Re: [gtld-council] modifications to new gTLD recommendations #3 and 6

[Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Philip.  Personally, I would be happy with this approach.   So 
if there are no objections from others to it, I'll draft a stmt for #21 
and send it to the list tonight for comment.
Thanks,
Robin


Philip Sheppard wrote:

> As there seems to be a logical difference between a string infringing a third 
> party right
> and a process infringing freedom of expression, is not the solution to make two 
> beautifully
> worded recommendations, rather than one ugly hodge-podge we currently have ?
>
> So recomm 3 reads:
> Strings must not infringe the existing legal rights of others that are 
> recognized or
> enforceable under generally accepted and internationally recognized principles 
> of law.
> Examples of such legal rights include, but are not limited to, the rights 
> defined in the
> Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and in particular 
> trade-mark
> rights.
>
> And over to Robin for a whole new recomm 21 about the "process" and "freedom of 
> expression".
>
>
> Philip
>
>