RE: Re: [council] Current draft of Fadi's requested communication from council

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Volker,


I will not argue with your metaphor -- I am quite fond of apples.  But I do 
quibble with you saying the strawman is "an expansion of the rights of a 
trademark holder in the domain world."  Trademark rights exist (not always 
consistently) in all earthly realms.  The strawman is not seeking to create new 
ones, merely to create a method by which those that already exist can be 
enforced.


Cheers,


Berard



--------- Original Message ---------Subject: Re: [council] Current draft of 
Fadi's requested communication from council
From: Volker Greimann - Key-Systems GmbHz <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/12/13 4:25 pm
To: "john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Mason Cole" <mcole@xxxxxxxxxx>, "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx List" 
<council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I think Fadi has made it very clear during the meeting in Amsterdam that he has 
now understood the BC and IPC requests that led to the strawman as a second 
bite of the apple, as he called it. The proposed contents of the strawman would 
certainly constitute an expansion of the rights of a trademark holder in the 
domain world. I therefore support sending the draft letter as is.

Sent from my iPad

On 13.02.2013, at 01:11, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Mason,


Did I not suggest the "expansion of rights" language is a bit over the top?


Berard



--------- Original Message ---------Subject: [council] Current draft of Fadi's 
requested communication from council
From: Mason Cole <mcole@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/12/13 3:00 pm
To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx List" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Council colleagues --
 
 As you know, Fadi requested of the council its input regarding the strawman 
proposal resulting from the BC's and IPC's request for additional RPMs in new 
gTLDs. On December 27, I circulated an early draft of a council reply.
 
 The communication is due very shortly, and has been taken up by a small group 
within the council to ensure that all points of view are represented. Because 
this is an agenda item for our meeting this week, at Maria Farrell's helpful 
suggestion, I'm sending the current draft to council so we can be prepared to 
discuss it then. This draft does not reflect additional input of the BC and IPC 
-- if this is provided prior to the meeting, I'll be happy to forward it to the 
council.
 
 Thanks --
 
 Mason