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Konstantinos Komaitis commented on Rudi Vansnick's group 'NCUC-Brussels Mtg Planning Team'
That would be great Rudi thanks - bringing the EU people would actually be something really beneficial. Thanks for taking the lead on this.
February 18
Konstantinos Komaitis joined Rudi Vansnick's group
NCUC-Brussels Mtg Planning Team
Preparation NCUC meeting during Brussels ICANN meeting (June 2010). Being located near Brussels and member of NCUC I'm willing to take on the preparation of this meeting. I'm trying to get some special attention from the EU.
February 18
Konstantinos Komaitis is attending Robin Gross's event
January 6, 2010 all day
Wednesday 6 JANUARY 2010 (15:00 - 17:00 UTC) NCSG discussion of substantive policy issues pending before the GNSO, particularly issues the GNSO Council is about to act on. This discussion is intended as an opportunity for the NCSG GNSO Councilors…
December 19, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis is attending Robin Gross's event
NCUC "Special Trademark Interest" Work Team Meeting at Astor Room on Floor 36 of Lotte Hotel
October 26, 2009 from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
NCUC "Special Trademark Interest" Work Team Meeting Monday 26 October Time: 12:30 - 14:30 (Korea time) Astor Room on Floor 36 of Lotte Hotel I hope all of our counselors, trademark experts and all those who wish to shape NCUC's position on the STI…
October 22, 2009
A blog post by Konstantinos Komaitis was featured
Here are some initial thoughts on ICANN's response to the IRT proposal, published a little earlier this month. Please bear in mind that ICANN is requesting GNSO¹s consensus view on the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System…
October 22, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis added a blog post
Here are some initial thoughts on ICANN's response to the IRT proposal, published a little earlier this month. Please bear in mind that ICANN is requesting GNSO¹s consensus view on the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System…
October 22, 2009
A blog post by Konstantinos Komaitis was featured
On Wednesday, a US Congress Subcommittee held a Hearing on “Expansion of Top Level Domain Names and its Effects of Competition.” Members of the US House of Representatives questioned [names and organizations] whether the Internet climate is ready to…
September 26, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis added a blog post
On Wednesday, a US Congress Subcommittee held a Hearing on “Expansion of Top Level Domain Names and its Effects of Competition.” Members of the US House of Representatives questioned [names and organizations] whether the Internet climate is ready to…
September 26, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis and Rudi Vansnick are now friends
September 7, 2009
Ángel Sánchez Seoane commented on Konstantinos Komaitis's blog post 'Internet Users Are Being Threatened: The IRT Meeting in London'
"One of the things that I realized is that we really need to inform the simple Internet user, the registrant, anywhere in the world, about what is happening and what the IRT team is trying to push forward. We need to make them see how they will be a…
July 17, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis added a blog post
I’ve just returned from ICANN's new gTLD meeting in London, where the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) presented its skewed vision of protection mechanisms for new gTLDs. London was the second stop of a consultation process, which started in…
July 17, 2009
Rafik Dammak and Konstantinos Komaitis are now friends
July 16, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis joined Noncommercial Users Constituency's group
GNSO-PPSC: Working Group (WG) Team
This team will be responsible for making recommendations concerning processes and methods involved for the new WG model, including suggestions for transition to the new model.
July 10, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis joined Noncommercial Users Constituency's group
GNSO-PPSC: Policy Development Process (PDP) Team
The PDP team is responsible for reviewing the existing PDP in ICANN's Bylaws and recommending changes to the community and GNSO Council based on an open community working group approach to the deliberative process.
July 10, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis and Ángel Sánchez Seoane are now friends
July 9, 2009
Konstantinos Komaitis commented on Robin Gross's event 'IRT Team in London (15 July)'
If anyone is planning to attend, please do get in touch with me at k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk
July 9, 2009

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ICANN sends the URS and the Clearinghouse back to the GNSO.

Here are some initial thoughts on ICANN's response to the IRT proposal, published a little earlier this month. Please bear in mind that ICANN is requesting GNSO¹s consensus view on the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). These are the views of myself and Kathy Kleiman and a reflection of our sense of events. NCUC will be meeting at length in Seoul to discuss the issues and develop our position for moving forward. To see the new documents, drafted by ICANN staff… Continue

Posted on October 22, 2009 at 1:52am —

Konstantinos Komaitis

An update on the IRT

On Wednesday, a US Congress Subcommittee held a Hearing on “Expansion of Top Level Domain Names and its Effects of Competition.” Members of the US House of Representatives questioned [names and organizations] whether the Internet climate is ready to accept an unlimited number of new gTLDs. At the heart of the discussions was trademark protection.

Doug Brent said that expansion of the root has been part of ICANN's mission since the beginning. New gTLDs will help registrant choice, competition ge… Continue

Posted on September 26, 2009 at 2:42am —

Konstantinos Komaitis

Internet Users Are Being Threatened: The IRT Meeting in London

I’ve just returned from ICANN's new gTLD meeting in London, where the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) presented its skewed vision of protection mechanisms for new gTLDs. London was the second stop of a consultation process, which started in New York and will finish in Abu Dhabi in the beginning of August (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm). The idea behind these consultations, which are open to every interested party, is to give the opportunity to the… Continue

Posted on July 17, 2009 at 4:11am — 1 Comment

Konstantinos Komaitis

NCUC's Substantive Comments on the IRT Recommendation

Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON SUBSTANTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IRT FINAL REPORT—
A CALL FOR RIGHTS OF REGISTRANTS TO BE PROTECTED, FOR “TRADEMARK LAWYER ABUSE” TO BE RECOGNIZED,
AND FOR IRT/IPC/TRADEMARK PROTECTION PROPOSALS TO BE DISMISSED OR REVISED TO FIT WITHIN THE
SCOPE AND MISSION OF ICANN AND THE SCOPE AND LIMITS OF TRADEMARK LAW (Filed with ICANN on July 6, 2009-http://forum.icann.org/lists/irt-final-report/)

These are the comments of ICANN’S Non-Commercial… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 7:30pm —

Konstantinos Komaitis

NCUC's Procedural Comments on the IRT Recommendation

Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE IRT FINAL REPORT—
A SUGGESTED ROADMAP FOR MOVING FORWARD ((Filed with ICANN on July 6, 2009-http://forum.icann.org/lists/irt-final-report/)

These are the comments of ICANN’S Non-Commercial User Constituency (NCUC), a group which dates back to ICANN’s founding and has actively and fully participated in all policy-making proceedings at ICANN involving domain names and domain name disputes.

NCUC has 102 members in… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 7:00pm —

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