RE: [registrars] Proposed Ballots

["Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@psi-japan.com>]

At 10:31 AM 4/9/03 -0600, Margie Milam wrote:
>I am concerned about the opposition to my proposed amendment.  Does the 
>registrar constituency really believe that WHOIS plays no role in 
>assisting trademark holders determining who has been cybersquatting on 
>their legitimate trademark rights?   Without access to this information, 
>it is practically impossible for a trademark holder to determine how it 
>should protect its rights.   Obviously, ICANN believes that IP interests 
>represent significant policy concerns or there would be no IP constituency 
>or focus on sunrise periods associated with the launch of new 
>TLDS.      Privacy concerns are not the only concerns that need to be 
>addressed with respect to WHOIS.    I think that it is a mistake for the 
>registrar constituency to ignore the legitimate role of WHOIS for 
>intellectual property purposes.

Dear Margie:  Without going into too many more details, I agree with what 
you have said and how you said it.  Regards, BobC


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"The person who says he or she is too old to learn was probably *always* 
too old to learn".

One of the quotations collected by William E. Franklin, formerly
President of Weyerhaeuser Japan, Ltd., Past President of American
Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ).

[Actually, his quotation was "The man who is too old to learn was probably 
always too old", but I edited it to be more "politically correct":-]