Greg, Which entity will be the assignee of the IANA trademark? In order for that to work, the assignee will need to have quality control power. Who is ICANN suggesting will retain quality control over the IANA mark? That is a very powerful position, indeed. Best, Paul Paul D. McGrady Jr. Partner Chair, Trademark, Domain Names and Brand Enforcement Practice Winston & Strawn LLP 35 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601-9703 D: +1 (312) 558-5963 F: +1 (312) 558-5700 Bio<http://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/mcgrady-paul-d.html> | VCard<http://www.winston.com/vcards/996.vcf> | Email<mailto:pmcgrady@winston.com> | winston.com<http://www.winston.com> [Winston & Strawn LLP] From: ipc-gnso-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ipc-gnso-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Greg Shatan Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:02 AM To: IPC-GNSO Subject: [IPC-GNSO] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN Statement Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - ICANN Steve Crocker issued a statement on behalf of the ICANN Board regarding the IANA Trademarks and domain names. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Olive <david.olive@icann.org<mailto:david.olive@icann.org>> Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015 Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN Statement Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - ICANN To: "soac-infoalert@icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>" <soac-infoalert@icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-08-15-en Sent from my iPhone David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349<tel:10%2034349> Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212<tel:+90.212.999.6212> Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611<tel:+%201.%20202.341.3611> Mobile: +90.533.341.6550<tel:+90.533.341.6550> Email: david.olive@icann.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david.olive@icann.org');> www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author.
