On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
Jonathan Cohen, Senior Partner at Shapiro Cohen replied that this was false
Jonathan has been promulgating that myth since 2000 when he sat on the board. Then he stated "Protecting intellectual property rights is written into the bylaws, deal with it" (paraphrasing, I can't readily find the exact quote from the transcripts...) "Intellectual Property" is only mentioned in the bylaws in the context of the constituency structures and processes. No where in the bylaws does it state that the protection of IP and marks is in scope for the organization. As far as his mention of ICANN's "principles" go, I'd need a citation. I don't believe that there is a document that could be called "ICANN's Principles" and even if it does it exist, it would likely be non-binding. The only documents that matter in this regard are the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws and consensus policy, none of which could be construed as determining whether the IRT is in- scope or not. /r