Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

		E WIPO/EC/BUE/01/INF/1 ORIGINAL: English DATE: May 24, 2001
	WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

SECOND WIPO INTERNET DOMAIN NAME PROCESS
WIPO REGIONAL CONSULTATION

Melbourne, Australia

May 24, 2001

co-hosted by IP Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, and the National Office of the Information Economy (NOIE)

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

prepared by the WIPO Secretariat

Thursday May 24, 2001

9.00 - 9.30 Registration

9.30 - 9.45 Opening Remarks:

Mr. John Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
Mr. Michael Arblaster, Deputy Registrar, Trade Marks, IP Australia
Representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia (DFAT)
Ms. Lucinda Jones, Electronic Commerce Division, Office of Legal and Organization Affairs, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

9.45 - 10.15 Background to domain name issues and the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process
Ms. Lucinda Jones, WIPO

10.15 - 17.00 Statements and Open Discussion

i) International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for Pharmaceutical Substances
Remarks: Ms. Elisabeth Opie, Legal Counsel, CSIRO

ii) personal names
Remarks: Professor Staniforth (Sam) Ricketson, Melbourne
Mr. Michael Wolnizer, Davies Collison Cave, Melbourne

iii) geographical indications, indications of source and geographical terms
Remarks: Mr. Des Ryan, Davies Collison Cave, Melbourne
Mr. John Swinson, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane

iv) trade names
Remarks: Mr. Malcolm Royal, International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
Mr. Owen Malone, Fosters Brewing Group Ltd.
Mr. Peter Gretton, Telstra Corporation, Sydney

v) names of international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
Remarks: Ms. Lucinda Jones, WIPO

vi) the role of technical measures
Developments in Melbourne IT - Dr. Bruce Tonkin, MelbourneIT
Developments in .AU - Ms. Jo Lim, auDA, Melbourne
Philip N. Argy, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

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
Representatives of IP Australia, DFAT, NOIE and WIPO