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Trademark Internet

The committee monitors and reports on significant developments in the area of trademarks and the internet. A major focus of the committee is the domain name administration system. The committee represents AIPLA's interests as a member of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and participates in various ICANN-related working groups, working closely with AIPLA's Executive Director. We also monitor and may become involved in internet-focused legislation that impacts trademark owners, as necessary. Other areas of interest include UDRP domain name dispute decisions and relevant case law developments, such as cases involving the use of others' trademarks in keyword-triggered search engine advertising.

 

 Committee Announcements

 
  
Announcement Description
  
  

Please note that because of a scheduling conflict with ICANN 46 7-11 April 2013 Beijing, the committee teleconference originally scheduled for April 9, 2013 (2 pm ET) will be held one week later instead on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the same time.​

  

ICANN 46 7-11 April 2013 Beijing: http://beijing46.icann.org/

  

The period for public comments to be submitted to ICANN in respect of Closed Generic gTLDs closed March 7, 2013.

See http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment for other upcoming public comment opportunities.

The period for fomal objections to new gTLDs based on string confusion, legal rights, limited public interest or community will close on March 13, 2013. Objections received by that date will move through a dispute resolution process which is expected to take about 5 months in most cases.

 

  

See article at:

http://www.worldipreview.com/news/icann-picks-first-urs-provider?goback=%2Egde_3179275_member_216286444#%2EUSYjRPtVDNo%2Elinkedin

Notable gTLDs withdrawn include .gmc, .chevrolet and .cadillac.

Until ICANN publishes the initial evaluation results, expected to be late March, applicants withdrawing their bids qualify for a 70 percent refund ($130,000) of the $185,000 application fee. After results are posted, the refund [will drop to] 50 percent. 

  

Happy New Year!

Here is the dial-in information for our first monthly (second Tuesday) teleconference of the new year:

Time: 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/noon MT/11 am PT

Dial-in: 1 (888) 291-0312 US\Canada Toll Free
             1 (630) 785-5835 US Toll
 
Passcode: 7367 337#

 

If anyone will be calling from outside the United States or Canada, send me an email at jfuhrer@ridoutmaybee.com and I will send you the dial-in information for our country.

Among other things, we will be discussing the draft comments regarding the ICANN TMC "strawman solution" forwarded to you in December. The deadline for submissions was extended by ICANN at the "11th hour" but we will need to finalize the submission and submit it to the AIPLA Board for approval shortly after our teleconference.

We look forward to speaking with you.

Mark Partridge, Chair

Janet Fuhrer, Vice-Chair

  

Latest developments in Internet governance by Stéphane Van Gelder, Registry Relations and Strategy Director of NetNames, member of ICANN’s Nominating Committee: http://www.netnames.com/blog/2013/01/icann-strives-to-improve-the-new-gtld-program/?goback=%2Egde_3179275_member_205042084

  

Noteworthy Upcoming Events:

 
January 8 at 2:00 pm ET: Brand Owners Coalition Call (conflicts with Committee teleconference! see separate announcement)
 
January 15 deadline for comments regarding ICANN TMC "Strawman Solution"

 

January 29-30: ICANN Inter-sessional Meeting in Los Angeles, CA 

 

 

 Committee Documents

 
  
  
  
  
AIPLA Letter to ICANN on Closed Generic gTLDs 3-7-13.pdf
  
3/7/2013 3:03 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Letter to ICANN re Strawman Solution 1-15-13.pdf
  
1/18/2013 5:05 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Trademark Internet Committee Report of April 16 2013 Teleconference.doc
  
5/2/2013 3:12 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Trademark Internet Committee Report of February 12 2013 Teleconference.DOC
  
2/25/2013 1:40 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Trademark Internet Committee Report of January 8 2013 Teleconference.DOC
  
2/12/2013 9:14 AMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Trademark Internet Committee Report of March 12 2013 Teleconference.DOC
  
4/4/2013 1:54 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
AIPLA Trademark Internet Committee Report of May 14 2013 Teleconference.doc
  
5/17/2013 2:01 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
Free call in numbers for monthly AIPLA TM Internet Cttee teleconference.pdf
  
4/15/2013 2:41 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
ICANN 45 Toronto Full Report by Erin Sheehan, Policy Assistant, AIPLA.pdf
  
1/8/2013 11:42 AMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
Limited Preventative Registrations (LPRs) Summary.pdf
  
1/7/2013 2:50 PMNo presence informationJanet Fuhrer
 

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