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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