Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

WIPO

WIPO/EC/BUE/01/INF/1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: May 29 2001

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA

SECOND WIPO INTERNET DOMAIN NAME PROCESS
WIPO REGIONAL CONSULTATION

Washington, D.C., United States of America

May 29, 2001

with the cooperation of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

prepared by the WIPO Secretariat

Tuesday May 29, 2001

9.00 - 9.30 Registration

9.30 - 9.45 Opening Remarks: Mr. Francis Gurry, Legal Counsel and Assistant Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

9.45 - 10.30 Background to the WIPO Processes and introduction to the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process Remarks: Mr. Francis Gurry, WIPO

10.30 - 17.00 Statements and Open Discussion i. personal names Remarks: Mr. Troy Dow, Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) ii. names of international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs); Remarks: Mr. Francis Gurry, WIPO Ms. Kathryn Kleiman, Internet Governance Project of the Association for Computing Machinery iii. geographical indications, indications of source and geographical terms Remarks: Mr. Andile Ngcaba, Director General, Department of Communications, South Africa - Representative of South Africa to the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN Christine Farley, Assistant Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law Ms. Kathryn Kleiman, Internet Governance Project of the Association for Computing Machinery iv. International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for Pharmaceutical Substances Remarks: Mrs. Sophia Fuerst, The United States Adopted Names Council Program at American Medical Association (USAN) v. trade names Remarks: Mr. Eric Menge, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration Ms. Linda Roesch, Vice-Chairperson of the INTA Internet Committee vi. the role of technical measures Remarks: Mr. Roger Cochetti,VeriSign Mr. Steven Metalitz, Counsel to the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names

11.00 - 11.15 Coffee/Tea Break

15.45 - 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break

12.45-14.15 Informal Lunch hosted by WIPO

17.00 Closing Remarks Mr. Francis Gurry, WIPO