Re: [Ianaplan] control and negotiation (was Re: draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-02 working group last call)

[Seun Ojedeji <[e-mail]>]

Here comes the buzzer I was trying to mention and this gives more reason
why determining iana.org ownership alone may not be appropriate because
that name affects all the 3 operational communities one way or the other.

Cheers!

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kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 9 Nov 2014 08:46, "John Curran" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Bernard Aboba <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > The owner of trademark can use it to assert ownership not only of a
> directly corresponding domain name, but also of similar names.
> >
> > However that does not necessarily imply that it is desirable for the
> IETF Trust to own the IANA trademark. Trademarks (particularly ones
> involving registrations in multiple countries) can be quite expensive to
> register and protect. So unless the Trust has examined the costs involved
> and finds them manageable, it might make more sense to focus on the
> conditions for transfer to a successor contractor.
>
> It is not at all clear whether the IETF has any need to own the
> IANA mark or domain; if the IETF determines that its use of the
> mark and domain are important to the protocol parameter function,
> then it only needs to ensure that it has the ability to use them -
> that does not require ownership, only an appropriate agreement
> providing for such use with the owner... (while there may be some
> merit in being that owner, that is more than strictly necessary.)
>
> /John
>
> Disclaimer: my views alone.
>
>
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