WIPO 2008 DOMAIN NAME PANELLISTS' MEETING IN GENEVA

WIPO

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA


WIPO ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER
Domain Name Panelists Meeting


Geneva
October 20, 2008
PROGRAM

08.15 – 09.00 Registration and coffee


09.00 – 09.15 Overview and developments

Erik Wilbers
Acting Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Head, Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section


09.15 – 9.35 Registrars and the UDRP – registrars as registrants, and other conundrums
The GE (D2007-1834), Ricard (D2008-0789), Canwest (D2008-0687)
and Eva Padberg (D2007-1886) cases

Matthew Harris


09.35 – 10.05 Privacy and proxy registration services – the settling dust?
Identifying the proper respondent; mutual jurisdiction; assessing chain of ownership in privacy cases
The BME (D2008-0882) and HSBC (D2007-0062) cases, and others

William Towns and Richard Lyon






10.05 – 10.25 Bulk registrations and shielded acquisition of domain name portfolios
The iFranchise (D2007-1438) and Ticketmaster (D2007-1921) cases

M. Scott Donahey


10.25 – 10.45 Coffee Break


10.45 – 11.05 Assessing claims of common law rights in UDRP cases
The BS case (D2008-1010)

Tony Willoughby and Frederick Abbott


11.05 – 11.30 The evolution of ‘willful blindness’ under the UDRP
The Grundfos case (D2007-1448) and others

Warwick Smith


11.30 – 11.45 Domain name registration in contemplation of possible third party rights
The Shelbox case (D2008-0404)

Brigitte Joppich


11.45 – 12.10 Two procedural determinations: 1. mutual jurisdiction and ambiguous registration agreements; 2. supplemental filing tactics

Richard Lyon


12.10 – 12.30 PPC pages and descriptive domain names – generic v. trademark value
mVisible Technologies (D2007-1141) and Asian World of Martial Arts
(D2007-1415)

David Bernstein


12.30 – 14.00 Lunch


14.00 – 14.20 Universal v. local – applying national law in UDRP cases
Chelsea (D2007-1379) and Calvin Ayre (D2007-1947)

Jonathan Turner


14.20 – 15.20 Criticism sites and other free speech – bridging the divide?
Sermo (D2008-0647), 1066 (D2007-1461),
Calvin Ayre (D2007-1947), Covance (D2004-0206), and others

Panel: David Bernstein
Matthew Harris
Harini Narayanswamy
Miguel O’Farrell
Alistair Payne
Jonathan Turner

Moderator: Warwick Smith


15.20 – 15.40 Updates on Center procedure – language, registrar verification, privacy, mutual jurisdiction

David Roache-Turner
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center


15.40 – 16.00 Coffee Break


16.00 – 16.20 Dealing with respondent consent to transfer; informal consents

Linda Chang and Tony Willoughby


16.20 – 16.50 New gTLDs and rights protection mechanisms

Eun-Joo Min
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center


16.50 – 17.30 Open Floor: Issues raised by participants


17.30 – 18.00 Update on the World Intellectual Property Organization

Francis Gurry
Director General-Elect


18.00 CLOSING FOLLOWED BY COCKTAIL RECEPTION