Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC Objection to Proposed European Union Policy with Negative Impact on Non-Profit Organizations

[Olévié Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sam,

As theChair of NPOC Policy Committee, I think you should make us a proposal
for comments to validate. It's better. It seems that, for the moment,
you're the only one in the group (NPOC) come to see the dispute that may
arise from this position of the European Union (EU). Obviously we in
Africa, we think about the African Union (AU). What position will be the
AUs ones in relation to this situation?
This is to say that the reviews will certainly make valid for all regions
of the world.

My 2 cents.

Cheers !
-Olevie-


2014-12-17 1:05 GMT+00:00 Sam Lanfranco <lanfran@xxxxxxxx>:
>
>  NPOC members:
>
> On December 5, here on npoc-voice, I asked for comments on the proposed
> European Union revision of the EU Regulation on the Community Trade Mark
> and the European Union Directive Relating to Trade Marks. The proposed
> revised wording can have a serious negative impact on the ability of
> non-profit and civil society organizations (NPO/CS) to select appropriate
> website/domain names and email address strings. The proposal involves the
> insert of the following prohibition concerning domain names. It prohibits
> "Using the sign as a trade or company name/[...], or as a domain name, or
> as a part thereof."
>
> This wording risks promoting spurious complaints against non-commercial
> uses by making domain names effectively analogous to "a trade or company
> name". This would have a chilling effect on non-commercial expression by
> registrants in the European Union, and possibly elsewhere, via trademark
> litigation. While NPOC did not get much feedback on this issue, NPOC will
> now draft a Public Comment objection, post it here for comment, and then
> submit it to the EU.
>
> Sam Lanfranco, Chair
> NPOC Public Policy Committee
>


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