Domain Name Law and Regulation Seminar - Program
The Domain Name System (DNS), which matches computer addresses to humanfriendly domain names, has given rise to novel legal issues including the international arrangements for regulating the DNS and disputes involving the use of trade marks as domain names. Well-known experts and policy-makers will share their views on the latest developments in this rapidly-moving field including insights from the ICANN February 2008 meeting in New Delhi.
The seminar will provide an update on the new process for introducing generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) as well as review recent developments in the international system for resolving disputes between trade marks and domain names, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The seminar coincides with the Australian launch of David Lindsay’s new book, International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP (Hart, Oxford, 2007)
16:00 Welcome
Chair: Michael Wolnizer Partner, Davies Collison Cave
16:10 Recent Developments at ICANN: the new gTLD process
Dr Bruce Tonkin
16:30 Recent Developments in Domain Name Governance: auDA, ICANN and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Chris Disspain
16:50 Questions and Discussions
17:00 The UDRP: Reflections after 8 years
The Honourable Neil Brown QC
17:20 Criticism Sites and the UDRP: Recent developments and emerging principles
David Lindsay
17:40 Questions and Discussions
18:00 BOOK LAUNCH
David Lindsay, International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP
The Honourable Tony Staley