July 17, 2009
12:58 p.m.
Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> said:
I've heard a lot of people say that Intellectual Property & the work of the IRT fell outside ICANN's scope.
Someone asked this specific question & Jonathan Cohen, Senior Partner at Shapiro Cohen replied that this was false: according to him, the ICANN bylaws & principles mention protection of Intellectual Property & Marks, and that therefore, the IRT's proposals fall completely *in line* with ICANN's *core mission*.
I'd be interested if this was confirmed/denied.
The issue is more how can they proceed with the proposals they're presenting without addressing the fact that they're changing established legal traditions. Seth