[gnso-igo-ingo] Criteria and SG-C Input
Dear Thomas and all, Please find our attached comments to the SG & C input request template. We cannot overemphasize the need for identifying objective eligibility criteria for any proposed special protection of international organization names/acronyms. Privileging some without such criteria would be unacceptable for a monopoly operation. Instead, we would suggest to focus the discussions on identifying the criteria which qualify an international organization as being in a particularly vulnerable position vis-à-vis abuse of their name/acronym in domain names as new gTLDs roll out and why such protection is needed. Additionally, we would suggest that some may be more vulnerable in regards to first and/or second level registrations, and should consider these separately. To help focus the discussions on objective criteria to be uniformly applied, we include the below discussion draft criteria: (Draft) Objective Criteria for inclusion of International Organizations for Protection (Reserved List) in First and Second Level TLDs - Number of member countries in the international organization; - Percentage of governmental or public members in the international organization; - Number of countries in which the international organization has operations or provides services and/or products; - Nature and impact of work, services and/or products on an international level; - Nature and extent of collaborations with governments and other international organizations; - Status of international organization under international and/or domestic law; - Duration of international organization's existence; - Status of the international organization as a non-profit institution and/or operating in the public interest; - Recognition/use of name or acronym with/by the international organization; - Number and extent of existing abusive domain name registrations relating to the name or acronym. Sincerely, Claudia Claudia MacMaster Tamarit, Esq. Intellectual Property Rights Manager (ISO) International Organization for Standardization www.iso.org<http://www.iso.org> 1, ch de la Voie-Creuse P.O. Box 56 CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Tel. + 41 22 749 0441 Fax. + 41 22 733 3430 e-mail macmaster@xxxxxxx<mailto:macmaster@xxxxxxx> Attachment:
ISO--IGO-INGO_Input_Request_SG-C_v0 4_clean.doc
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