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

[Miles Fidelman <[e-mail]>]

David Conrad wrote:
>> Instead, ICANN unilaterally staked a  claim to the domain, by registering it.
> % whois -h whois.pir.org iana.org
> Domain Name:IANA.ORG
> Domain ID: D1073204-LROR
> Creation Date: 1995-06-05T04:00:00Z
> ...
>
> There may be more to the story of IANA.ORG than you are implying.
>
> Regards,
> -drc
> (ICANN CTO, but speaking only for myself. Really.)

Well, it might be helpful to know that history.  At one point, SRI was 
IANA, now ICANN has registered it.  How did that come to be?

Given that the IANA function was originally being performed at the 
behest of the USG, and still is, who actually has legitimate claim to 
the trademark, and how does that play against the domain registration 
policy?

It strikes me that this is something that should be cleared up as part 
of this process.

Arguably, the cleanest way of handling this specific detail would be for 
the USG (NTIA) to assert ownership of the trademark, reclaim the domain 
registration from ICANN, and then transfer that registration to some 
neutral custodian as part of the transition.

Miles Fidelman

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