The Management of Internet Names and Addresses:
Intellectual Property Issues

ANNEX II

List of Governments, Organizations and Persons
Submitting Formal Comments1

 

I. STATES

COUNTRY

AGENCY

WIPO
RFC-1

WIPO
RFC-2

WIPO
RFC-3

SUBMISSION
AT
CONSULTATIONS

Australia IP Australia: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

x

 

 

 
National Office for the Information Economy     x  
Belarus Belarus Patent Office: The State Patent Committee  

x

   
Belgium Industrial Property Office: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Administration of Trade Policy

x

     
Brazil Associação Brasileira da Propriedade Intelectual (ABPI)  

 

 

x

Comissão Nacional Energia Nuclear      

x

INPI      

x

Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro      

x

Ministry of Science and Technology      

x

National Institute of Industrial Property: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism   x    
Task Force on Electronic Commerce: Industry Brazil       x
Burkina Faso Directorate General of Industrial Development: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft

x

     
Canada Affaires étrangères et commerce international Canada      

x

 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Industry Canada      

x

Commercial Law Division: Industry Canada      

x

Intellectual Property Policy Directorate: Industry Canada      

x

Task Force on Electronic Commerce: Industry Canada       x
China Trademark Office: State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the Peoples' Republic of China

x

     
Egypt Legislation and Development Information Service      

x

Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, Administration of Commercial Registration       x
France      

x

 
Germany Federal Ministry of Justice

x

     
Hungary Hungarian Patent Office    

x

x

India Department of Industrial Development: Ministry of Industry  

x

 

x

Japan Japanese Patent Office

x

x

x

x

Ministry of International Trade and Industry     x  
Kyrgyzstan State Agency of Intellectual Property of the Kyrgyz Republic

x

     
Mauritius Commerce Division: Ministry of Industry and Commerce

x

     
Mexico Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office, Geneva

x

 

 

 

National Institute of Copyright: Secretariat of Public Education x   x  
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)       x
Norway Norwegian Patent Office

x

     
Poland Patent Office of the Republic of Poland      

x

Republic of Korea Korean Industrial Property Office: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy  

x

x

 
Romania State Office for Inventions and Trademarks      

x

Russian Federation Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks  

x

x

 
Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers

 

   

x

Ministry of Law x      
Trade Development Board       x
Sweden National Post and Telecom Agency

x

x

x

 
Swedish Patent and Registration Office     x  
Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

x

x

x

 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Industrial Property Protection Office      

x

United States of America National Research Council    

 

x

National Telecommunications and Information Administration      

x

Office of Advocacy
United States Small Business Administration
    x

x

Senegal Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture      

x

Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research       x
Zimbabwe Data & Telegraphy: Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunication      

x

Member States of the European Community European Commission: DG XV E1 and E2  

 

 

x

Joint Submission of the European Community and its Member States   x x  

 

II. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

ORGANIZATIONS

WIPO
RFC-1

WIPO
RFC-2

WIPO
RFC-3

SUBMISSION
AT
CONSULTATIONS

European Community: Joint Submission of the European Community and its Member States  

x

x

x

International Labor Organization (ILO)  

x

   
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

x

     
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)    

x

 
World Health Organization (WHO)    

x

 

 

III. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

ORGANIZATIONS

WIPO
RFC-1

WIPO
RFC-2

WIPO
RFC-3

SUBMISSION
AT
CONSULTATIONS

ACM    

x

 
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

x

x

x

x

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)    

x

 
Andhra Pradesh Technology Services      

x

Arbitration Center for Industrial Properties (ACIP)  

x

   
Association of European Brand Owners (MARQUES), Internet Subcommittee

x

x

x

 
BitoS  

x

   
Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI)  

x

x

 
Brazilian Steering Committeee    

x

 
Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac    

x

 
Center for Democracy and Technology    

x

 
Centro Internacioanl para a Educação Trabalho e Transferência de Technologia/SENAI      

x

Coalition for Advertising Supported Information and Entertainment (CASIE)      

x

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility    

x

 
Council of Registrars (CORE)  

x

 

x

Council of Hungarian Internet Providers    

x

 
Delhi Public School, India      

x

Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC)

x

x

x

x

Egyptian Association for Protection of Industrial Property (AEPPI)      

x

Electronic Commerce Forum    

x

x

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)  

x

x

x

Electronic Frontiers Australia    

x

 
Electronic Frontiers Spain    

x

 
El Instituto Latinoamericano de Alta Tecnologia, Informática y Derecho (ILATID)

x

     
European Brands Association (AIM)  

x

x

x

European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)  

x

   
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)  

x

   
European Internet Service Providers Association    

x

x

Fapesp/Registro.br      

x

Fédération des syndicats de producteurs de Châteauneuf-du-Pape    

x

 
Fédération internationale des conseils en propriété industrielle (FICPI)

x

x

x

 
Fordham University, School of Law  

x

   
Hungarian Internet Providers      

x

Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas      

x

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)      

x

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)      

x

IDSC, Information Highway Unit      

x

Institute of Trade Mark Agents (ITMA)  

x

   
International Association of Top-Level Domains (IATD)    

x

 
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

x

x

x

 
International Congress of Independent Internet Users (ICIIU)

x

 

x

x

International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)  

x

x

x

International Trademark Association (INTA), Internet Subcommittee

x

x

x

x

Internet Association of Japan      

x

Internet Industry Association of Australia (IIAA)  

x

 

x

Internet Society    

x

 
Internet Society of Australia      

x

Internet Society of Mexico    

x

 
Internet Society of New Zealand    

x

 
Italian Naming Authority    

x

x

Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), Trademark Committee

x

x

x

 
Japan Trademark Association, Legal Systems Committee

x

     
Japanese Patent Attorneys Association      

x

Markenverband    

x

 
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  

x

x

x

National Autonomous University of Mexico: Institute of Legal Research    

x

 
National Association of Webmasters, New England Chapter

x

     
National Post, Canada      

x

NetAction

x

     
Open Root Server Confederation      

x

Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada    

x

x

Policy Oversight Committee (POC), Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding (gTLD-MoU)

x

   

x

Promarcas Assossoria à Propriedade Industrial      

x

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)  

x

 

x

Rede Nacional de Pesquisa      

x

Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC)      

x

Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC)  

x

x

 
Staff Center for Democracy and Technology      

x

Stanford University  

x

 

x

Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt      

x

Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China    

x

 
Union of Industrial Employees of the Confederation of Europe (UNICE)      

x

University of Michigan, Telecommunications and Technology Law Review  

x

   

 

IV. CORPORATIONS & PROFESSIONAL FIRMS

 

NAME

WIPO
RFC-1

WIPO
RFC-2

WIPO
RFC-3

SUBMISSION
AT
CONSULTATIONS

Abelman Frayne & Schwab      

x

ABTI Techno Way      

x

Adams & Adams      

x

Adams Law Firm      

x

Advanced Technology Strategy

x

     
Alban Tay Mahtani & De Silva      

x

Allen & Gledhill      

x

Alonson, Pardo & Asociados      

x

Amazing Domain.com      

x

America Online    

x

x

Aoyama & Partners      

x

Arghur Loke & Partners      

x

Arter & Hadden      

x

Artmidia net Midia      

x

Ascend Communications    

x

 
AT & T Canada      

x

AT & T    

x

x

Basham, Ringe y Correa      

x

Bell Atlantic Network Services

x

x

x

x

Bentata Hoet & Asociados      

x

Bereskin & Parr      

x

Beuchat, Barros & Pfenniger      

x

Blake, Cassels & Graydon      

x

Bold Bikes    

x

 
British Telecommunications    

x

x

Broadcast Music    

x

 
Bufete Quirós y Asociados      

x

CABASE      

x

Cadence Design      

x

Canal WEB      

x

Cegetel      

x

Centraal      

x

CIENA      

x

Cisco Systems      

x

Clarke Modet do Brasil      

x

Clear Thinking Technology    

x

x

Clue Computing      

x

CommerceNet    

x

x

Covington & Burling      

x

Cyberlaw Association      

x

Dain, Gandelman e Lacé Brandão Advogados Associados      

x

De las Carreras & Chaloupka      

x

Dear!Net Online Services      

x

Deeth Williams Wall      

x

DENIC  

x

   
Deutsche Telekom  

x

x

 
Digital Renaissance      

x

Dildar      

x

DNS Technologies      

x

Domainz, New Zealand Internet Registry  

x

 

x

Doughney, Mike    

x

x

Echelon Internet Corporation        
Ecomplus.net.inc      

x

ED Venture Holdings      

x

Effective Business Applications      

x

EFPIA      

x

Elea Cheong & G. Mirandah      

x

Elena Berbery & Asociados      

x

Eli Lilly and Company      

x

Elzaburu    

x

 
Emerging Star Investments      

x

Endispute Company

x

     
Enternet      

x

Escritório de Advocacia Empresarial      

x

Estudio Mersan, Abogados      

x

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner      

x

Fiorio y Alvarado/FAYC Agencia de Marcas y Patentes      

x

Ford Global Technologies  

x

   
Ford Motor Company  

x

x

 
Free Community Network  

x

   
Goodspeed Communications      

x

GraphiCode

x

     
Hausheer Belgrano & Fernández      

x

Helmy & Hamza      

x

House of Donuts, International      

x

Houthoff Advocaten en Notarissen      

x

Howard, Phillips & Anderson    

x

 
IBM Canada      

x

IBM Corporation: Internet Division    

x

x

Ibrachy & Dermarkar  

x

 

x

I9 Marketing e Propaganda      

x

INEG.INC.      

x

Infoseek      

x

Informatics Holdings      

x

Intel Corporation      

x

Interelectronics Corporation/Pagex Company

x

     
Internet Computer Bureau      

x

Internet Names Australia

x

     
Japan Network Information Center      

x

Jefferson Technologies, SA De CV      

x

KPMG    

x

x

Lanahan & Reilley

x

     
Lanferman, Fisher & Hashimoto      

x

Lex Research      

x

Limbach & Limbach      

x

Mallesons Stephens Jaques, Solicitors  

x

 

x

Marcastro Assossoria Empresarial      

x

Martins de Almeida Advogados      

x

MCI WorldCom

x

x

x

x

Melbourne IT  

x

 

x

Mersan Law Offices      

x

Meta-Certificate Group    

x

x

Microsoft Corporation      

x

Microsoft Corporation Egypt      

x

Momsen Leonardos & Cia      

x

National Informatics Center      

x

Nauta Dutilh      

x

Net Registry Australia      

x

NetNames      

x

NIC Mexico      

x

Network Solutions      

x

NIC Brazil      

x

NIC Hyderabad      

x

NIC Paraguay      

x

Nissan Motor Company      

x

Nominalia      

x

Nominet      

x

Nortel Networks      

x

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt    

x

 
Oca, Jesús Rodríguez    

x

 
Olivares & Cia      

x

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Dunnelly      

x

Osiris Comunicação Digital      

x

Page Hargrave      

x

Pagina Vesta      

x

Pinheiro Neto Advogados      

x

Porsche    

x

x

Procurement Services International      

x

Prosys International      

x

Rajah & Tann      

x

RAM Informatics      

x

Ravindran Associates      

x

Rembrandt Group      

x

Researcher.com      

x

Riches, McKenzie & Herbert      

x

Ringe y Correa      

x

Robin, Blecker & Daley      

x

Rosana Strassburger Kuwer      

x

Rupert International      

x

Satyam Computer Services      

x

Schering      

x

Sena & Bertón Moreno      

x

Shalakany Law Office      

x

Shapiro, Cohen      

x

Shaw Pittman      

x

ShockMedia

x

     
Silveira Advogados      

x

Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay      

x

Simpson Solicitors      

x

Sínese - Comércio e Serviços      

x

Singapore Telecom, Singnet      

x

Skyline International Corporation

x

     
Smart & Biggar      

x

Software Technology Park      

x

Solmark Marcas e Patentas      

x

Soto Esculante y Pontones      

x

Speco

x

     
Spoor and Fisher      

x

Sprint      

x

Sprint Canada      

x

SWITCH      

x

Taylor Joynson Garrett  

x

 

x

Telstra Corporation      

x

The Chanel Company  

x

   
The Darwin Group      

x

Thomson & Thomson

x

     
Thorne Echeandia & Piaggio Abogados      

x

Time Warner  

x

x

 
Trenite Van Doorne      

x

Tucows Interactive      

x

Uniforum      

x

UNINET (Foundation for Research and Development)      

x

United Parcel Service of America    

x

 
UUNET      

x

Veirano e Advogados Associados      

x

Viacom  

x

 

x

Viñamata, Roldan y Asociados      

x

Warner Bros., A Time Warner Entertainment Company      

x

Wiley, Rein & Fielding    

x

x

Zacarias & Fernández      

x

Zavala De Leon y Asociados      

x

 

V. INDIVIDUALS

NAME

WIPO
RFC-1

WIPO
RFC-2

WIPO
RFC-3

SUBMISSION
AT
CONSULTATIONS

Akabani, Sami      

x

Almeida, Gilberto M.    

x

 
Anderson, Ethan    

x

 
Arida, Christine      

x

Azmi, Karim      

x

Barrios, Gabriela      

x

Barry, Mikki      

x

beebs@slip.net    

x

 
bentley@crenelle.com

x

     
Bird, Darrell J.  

x

   
bkerffer@hola.com    

x

 
boukary.sawadogo@mcc.gov.bf

x

     
Bourne, Jana    

x

 
Bowman, Paul T.    

x

 
Bradley, Tom    

x

 
brandy@directinternetlocator.com    

x

 
brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca    

x

 
brianbo@bocton.com    

x

 
Brieu, Philippe P.    

x

 
Brunner, Eric    

x

 
Burton, James    

x

 
Cabagnot, Rocky    

x

 
ccutright@wa.net    

x

 
Chandru, Ganesh      

x

Chevallier, Natalie    

x

 
Cody, John    

x

 
Cortes, Oscar Fernandez    

x

 
Crumbaugh, Steven

x

     
Cyhan, Adrian  

x

   
da0g+@andrew.cmu.edu    

x

 
dan@mythology.com    

x

 
dan_williams3rd@yahoo.com    

x

 
Daniels, Ron      

x

darkcied@hotmail.com    

x

 
darnell@radioblack.com    

x

 
DeGarcia, Juan    

x

 
Desvousges, David A.    

x

 
Dickenson, Virginia    

x

 
Doughney, Michael    

x

x

dwreid@interaccess.com    

x

 
Ebérard, Monica Fragoso      

x

eggplant@ix.netcom.com

x

     
Elam, Len E.    

x

 
eric@macwe.com

x

     
erinsowden@aol.com    

x

 
Evans, Clark    

x

 
Evans, Gail  

x

 

x

Everett-Church, Ray    

x

 
fezzik@rocketmail.com    

x

 
Figueroa, Joan    

x

 
FinanciaCo@aol.com

x

     
Fitzgerald, Brian  

x

 

x

Foster, Coleman      

x

fserrano@titan.sep.gov.mx  

x

   
Gabrielli, Joseph    

x

 
gaje419@aol.com

x

     
Galt, John David    

x

 
Ganesh, Chandru    

x

x

Garland, David    

x

 
gbauluz@iname.com    

x

 
Geller, Paul Edward    

x

 
Genis, Jerez Alberto      

x

Gerck, Ed    

x

 
G. Gervaise Davis III    

x

 
gjohnson@season.com    

x

 
Goodspeed, John D.    

x

 
Gordon, Seth

x

     
Gymer, Keith  

x

   
hannes@rupertinternational.co.za

x

     
hdroemer@ford.com  

x

   
Hirsch, Helmut    

x

 
Hirsch, Jane    

x

 
Hofman, Julien      

x

Horns, Axel H.  

x

   
Hunger, Adam    

x

 
hwa100@yahoo.com    

x

 
Ibrahim Mohamed Abd El Moniem, Ahmed      

x

Irizarry, John    

x

 
Iyer, Rukmani

x

     
Jacoy, Jacob and Kaplan, Leon B.  

x

   
Jaeger-Lenz, Andrea    

x

 
jametrel@enoreo.on.ca    

x

 
jgraber@association.org    

x

 
Jensen, Mike  

x

   
john@atkeison.org    

x

 
Katsch, Ethan    

x

 
kcren@hotmail.com    

x

 
Kerr, Ian      

x

kics@loraincounty.net    

x

 
King, Ron    

x

 
Knight, Dale    

x

 
Kuner, Christopher

x

     
László, Velok  

x

 

x

Leal, Marcel

x

     
Lebow, Robert    

x

 
Lewin, Ted R.    

x

 
LGrif1872@aol.com

x

     
longmore@eng.utah.edu    

x

 
luca-wipo@olivetti.dhis.org    

x

 
Lulessa, Nega G.      

x

Lytle, Seth R.    

x

 
madrid@jmtoro.es    

x

 
marcmcswain@email.msn.com

x

     
Marinho de Castro, Clarice      

x

McCoy, Tony    

x

 
McTaggart, Craig      

x

Mikus, Jean-Philippe

x

     
Minus, Derek      

x

Moskin, Jonathon  

x

x

 
msondow@ic.sunysb.edu

x

     
Mueller, Milton

x

 

x

x

Munsche, Peter      

x

mwegley@cnetech.com    

x

 
Nadeau, Thomas D.    

x

 
Narra, Srikanth    

x

 
Nelthrope, Frederick D.    

x

 
netlooser@ndi.net    

x

 
Nezumi, Magenta H.    

x

 
nomen@mail.cinet.es

x

     
Oppedahl, Carl    

x

 
Opsahl, Kurt - and co-signatories; law professors, academics, students, attorneys and industry    

x

x

Oriol S.    

x

 
Orr, Tom    

x

 
Padilla, Robert      

x

Parisi, Dan    

x

 
Parker, Charles B.    

x

 
Partridge, Jeff    

x

 
Pazmiño, Carlos

x

     
Pearre, Benjamin Weste    

x

 
perugini@planet.it

x

     
Perry, Mark    

x

 
Peterson, Anna Victoria      

x

Pfeifer, Aina      

x

Pollack, Malla    

x

 
Rangarajan  

x

   
Reese, R.A.      

x

Reesha, Joseph C.    

x

 
Reidenberg, Joel R.  

x

   
Reisig, Ken    

x

 
rlojr@yahoo.com    

x

 
roc@cs.cmu.edu    

x

 
Rony, Ellen    

x

x

Rony, Peter    

x

x

Ropers, Thomas    

x

 
ruvenschwartz@hotmail.com    

x

 
sals@realityfusion.com    

x

 
Samuelson, Pam    

x

 
Schenk, Oliver      

x

scot@autonomous.org    

x

 
Sexton, Richard J.

x

 

x

 
Shahid, Alikahan      

x

Sherwood, Kirk    

x

 
Silver, Caryl      

x

Slattery, James M.    

x

 
Smith, Orlando

x

     
Smith, Russ    

x

 
Schwimmer, Martin  

x

   
Stefferud, Einar

x

     
Steinberg, Dan

x

     
Steinfeld, Ed

x

     
Sullivan, Andrew    

x

 
s.yeates@cs.canterbury.ac.nz    

x

 
Tang, Guangliang      

x

Thorburn, Ian      

x

Todd, Sandy    

x

 
turbotronic@prodigy.net    

x

 
Turner, Collin    

x

 
Verger, Gérard  

x

   
volkmar.bonn@erls.siemens.de  

x

   
Wee Loon, Ng-Loy      

x

Weinberg, Jonathon    

x

 
Woeger, Robert Adam    

x

 
wfm@capdatsys.com    

x

 
Williams, Dan    

x

 
Williams, Eric C.    

x

 
Williams Jr., Robert    

x

 
Winn, Jane K.    

x

 
wsmith@opasd.com

x

     
Yabe, Kozo  

x

   
Youdelman, Billy    

x

 
Youkharibache, Philippe    

x

 
Zamkotowicz, James E.    

x

 
Zhang, Xiao-He      

x

[Annex III follows]


Footnote

[1] A total of 66 comments were submitted to RFC-1; 72 comments were submitted to RFC-2 (of the 72 comments, six were administrative in nature); and 196 comments were submitted to RFC-3 (a small number of comments were submitted on behalf of more than one entity or individual).