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.