Trademark Protection in the New gTLD Environment: A Policy and Enforcement Deep Dive

The generic top-level domain (gTLD) environment is constantly evolving, with new TLDs going live, reviews of the current rights protection mechanisms underway, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) grappling with how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect WHOIS in both the immediate and longer term. For trademark counsel, the need for effective policing and enforcement efforts, coupled with close monitoring of related policy issues, continues unabated. In this exclusive roundtable, Virginia Carron, Jonathan Uffelman and other trademark and domain experts provide insight into the challenges emanating from the ICANN world and explore best practice in enforcement efforts – including an exploration of Uniform Rapid Suspension system (URS) and Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) decisions, policing efforts in a GDPR world and how to prioritize defensive registrations. Read the full interview here.