[Chapter-delegates] New ATLARGE Structure Internet Society China

[Eric Burger]

Also, trademarks are by their nature national. To protect the brand, ISOC (ours) would need to register is lots and lots of countries. That may not be possible from a legal perspective in all countries and is unquestionably cost prohibitive to register in many countries.

As for isoctoronto.org, it looks like a phishing site. That might violate .ORG terms of service. I’ll ask.

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Grigori Saghyan <gregor at arminco.com> wrote:
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> In some countries NGOs have no rights to have any foreign supervisor (may be there is a more correct  word, which describes relationship  of  ISOC and its  Chapters )
> structure,  any dependance is prohibited. If ISC is in such situation, it is better to find a solution for thier case, it is not a simple question.
> Grigori Saghyan
> ISOC.AM
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> On 21.02.2016 18:15, Glenn McKnight 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.
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>> 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.
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>>  I have  been notified  ISOC  that  the   <http://www.isoctoronto.org/>www.isoctoronto.org <http://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
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>> Glenn McKnight
>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
>> skype  gmcknight
>> twitter gmcknight
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