[kictanet] Business Unusual at ICANN !!

[Adam Peake]

At 9:49 AM +0300 7/15/09, Bill Kagai wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Gakuru 
>Alex<alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  1. Disclosure within ICANN:
>>
>>  [Of big brand owners and 'Intellectual Property" industry oiling ICANN
>>  domain name policy making process - to the detriment of people like us, in
>>  Kenya, and Africa. Countries that do not have well established digital IP
>>  laws, "Famous Marks" registries, and poor, if any, software and IT
>>  innovations patent system. If just continue sitting back and allow ICANN be
>>  influenced by wealthy IP interests, then expect those IP interests to
>>  patent/copyright even our traditional languages such that we cannot have our
>>  cultures nor use languages over the internet.
>
>Chief,
>Even latin is not this hard to comprehend. Maybe you should consider
>simple language (with pictures) to pass your message.



The IRT (Implementation Recommendation Team) was set up to produce a 
report making recommendations about trademark protections in new 
gTLDs.  ICANN is currently deciding how to introduce new gTLDs, 
probably a lot of new gTLDs, the IRT is part of that.  Like most 
ICANN processes it is complex, it has developed through a series of 
rolling public comments and consultations (all ICANN processes take 
time and are complicated, it's a cost of the transparency and 
inclusiveness the organization attempts to follow.)

My views on this are somewhat bias, I'm a member of NCUC and ALAC, 
but I have found the IRT process rushed and to unfairly favor the 
interests of those who wish to strengthen the intellectual property 
protections enjoyed by trademark holders.  As KICTANet is a 
multistakeholder list, I expect some may disagree with me :-)

More information about the IRT process:

<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-29may09-en.htm>

Two statements that I think summarize the common concerns of 
non-commercial interests and end users:

Joint Non Commercial Users (NCUC) At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) 
statement on the IRT 
<https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?joint_statement_on_the_irt_report_from_alac_and_ncuc>

ALAC statement:
<https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_of_the_alac_on_the_irt_s_final_report_al_alac_st_0609_1_rev1>

Both statements quite short.  But there's no simple way I can think 
of to fully understand the process, other than to slog through 
reading a lot of quite dry documents.

Perhaps KICTANet could consider joining ICANN's At Large?  See 
<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/>

Hope this helps.

Adam



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