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Who said what on DAG4

23 July 2010

Fionn O'Raghallaigh, London

The comment period for the latest draft applicant guidebook closed on July 21. Managing Internet IP rounds up some of the more interesting comments.

On rights protection measures

Paul McGrady writing on behalf of the IP Constituency said this about the rights protection measures:

We wish that we could support the RPMs in DAG4; however, we cannot. Unfortunately, DAG4 contains watered down RPMs which are insufficient.

Nick Wood of Com Laude had this to say about the Trademark Clearing House:

However, we are concerned that the absence of a definition of "Substantive Review" means that mark owners in some parts of the world, including the European Union, may be discriminated against. We think that any Trademark Clearinghouse must be non-discriminatory. Furthermore, the operators of the Trademark Clearinghouse must not be the arbiter of the validity of trade marks.

Reflecting a different view to that held widely from the IP community, Jeff Neuman speaking on behalf of the Registries Constituency had this to say about the post-delegation dispute resolution procedure:

Please do not be fooled...



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