INTA will be hosting a free roundtable discussion on new gTLD?s in Munich next week. The main focus of the free seminar event will be legal rights objections for trademark owners. Brand owners and companies are encouraged to attend.
According to the International Trademark Association (INTA) more than 1,200 new gTLD applicants have registered with ICANN, submitting 2,000 new gTLD applications. Once ICANN reveals all the new gTLDs that have been applied for, there will be a temporary and nonrecurring objection period.
The legal rights objection period is expected to last approximately 7 months, starting in June 2012. The legal rights objection procedure may protect a trademark by denying any gTLDs that takes unfair advantage, unjustifiably impairs the distinctive character or creates confusion of a trademark.
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) has been selected by ICANN to administer these dispute resolution procedures for all new gTLD strings. Erik Wilbers, the Director of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, will present this rights protection mechanism and will highlight at the event.
The roundtable discussion takes place on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 from 2:00 ? 4:00 PM at the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost in Munich, Germany. Sebastian Ritze, Legal Manager at United Domains AG will be in charge of the introduction and moderation.
Registration is free, so if you have your afternoon open on that day, and you live in Germany, you don?t want to miss this event. Pr-registrations must be confirmed by Monday, June 18, 2012, at 2:00 pm?UTC according to the INTA website. As of this writing, there were 46 confirmed attendees.
If you are wondering why Germany was selected to host this roundtable?? Well, probably because Germany has one of the largest and most active ccTLD aftermarket?s in the world. The .DE domain space has over 15 million registrations, and the German domain lifecycle has always been very active and locally oriented.
There are a handful of German based companies that are huge players in the global domaining world, such as Sedo and Key Systems. Neighboring Luxembourg is also a very popular corporate domain haven, for many domain businesses which choose to incorporate there, as well as domain industry investors from abroad who take advantage of the local intellectual property laws/regulations and tax benefits.
INTA is a not-for-profit membership association dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property as elements of fair and effective commerce.
The Association was founded in 1878 by 17 merchants and manufacturers who saw a need for an organization ?to protect and promote the rights of trademark owners, to secure useful legislation and to give aid and encouragement to all efforts for the advancement and observance of trademark rights.?
Today, 5,900 trademark owners, professionals and academics from more than 190 countries make INTA a powerful network of powerful brands. Members of INTA find true value in the Association?s global trademark research, policy development, and education and training.
Headquartered in New York City, INTA also has offices in Shanghai, Brussels and Washington DC?and representatives in Geneva and?Mumbai.
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