Thanks Mary. 

Would have been nice if all these fine counsel had engaged with our WG over thew past two years rather than engaging in all this eleventh hour maneuvering. 

It is 4 am in Hyderabad where I just arrived an hour ago, so I shall save any further comment for after sleep.

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From: mary.wong@icann.org
Sent: November 1, 2016 2:37 AM
To: council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: [council] FOR REVIEW/DISCUSSION: Letter from IGO representatives

Dear Couhncilors,

 

Please find attached a letter that was received earlier today, sent to Council Chairs James, Donna and Heather by legal counsel from various IGOs who have been representing the broader coalition of IGOs that had sought protections for their names and acronyms in the domain name system. Also attached is a July 2016 memorandum prepared by IGO representatives who had attended the GNSO’s IGO-INGO Curative Rights PDP Working Group meeting at ICANN56 in Helsinki – this memo was sent to the Working Group for its discussion upon its initial receipt.

 

We will post the IGO counsels’ letter to the GNSO correspondence page as soon as we can. Please let me know if you have any follow up questions.

 

Thanks and cheers

Mary

 

 

Mary Wong

Senior Policy Director

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Email: mary.wong@icann.org

Telephone: +1-603-5744889

 

 

From: <Frances.MOONEY@oecd.org> on behalf of "Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org" <Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org>
Date: Monday, October 31, 2016 at 13:40
To: "jbladel@godaddy.com" <jbladel@godaddy.com>, "donna.austin@neustar.biz" <donna.austin@neustar.biz>, "heather.forrest@utas.edu.au" <heather.forrest@utas.edu.au>
Cc: "Thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch" <Thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch>, Nigel Hickson <nigel.hickson@icann.org>, Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>, "brian.beckham@wipo.int" <brian.beckham@wipo.int>, "erik.wilbers@wipo.int" <erik.wilbers@wipo.int>, "nicoara@un.org" <nicoara@un.org>, "pozenel@un.org" <pozenel@un.org>, "axenidou@un.org" <axenidou@un.org>, "ricardo.GUILHERME@upu.int" <ricardo.GUILHERME@upu.int>, "iburghardt@worldbank.org" <iburghardt@worldbank.org>, "dsatola@worldbank.org" <dsatola@worldbank.org>, "waltond@who.int" <waltond@who.int>, "auertj@who.int" <auertj@who.int>, "Karine.PERSET@oecd.org" <Karine.PERSET@oecd.org>, "Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org" <Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org>, "Jonathan.PASSARO@oecd.org" <Jonathan.PASSARO@oecd.org>
Subject: ICANN - IGO Protections

 

Dear Mr Bladel, Ms. Austin and Dr. Forrest,

 

Please find attached a letter regarding the protection of intergovernmental organisation acronyms in the domain name system.

 

Regards

 

Nicola

 

ogo_mail_uk

Nicola Bonucci
Director & Accession Coordinator / Directeur et coordonnateur de l’adhésion

Directorate for Legal Affairs / Direction des affaires juridiques

 

2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France
Tel: +33 1 45 24 80 77 – Fax: +33 1 44 30 62 45

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