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Re: Whois Information
- To: <whois-comments-2007@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Whois Information
- From: "Payne, Alistair" <Alistair.Payne@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:18:55 +0100
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Sirs</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As a major commercial and corporate law firm based
in Ireland comprising over 300 lawyers my firm represents a wide range of
national and international business interests. As an intellectual property
lawyer and a WIPO Domain name Dispute Resolution Panelist for many years in a
number of countries I have represented many clients and adjudicated in more
disputes than I can remember. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the interests of justice and in order to
represent our clients effectively in domain name based matters it is essential
to have a certain register of publicly available domain name ownership
information in the form provided by the current "WHOIS"
register. Without this reference source it will be near impossible to
know who we are dealing with in domain name and internet matters or to proceed
effectively. Identification, proceduaral and jurisdictional issues in domain
name disputes will become even more difficult than they are currently. The good
governance of internet and domain name related matters will be
undermined.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I urge ICANN strongly to avoid taking any steps to
withdraw the WHOIS publicly available database without first undertaking an in
depth study of the effects of doing so having consulted with all interested
parties.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yours faithfully</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Alistair Payne</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Alistair Payne<BR>
Matheson Ormsby Prentice<BR>
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay<BR>
Dublin 2<BR>
D: +353 1 232 2342<BR>
T: +353 1 232 2000<BR>
F: +353 1 232 3333<BR>
E: alistair.payne@xxxxxx<BR>
W: www.mop.ie</FONT> </SPAN>
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