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<p>Hi All, <br>
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<p>On Monday, 2/25/2019, American University Washington College of
Law is going to hold a great discussion on new gTLDs. I've
included the agenda below. Michael Karanicolas and I are both on
panels for this event. <br>
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<p>If you are in the Washington DC area, please come and join us!</p>
<p>Registration (free): <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/icann-and-the-new-top-level-domains/">https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/icann-and-the-new-top-level-domains/
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</a></p>
<p>Best, Kathy</p>
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text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span
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color:#4472C4;mso-themecolor:accent5">ICANN and the New
Top-Level Domains</span></i></b></p>
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University Washington College of Law, Room NT01</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
February 25, 2019</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1:30-5:30pm</span></p>
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style="font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-themetint:191">We
are
in the midst of an historic expansion of internet domain
names with more than
1200 new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) now competing
with
<.com>. This 5000% increase in gTLDs is the biggest
change to the
internet's domain naming system in thirty years (and more
are coming soon!). Accompanying
these new gTLDs, are new and innovative--but little
known--IP rights protection
mechanisms. These developments could have a profound impact
on the rights of IP
owners, domain name registrants, and the public, and on the
architecture of the
internet.</span></i><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1:30 Welcome,
Christine Haight Farley,
American University Washington College of Law</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1:40 <b>Trademark
Protections in the New
<span class="spelle">gTLDs</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael
Karanicolas,
University of Toronto </span></p>
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.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brian
King, MarkMonitor </span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rebecca
Tushnet, Harvard Law
School</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brian
Winterfeldt,
Winterfeldt IP Group (invited)</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
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Wong, ICANN (invited)</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3:15 <b>“Walled
Gardens:” Should <span class="spelle">gTLDs</span> Become
Private Platforms?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Becky
Burr, ICANN Board
& <span class="spelle">Neustar</span></span></p>
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.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sarah
Deutsch, ICANN Board</span></p>
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.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kathy
Kleiman, Center for
Information Technology, Princeton University</span></p>
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.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jeff
<span class="spelle">Neuman</span>,
Com Laude/<span class="spelle">Valideus</span></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mitch
Stoltz, EFF </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4:30 Closing,
Patricia <span class="spelle">Aufderheide</span>, American
University, School of Communication </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4:35-5:30
Reception</span></p>
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School of
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