[wg-b] (no subject)

[Greg Phillips <GDP@HPALAW.com>]

Subject:
        [wg-b] FORMAL BALLOT No. 1
   Date:
        Thu, 21 Oct 1999 05:24:35 -0400
   From:
        "Michael D. Palage" <mpalage@infonetworks.com>
     To:
        <wg-b@dnso.org>




Voting is scheduled to end on Monday midnight EST.
Please do _not_ edit the ballot beyond indicating your choice with an X
in
between the appropriate brackets "[]".
QUESTION #1
[Please identify the constituency group, if any, that you are
representing]
[] ccTLD Constituency
[] gTLD Constituency
[] Registrars Constituency
[] Intellectual Property Constituency
[X] Commercial and Business Entities Constituency
[] ISPs and Connectivity Providers
[] Non-commercial Domain Name Holder Constituency
[] I do not represent any Domain Name Supporting Organization, I am
participating in an individual capacity

QUESTION #2
[Please identify your region of citizenship (not residence)]
[X] North America
[] Asia/Australia/Pacific
[] Europe
[] Latin and S. America
[] Latin America/Caribbean Islands
[] Africa

QUESTION #3
[Please select ONE of the options listed below]
[X] Option A - Some type of mechanism, yet to be determined, is
necessary in
connection with famous trademarks and the operation of the Domain Name
System.
[] Option B - ICANN should not implement any mechanism for the
protection of
famous marks, because other mechanisms are adequate
[] Option C - ICANN should not implement any mechanism for the
protection of
famous marks, because it exceeds the scope of ICANN's authority
[] Option D - Both Option B & C
[] Option E - I choose to abstain from the voting process at this time

COMMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH QUESTION #3:
(Comments should be limited to 1 or 2 paragraphs)

Protections for famous trademark holders such as Porsche are absolutely
essential.



END OF BALLOT