As Co-Chair of this IGO I’m adding Mary Wong as she drafted the language of this amended portion of the Charter in consultation with the Chairs – and I welcome
any further light she can shed.
The purpose of the amendment is to give the WG more latitude in circumscribing the list of IGOs that are eligible for whatever final recommendations we make,
as we have preliminarily determined that only those IGOs that have exercised their rights to trademark regime protection under Article 6ter have sufficient globally recognized legal rights to achieve standing. The original Charter language covered a broader
group of IGOs and gave us no latitude to narrow it down.
Best to all, Philip
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From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Bret Fausett
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 11:30 AM
To: council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] motion for IGO-INGO WG charter amendment
Thank you Susan. So I can understand this better, what is the delta between "the IGO List provided to ICANN by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in March 2013” and the "the legal protections for IGO names and acronyms that are conferred
by Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property”? Is there a comprehensive list of names and acronyms protected by Article 6ter?
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