[Chapter-delegates] New ATLARGE Structure Internet Society China

[Glenn McKnight]

Hi All
For the record  I have  been  asking for  our  attention to the  ISOC
 Toronto  issue for three years.  As  one of the advocates  to create a
legitimate  ISOC Chapter  in Canada ( one of two)  this  group not only
steals the site but is gathering information on interested parties.  How
 many people have surrendered their  contact information to a mystery group
without any accountability.

If ISOC allows  it's  brand to be  stolen, hijacked and misrepresented by
false and misleading groups  we  have a serious  problem.

I would like the  silent nominees  for the ISOC Board get off their  hands
and wade into this issue.   This should be  an election issue that forces
the nominees into the discussion.  If they are silent  why are they running
for the board?
Glenn

Glenn McKnight
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On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Michael Kende <kende at isoc.org> wrote:

> Based on previous experience, I believe China would be difficult
> regardless of trademark issues.  But if you click on the isoctoronto link
> below, they seem to have actually hijacked our whole website, which adds
> significantly to the confusion.  Michael
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 21 Feb 2016, at 16:07, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:
>
> ISOC of New Zealand also hijacked the Internet Society brand - they
> eventually rebranded themselves, I believe. I am really unhappy about this
> kind of thing. I tried for quite a while re NZ and eventually they changed
> leadership and their attitude. The Chinese have been using the name for a
> long time without any affiliation. I think it may be hard to get them to
> stop - the trademark world is rife with cases where failure to defend the
> mark loses control. The term "Internet" cannot be trademarked except it has
> to refer to the "network of networks" we call "Internet" (a ten year battle
> against a banking consortium that was granted the trademark to "Internet" -
> it cost CNRI ten years and $100K in legal fees and only went away when
> there was a change in management that didn't think it was worth fighting
> further.).
>
> I am glad to see that Kathy is going to dig into this further.
>
> Kathy, do we have a recorded trademark for "internet society" ?
>
> v
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks
>> Recently the  ICANN ATLARGE  voted to include the civil society
>> organization called    Internet Society China into the  ALS membership of
>> APRALO.   They are not a  ISOC  Chapter.
>>
>> I have  tried to bring up the issue of  organizations that confuse the
>> public as to what is a legitimate ISOC chapter.  But  no one has  taken
>> notice.
>>
>>  I have  been notified  ISOC  that  the  www.isoctoronto.org    has been
>>  a rogue  site for  a few years   I am including a screencapture of the
>>  registration page they have  people  falsely add their information.
>> We need to have a process of  dealing with these type of  false or rogue
>> sites that  misinform the public.   Since  ISOC is  branding itself as a
>> viable strong organization and it turns a blind eye to this situation we
>> have a problem.
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Glenn McKnight
>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>> skype  gmcknight
>> twitter gmcknight
>> .
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