data should be
> >  codified, to take into account issues of data
> >  protection and privacy. Submissions are
> >  sought on this issue.
> >
> > This is however only a small part of the 203 page
> > report.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > /// Alexander
> >
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