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ron wickersham commented on Noncommercial Users Constituency's group GNSO: Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Drafting Team"While the official period for public comments ended on 10 Sep 2009, the working group welcomes additional comments. The public comments received during the 20 days officially stated are archived at this URL.
I have not participated in an ICANN wg…"
ron wickersham posted a blog postStatement of Interest for Post Expiry Domain Name Recovery
Ron Wickersham - Non Commercial Users Constituency1. Current vocation:electronics engineer but duties extend beyond that realmEmployer:Alembic, Inc. (electronic guitar manufacturer)and Position:bookworm and chief engineer, plus duties as unix systems administrator, network engineer, factory equipment maintenance, numerical control programmer, and facilities maintenance.2. Type of work performed in 1 above:design electronic systems for musical instruments, musical amplification equipment, plus…See More
Rafik Dammak commented on ron wickersham's blog post email from Rod Beckstrom"yes I received email as I submitted comment. I am not sure if such thing can change game rules but wait and see"
ron wickersham posted a blog postemail from Rod Beckstrom
i posted a copy the comments i submitted to ICANN on the new gTLD proposalson my profile, and today received an e-mail:#############Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:58:17 -0700From: Rod BeckstromTo: rjw@itsmyinternet.orgSubject: Comments on New gTLD ProgramParts/Attachments:1 Shown 52 lines Text2 OK ~153 lines Text----------------------------------------Dear Ron Wickersham,Thank you for your thoughtful comments regarding the introduction of newgeneric top-level domain names into the market place.We are…See More
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my comment to icann irt-final-report
the direction taken by the IRT report is bad policy and extends some
trademark rights (those of nationally-registered trademarks) beyond the
legal limits established by existing law, while ignoring other trademark
rights (in the US, the state trademarks and non-registered trademarks)
and in addition creates an ICANN sanctioned "trademark right" for words
used in a generic sense as a domain name.
the registration and use of a domain name using a generic word should
not be abridged by any international public policy. note that a
trademark (even a nationally registered trademark) of a generic word
does not grant the trademark holder any rights outside the narrow
classification of his mark. MicroSoft's trademark on "windows" does
not mean that they can stop the world from using the word in a descriptive
sense. but the IRT report extends that limited trademark right to any
use of the generic word in domain names.
this has been contentious nearly from the beginning of the Internet
domain name system, and the original proposition that domain names were
similar to street names (which are not eligible for trademark protection)
has been destroyed (and i must point out) incrementally by the changes
in the UDRP and should the IRT report be followed thru, the public will
be subject to unwarranted attacks by some trademark holders. note that
outside any ICANN policies, the trademark holder has many avenues of
recourse should legally recognized rights be percieved to be infringed.
i urge not only that the IRT report be rejected out of hand, but that
the UDRP be reviewed with respect to fairness for trademark holders of
all types as well as fair to non-trademark users of generic words for
domain names.
respectfully,
Ron Wickersham
rjw@itsmyinternet.org
participant in NCUC
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my experience commenting using e-mail:
1) i sent the comment at 15:00 PDT.
2) icann uses greylisting, so the mail wasn't transferred until 15:17
3) the confirmation that i really wanted to post was sent back at 17:30 (we also use greylisting).
4) i was out on errands so did the web-based confirmation at around 18:00.
5) refreshed the page every few minutes and noticed that comments apprently are manually posted, and come one or two every half hour.
6) one comment was posted with html tags in the text making it unreadable, but it was reformatted to plain text an hour later.
7) by 21:30 my comment had not been added to the other comments.
8) one could surmise that the long delays between receiving a comment and making it available on the public page is designed to inhibit communication and reduce comments that go back and forth on an issue.
next day my comment was visible on the comments page, and organized in the cronological index back to the original time that it was submitted.
trademark rights (those of nationally-registered trademarks) beyond the
legal limits established by existing law, while ignoring other trademark
rights (in the US, the state trademarks and non-registered trademarks)
and in addition creates an ICANN sanctioned "trademark right" for words
used in a generic sense as a domain name.
the registration and use of a domain name using a generic word should
not be abridged by any international public policy. note that a
trademark (even a nationally registered trademark) of a generic word
does not grant the trademark holder any rights outside the narrow
classification of his mark. MicroSoft's trademark on "windows" does
not mean that they can stop the world from using the word in a descriptive
sense. but the IRT report extends that limited trademark right to any
use of the generic word in domain names.
this has been contentious nearly from the beginning of the Internet
domain name system, and the original proposition that domain names were
similar to street names (which are not eligible for trademark protection)
has been destroyed (and i must point out) incrementally by the changes
in the UDRP and should the IRT report be followed thru, the public will
be subject to unwarranted attacks by some trademark holders. note that
outside any ICANN policies, the trademark holder has many avenues of
recourse should legally recognized rights be percieved to be infringed.
i urge not only that the IRT report be rejected out of hand, but that
the UDRP be reviewed with respect to fairness for trademark holders of
all types as well as fair to non-trademark users of generic words for
domain names.
respectfully,
Ron Wickersham
rjw@itsmyinternet.org
participant in NCUC
###
my experience commenting using e-mail:
1) i sent the comment at 15:00 PDT.
2) icann uses greylisting, so the mail wasn't transferred until 15:17
3) the confirmation that i really wanted to post was sent back at 17:30 (we also use greylisting).
4) i was out on errands so did the web-based confirmation at around 18:00.
5) refreshed the page every few minutes and noticed that comments apprently are manually posted, and come one or two every half hour.
6) one comment was posted with html tags in the text making it unreadable, but it was reformatted to plain text an hour later.
7) by 21:30 my comment had not been added to the other comments.
8) one could surmise that the long delays between receiving a comment and making it available on the public page is designed to inhibit communication and reduce comments that go back and forth on an issue.
next day my comment was visible on the comments page, and organized in the cronological index back to the original time that it was submitted.
Ron wickersham's Blog
Statement of Interest for Post Expiry Domain Name Recovery
Ron Wickersham - Non Commercial Users Constituency
1. Current vocation:
electronics engineer but duties extend beyond that realm
Employer:
Alembic, Inc. (electronic guitar manufacturer)
and Position:
bookworm and chief engineer, plus duties as unix systems administrator, network engineer, factory equipment maintenance, numerical control programmer, and facilities maintenance.
2. Type of work performed in 1… Continue
1. Current vocation:
electronics engineer but duties extend beyond that realm
Employer:
Alembic, Inc. (electronic guitar manufacturer)
and Position:
bookworm and chief engineer, plus duties as unix systems administrator, network engineer, factory equipment maintenance, numerical control programmer, and facilities maintenance.
2. Type of work performed in 1… Continue
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 7:16pm
email from Rod Beckstrom
i posted a copy the comments i submitted to ICANN on the new gTLD proposals
on my profile, and today received an e-mail:
#############
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:58:17 -0700
From: Rod Beckstrom
To: rjw@itsmyinternet.org
Subject: Comments on New gTLD Program
Parts/Attachments:
1 Shown 52 lines Text
2 OK ~153 lines Text
----------------------------------------
Dear Ron Wickersham,
Thank you for your thoughtful… Continue
on my profile, and today received an e-mail:
#############
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:58:17 -0700
From: Rod Beckstrom
To: rjw@itsmyinternet.org
Subject: Comments on New gTLD Program
Parts/Attachments:
1 Shown 52 lines Text
2 OK ~153 lines Text
----------------------------------------
Dear Ron Wickersham,
Thank you for your thoughtful… Continue
Posted on September 3, 2009 at 1:17am — 1 Comment
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