RE: [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program

John: I don’t wish to guess as to who encouraged this hearing or what the view of staff is. However, IP interests have long exercised considerable influence over this Subcommittee, which has primary responsibility for patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The same Subcommittee recently held two separate days of hearings on "Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online: Legitimate Sites v. Parasites” – although Chairman Goodlatte has also stated that he opposes the expansion of Federal domain seizure authority as proposed in last year’s Senate COICA legislation. So the choice of venue is significant in that it means the hearing will probably be more IP-centric. Best, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: john@crediblecontext.com [mailto:john@crediblecontext.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:28 AM To: Phil Corwin Cc: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program Phil, Do you have a sense of where staff wants to take the hearing? Do you know who instigated? Do you think it is more meaningful because it is a subcommittee of Judiciary and not Commerce? Berard -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: Tue, April 26, 2011 6:31 am To: "bc-gnso@icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org>" <bc-gnso@icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org>> FYI-- http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html Hearing Information Hearing on: "ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing" Wednesday 5/4/2011 - 10:00 a.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet By Direction of the Chairman --As of yet, no witnesses listed -- Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11
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