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Not all INTA members were supporting the association’s decision to oppose ICANN, however. For instance, [[Minds + Machines]], an INTA member, supports the EOI procedures. Minds + Machines CEO [[Antony Van Couvering]] pointed out to ICANN staff that INTA told its members to flood the EOI forum's comment area with anti-EOI messages, which the association thought would be effective in raising their voice against the process. Van Couvering explained the following as to why INTA opposed the EOI: ICANN had committed to resolve several issues related to the unlimited new gTLD program including trademark protection, root zone scaling, malicious conduct and economic demand and impact before introducing the new gTLDs, and the INTA believed that these overreaching issues remained unresolved and that ICANN had not done necessary work to ensure the potential benefits outweighed the risks, harms and the costs to the [[DNS]] and to the public.<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/msg00024.html forum.icann.org; post from Antony Van Couvering, CEO, Minds + Machines]</ref>

Not all INTA members were supporting the association’s decision to oppose ICANN, however. For instance, [[Minds + Machines]], an INTA member, supports the EOI procedures. Minds + Machines CEO [[Antony Van Couvering]] pointed out to ICANN staff that INTA told its members to flood the EOI forum's comment area with anti-EOI messages, which the association thought would be effective in raising their voice against the process. Van Couvering explained the following as to why INTA opposed the EOI: ICANN had committed to resolve several issues related to the unlimited new gTLD program including trademark protection, root zone scaling, malicious conduct and economic demand and impact before introducing the new gTLDs, and the INTA believed that these overreaching issues remained unresolved and that ICANN had not done necessary work to ensure the potential benefits outweighed the risks, harms and the costs to the [[DNS]] and to the public.<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/msg00024.html forum.icann.org; post from Antony Van Couvering, CEO, Minds + Machines]</ref>

    

    

In letters from [[Heather Steinmeyer]], President of the INTA, dated September 8, 2010 and from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of the INTA, dated October 12, 2010, the INTA showed its willingness to assist ICANN in the identification of trademark protection issues and the analysis of the economic impact of the New gTLD Program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/steinmeyer-to-dengate-thrush-08sep10-en.pdf Letter from Heather Steinmeyer, President, International Trademark Association, September 8, 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/drewsen-to-dengate-thrush-12oct10-en.pdf Letter from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of International Trademark Association, October 12, 2010]</ref> To this, Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the [[ICANN Board of Directors]], replied on October 27, 2010, accepting the offer to  

In letters from [[Heather Steinmeyer]], President of the INTA, dated September 8, 2010 and from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of the INTA, dated October 12, 2010, the INTA showed its willingness to assist ICANN in the identification of trademark protection issues and the analysis of the economic impact of the New gTLD Program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/steinmeyer-to-dengate-thrush-08sep10-en.pdf Letter from Heather Steinmeyer, President, International Trademark Association, September 8, 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/drewsen-to-dengate-thrush-12oct10-en.pdf Letter from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of International Trademark Association, October 12, 2010]</ref> To this, [[Peter Dengate Thrush]], Chairman of the [[ICANN Board of Directors]], replied on October 27, 2010, accepting the offer to  

allow INTA's participation in the economic analysis process.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-steinmeyer-drewson-27oct10-en.pdf Letter from Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board of Director, ICANN, October 27, 2010]</ref>

allow INTA's participation in the economic analysis process.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-steinmeyer-drewson-27oct10-en.pdf Letter from Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board of Director, ICANN, October 27, 2010]</ref>