Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Competition authorities

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

I agree.  I'd really like to see something in writing from leading competition 
authorities indicating they will 
review and respond to the inquiries  MMA have proposed.    I'd also like them 
to indicate a range of timeframes 
in which they would typically respond in (best case/ worst case).

That said,  I don't know what would stop an applicant from incorporating in a 
jurisdiction where competition 
authorities are known to be extremely liberal, or non-existent.  

RT

 
On Apr 19, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Tim Ruiz wrote:

> 
> Regarding competition authorities reviewing certain
> applicants/applications, all startups are not equal. There may be valid
> competition issues/questions regarding large corporations entering a new
> or especially a related market. It seems to me to be particulary true of
> large corporations applying to single-registrant TLDs, especially if
> there are VI carve outs for single-registrant entities.
> 
> Of course, it would be helpful to understand how/if competition
> authories would handle such referrals. I think we should request some
> response from US and EU competition authorities so we know how to
> evaluate proposals that have such review provisions, or those that some
> of us think might be better with it.
> 
> Note, the RSEP has such a provision. I don't believe its ever been used,
> but perhaps Staff did some research on that prior to adding it to the
> process and to registry agreements.
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
>