ICANN Meeting number 37 is now in full swing in Nairobi, Kenya. There are a number of presentations throughout the week that should be of interest to readers of this blog. Although there were problems with the audio feed during the meeting I attended this morning, the opportunity to participate remotely is greater than ever.
The presentation I attended was titled, "Trademark Protection in New gTLDs" and the discussion was segmented according to three topics: Trademark Clearinghouse, Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure and Post Dispute Delegation Resolution Procedure.
We will be discussing some of these issues throughout the week in depth, but the tone of the discussion itself bears mentioning before we get into the substance of the debate. I believe the moderator of the presentation, Mike Silber, referenced this twice, but it remains worth mentioning again that there is now significant consensus with regard to the issues related to trademark protection. As I have maintained for some time now, the implementation of new top-level domains is inevitable. The time for hand-wringing has concluded and trademark owners must plan now to deal with the introduction of new TLDs.
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