Dave and all,
Thanks Dave, however we have already issued several sets of comments
and suggestions to WIPO on RFC3. Do you really expect that
anyone's comments or suggestions that are not in line with the
RFC conclusions will be considered seriously? We don't.
Dave Farber wrote:
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:03:40 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: For IP re: A Critique of WIPO's RFC 3
>
> I have prepared a "A Critique of WIPO's RFC 3" which is available from
> http://www.law.miami.edu/~amf .
>
> I argue that WIPO's RFC 3, which contains extensive proposals for the
> prevention and resolution of disputes regarding domain name registrations
> in .com, .org and .net, is seriously flawed in its current form. Although
> I am a member of the Panel of Experts that WIPO has established to advise
> it in this process, this document represents my personal views only, and
> the opinions expressed in it should not be attributed to WIPO or to any
> other member of the Experts Group.
>
> I'd like to suggest that people interested in the future of the Internet
> take a look at RFC 3, and also my comments. I would urge interested
> parties to make comments to WIPO before the deadline.
>
> Here's some relevant background information:
>
> The World Intellectual Property Organization is currently preparing
> recommendations that will go to ICANN regarding the harmonization of the
> Domain Name System (DNS) with the needs and desires of trademark-owners,
> and the holders of other intellectual property rights. The report is
> accessible from WIPO's RFC 3 web page,
> http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/rfc_3.html.
>
> Among the proposals contained in WIPO's Interim Report, RFC 3 are
> extensive mandatory alternate dispute procedures for all registrants in
> .com, .org, .net and any new open gTLD that could be invoked by any third
> party who felt that his intellectual property rights (a term that includes
> but is not limited to trademarks) were infringed in by the registration or
> use of the domain name. The document also sets out extensive procedures
> for the protection of famous and well-known trademarks.
>
> WIPO has requested that public comment on this report be submitted by
> March 12, 1999. Comments can be submitted by email to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or via a web-form accessible from
> http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/rfc_3.html
>
> [Please feel free to repost as appropriate until March 12, 1999.]
>
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