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[ NNSquad ] Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms 

Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms

(World Trademark Review): http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=D59FED9D-795C-40ED-8FF2-3C8B35F464E6

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      Tellingly, at a time when the big political issue of the moment
      is the proposed transfer of the IANA function to ICANN, Kroes
      used the failure to issue a thinly veiled threat about ICANN's
      future, warning: "I fear that the failure of ICANN to take due
      account of the wider public interest will undermine confidence
      in your organisation and in our attempts to preserve and
      strengthen the current model of internet governance. The lack of
      adequate redress mechanisms and, above all, the lack of
      accountability demonstrate the need for significant reform of
      ICANN even before the current debate on the global Internet
      governance system comes to a conclusion. And the situation is
      not coherent with ICANN's own commitment to strengthen your
      accountability towards the global community. If such a solution
      is not put in place for these gTLDs, then the problems will
      repeat themselves with other indications, and the result risks
      to be a widespread and damaging rejection of the current model
      altogether. It is your duty to avoid such a crisis: ICANN is a
      private, not-for-profit corporation serving the global community
      and, as such, you must carry out your activities in conformity
      with relevant principles of international law and applicable
      international conventions and local law."

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--Lauren--
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