IP: ICANN Board Resolution on WIPO Recommendations

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Whereas the Interumn Board seems to be intending to make decisions that will affect the community for years to come prior to the election of a represenative Board and at a closed Board meeting , you all should read this if you care djf

ps when was the last IETF  document you read with Whereis and Whereas. Too many lawyers ;-)

Dave



>From: "Andrew McLaughlin" <mclaughlin@pobox.com>
>To: <icann-announce@icann.org>
>
>
>Due to the great amount of interest shown concerning ICANN's actions on the
>44 recommendations of the WIPO report, we append below the full text of the
>Board resolution concerning the report which was adopted in Berlin
>yesterday.  Further details on WIPO and the results of the Berlin meetings
>(including DNSO Constituency Groups, At-Large Membership, and Independent
>Review) are posted on the ICANN website at
>http://www.icann.org/berlin/berlin-resolutions.html and at
>http://www.icann.org/berlin/berlin-details.html.
>
>--Andrew McLaughlin, ICANN
>
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>ICANN Board Resolution on the Report of World Intellectual Property
>Organization
>
>WHEREAS, in the White Paper the U.S. Government called on the World
>Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to develop recommendations
>regarding
>trademark disputes concerning domain names;
>
>WHEREAS, on April 30, 1999, WIPO submitted a report to the ICANN Board
>containing numerous recommendations that resulted from an extensive
>consultative process;
>
>WHEREAS, the first ICANN-accredited registrars (testbed registrars), are
>preparing to introduce competition in the provision of domain registration
>services and accordingly are required soon to implement dispute resolution
>policies;
>
>RESOLVED, the ICANN Board commends the WIPO on its report, which the ICANN
>Board finds represents a substantial and positive contribution to the
>analysis
>and discussion of issues concerning the relationship between the domain-name
>system and intellectual property rights;
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board notes that most of the recommendations in
>Chapter 2 of the WIPO report relating to best practices for registrars are
>closely similar to many of the elements of the Statement of Registrar
>Accreditation Policy adopted by the Board on March 4, 1999 and that the
>provisions of that policy are scheduled for review by the Board in the first
>half of 2000;
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board endorses the principle that a uniform
>dispute
>resolution policy should be adopted for Registrars in the .com, .net, and
>.org
>Top-Level Domains (TLDs);
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board encourages the testbed registrars to work
>together to formulate a model dispute resolution policy for voluntary
>adoption
>and directs the President to provide information and similar assstance to
>the
>testbed registrars in this regard;
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board refers the recommendations in Chapter 3 of
>the WIPO report (with associated annexes) to the ICANN Domain Name
>Supporting
>Organization (DNSO) for recommendations the DNSO, to be submitted to the
>ICANN
>Board by July 31, 1999;
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board requests that by July 31, 1999 the DNSO
>submit to the Board any other recommendations the DNSO may have concerning a
>uniform dispute resolution policy for registrars in the .com, .net, and .org
>TLDs;
>
>FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board requests all persons desiring to make
>written
>comments concerning a uniform dispute resolution policy for registrars in
>the
>.com, .net, and .org TLDs to submit those comments by August 20, 1999, in
>advance of the Boards meeting scheduled for August 24-26, 1999 in Santiago,
>at
>which time Board action on such a policy is hereby scheduled; and
>
>  FURTHER RESOLVED, the ICANN Board refers the recommendations in Chapters 4
>and
>5 (with associated annexes) of the WIPO report to the ICANN DNSO for
>recommendations on the topics of those chapters, to be submitted to the
>ICANN
>Board at the earliest practicable time after the Boards meeting scheduled
>for
>August 24-26, 1999 in Santiago.
>