Re: [icann-eu] FYI: Geraldine Capdeboscq on At Large

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 05:42:56PM -0500, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> Am I the only one who found those comments highly arrogant?  How is she a
> more competent person than any of the people elected, all of whom had as
> far as I know from a serious to an extremely serious technical background?
> 
> Furthermore, from here it looks as if the staff - mostly lawyers with less
> of technical background than even I, a former programmer but not a network
> tech, have, seem to be making most of the decisions.

Louis Touton has a degree from MIT in electrical engineering and 
computer science.

> Furthermore, even accepting her comments at face value, how does this
> technical expertise translate into making rules about arbitration such
> as the UDRP?  Rather badly on the evidence, I would say...

It was WIPO who made up the detailed rules on the UDRP.

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