PAB results

ELIFE-MZ · Mar 17, 2008

We are pleased to announce that the following four candidates have been elected to our Policy Advisory Body:

1. Robert Taylor
2. Clive D.W. Feather
3. Nora Nanayakkara
4. Simon Bezant

Congrats to all.

Edwin · Mar 17, 2008

A very healthy looking list. Well done everyone!

deconstruction · Mar 17, 2008

Well done all.....

Sound · Mar 17, 2008

Well done good mixture of people.......

landlord · Mar 17, 2008

Well done

Yes well done Rob and Simon....new faces new ideas

and Simon you wont have 'you know who' purposefully being negative and therefore less, unnecessary, confrontation

Simon if you are to focus your mind on the DRS then watch this persons decisions:-

Michael read physics at Imperial College before switching to law. He was called to the Bar in 1980 and joined chambers at 11 South Square, Gray's Inn where he is now the head of chambers. In 1991 he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Treasury in Patent and related matters, a post he held until he took silk (QC) in 1996. Whilst Treasury Junior he advised the government on many IP matters and represented it regularly in tribunals up to the European Court. He was accredited as a mediator by ADR Chambers in 2004, since when he has regularly conducted IP mediations. He also teaches mediation courses.

Michael is one of the foremost Intellectual Property barristers in the UK. He has appeared in many leading patent, trade mark and copyright cases over the last 25 years and is well known for his technical grasp and IP expertise. He is also well-known for his IT practice, having acted in a number of substantial IT disputes. He recently advised EDS in a dispute over a major public sector contract. He is currently representing Nokia in patent cases concerned with mobile telephone technology, a field of considerable technological complexity. His forensic skills are widely admired, particularly in cross-examination.

As a mediator, Michael has a rapidly growing reputation as an effective facilitator of positive discussions between the parties. Since becoming accredited, he has mediated disputes in all areas of IP.

Lee

SF · Mar 17, 2008

Fantastic - what a result! well done to everyone

sneezycheese · Mar 17, 2008

May I be the first to say thanks for the support guys!

Regards,

Simon.

bb99 · Mar 17, 2008

An interesting result - congratulations to all.

rob · Mar 18, 2008

Thanks for the everyone who voted, and thanks to those who were going to vote and forgot ;-)

Congrats to everyone!

Cheers,
Rob.

Admin · Mar 18, 2008

well done everyone, do we need a PAB forum now?

yesterday · Mar 18, 2008

Delighted!

Well done all.

yesterday

Beasty · Mar 18, 2008

Well done to you all!

Beasty · Mar 18, 2008

landlord said:
Yes well done Rob and Simon....new faces new ideas

and Simon you wont have 'you know who' purposefully being negative and therefore less, unnecessary, confrontation

Simon if you are to focus your mind on the DRS then watch this persons decisions:-

Michael read physics at Imperial College before switching to law. He was called to the Bar in 1980 and joined chambers at 11 South Square, Gray's Inn where he is now the head of chambers. In 1991 he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Treasury in Patent and related matters, a post he held until he took silk (QC) in 1996. Whilst Treasury Junior he advised the government on many IP matters and represented it regularly in tribunals up to the European Court. He was accredited as a mediator by ADR Chambers in 2004, since when he has regularly conducted IP mediations. He also teaches mediation courses.

Michael is one of the foremost Intellectual Property barristers in the UK. He has appeared in many leading patent, trade mark and copyright cases over the last 25 years and is well known for his technical grasp and IP expertise. He is also well-known for his IT practice, having acted in a number of substantial IT disputes. He recently advised EDS in a dispute over a major public sector contract. He is currently representing Nokia in patent cases concerned with mobile telephone technology, a field of considerable technological complexity. His forensic skills are widely admired, particularly in cross-examination.

As a mediator, Michael has a rapidly growing reputation as an effective facilitator of positive discussions between the parties. Since becoming accredited, he has mediated disputes in all areas of IP.

Lee

Good spot Lee - he's a top class silk.

landlord · Mar 18, 2008

Consideration

Beasty...for your consideration

How come a link from a website could be a cause for action in passing off but not protectable under trade mark law....i.e. you can't protect your right to put a link on your website by applying for a trade mark in that category but that link could become a cause for a later action for passing off.

Seems very bizarre given that most abuse under the DRS is for parking pages that only contain links

Actually is a parking page under a mark capable of being trade marked?

Lee

rottensoundz · Mar 19, 2008

congatulations. !!!!!!!!!

congatulations. !!!!!!!!!

Beasty · Mar 19, 2008

landlord said:
Beasty...for your consideration

How come a link from a website could be a cause for action in passing off but not protectable under trade mark law....i.e. you can't protect your right to put a link on your website by applying for a trade mark in that category but that link could become a cause for a later action for passing off.

Seems very bizarre given that most abuse under the DRS is for parking pages that only contain links

Actually is a parking page under a mark capable of being trade marked?

Lee

Without knowing the facts referred to it is difficult to comment. However,in general, it is easier (and cheaper) to enforce rights in a registered mark than it is to take action in passing off. In theory, an advert could be infringement in either registered TM or passing off - though there is a recent German appeal case that seems to say otherwise in respect of registered TMs.

aZooZa · Mar 19, 2008

Thank God for a good result. I see the bitching has already started on "nom-steer".

bb99 · Mar 19, 2008

aZooZa said:
Thank God for a good result. I see the bitching has already started on "nom-steer".

On the one hand I think it's right to ask the question... On the other hand it does somewhat query the professional integrity of those on the PAB!

Sweeping generalisation: Either way, I think the domain community is now well represented on the PAB for one reason only - the domain community doesn't feel like it's being listened to, and/or it feels like it is always the bad guy, and hence wants to try and change that.

landlord · Mar 19, 2008

Not a trade in goods but a service

I have seen a viewpoint that says a link is a service and not a trade and therefore not protectable under a Trade Mark in the goods that relate to the link. Maybe the protection should be in a different class ie. a shop offering links to goods

Also is misconception actually bad faith

Lee

Hazel Pegg · Mar 19, 2008

bb99 said:
On the one hand I think it's right to ask the question... On the other hand it does somewhat query the professional integrity of those on the PAB!

I have not queried the professional integrity of anyone. I have been careful not to do so if you re-read my posts to nom-steer. What I have queried is the desirability of the majority of the elected membership of the PAB being from any one single sector of the .uk constituency. Not on the gounds of the undesirability of that sector but on the grounds that such a concentration from one sector necessarily reduces the number of elected PAB members with experience of other sectors.

Hazel