Re: [Ianaplan] ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)

Dear Steve,

Thanks for this very helpful proposal and clarification of ICANN’s 
position.

Could you clarify that the transfer of “IANA-related trademarks” 
would include transfer of the iana.org domain name, which would also 
then be licensed back to ICANN for exclusive use (and operational 
control) for as long as it remains the IANA Functions Operator.

If that were so then I believe that this proposal is consistent with the 
CRISP (Numbers Community) transition proposal and also with the ICG’s 
plan.

Thanks and all the best

Paul.

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Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                        dg@apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                                            @apnicdg

On 16 Aug 2015, at 2:37, Steve Crocker wrote:

> The following is our formal statement on the IANA IPR.  We will post 
> this on our website ASAP.
>
>
> Steve Crocker
> On behalf of the ICANN Board of Directors
>
>
> ICANN Statement re IANA Intellectual Property (IPR)
>
> We support the ICG proposal and the underlying proposals from CWG, 
> CRISP and IANAPLAN.  The ICANN Board is focused on how to implement 
> the IPR component of the proposal.  The ICANN Board believes that for 
> stability and pragmatic operational reasons, the IANA Functions 
> Operator must have operational control over the IANA.ORG domain.  
> During the transition, ICANN is prepared to transfer full ownership of 
> the IANA-related trademarks to a neutral third party mutually agreed 
> among the operational communities with the understanding that ICANN, 
> as the current IANA Functions Operator, will be granted license to 
> those trademarks and ICANN will maintain operational control of the 
> IANA.ORG domain for as long as ICANN remains the IANA Functions 
> Operator.  If the transfer during the transition affects the timeline, 
> we advise delay until after the transition.  In that event ICANN is 
> ready to hold the IPR as interim measure but commits to transfer it 
> within 120 days after the neutral third party is identified by the 
> operational communities.
>
> We believe this is neutral and in the public interest. We look forward 
> to hearing anyone in the 
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