ICANN and the New Top-Level Domains
February 25, 2019
1:30-5:30 | Room NT-01
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Sponsors:
- American University Washington College of Law
- American University School of Communications
- Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
- Internet Governance Lab
We are in the midst of an historic expansion of internet domain names with more than 1200 new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) now competing with <.com>. This 5000% increase in gTLDs is the biggest change to the internet's domain naming system in thirty years (and more are coming soon!). Accompanying these new gTLDs, are new and innovative--but little known--IP rights protection mechanisms. These developments could have a profound impact on the rights of IP owners, domain name registrants, and the public, and on the architecture of the internet.
Agenda
1:30: Welcome
- Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law
1:40: Trademark Protections in the New gTLDs
- Michael Karanicolas, University of Toronto
- Brian King, MarkMonitor
- Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School
- Brian Winterfeldt, Winterfeldt IP Group
- Mary Wong, ICANN
3:00: Break
3:15: “Walled Gardens:” Should gTLDs Become Private Platforms?
- Becky Burr, ICANN Board & Neustar
- Sarah Deutsch, ICANN Board
- Kathy Kleiman, Center for Information Technology, Princeton University
- Jeff Neuman, Com Laude/Valideus
- Mitch Stoltz, EFF
4:30: Closing
- Patricia Aufderheide, American University, School of Communication
4:35: Reception