What does .brand mean for you? Here 's your chance to ask the experts...
| Date: |
13 February 2012
- 13 February 2012 |
| Time: |
08.45 - 11.30 |
| Venue: |
Field Fisher Waterhouse, 35 Vine Street, London, EC3N 2PX |
| CPD pts: |
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Field Fisher Waterhouse and Melbourne IT offer you
the opportunity to put your .brand questions to Dr Bruce Tonkin,
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of ICANN (architects of the
gTLD program), as well as to hear from legal experts on
implications and opportunities arising out of the new regime.
This limited capacity event is not to be missed!
ICANN's new gTLD program finally became a reality when applications
opened on 12 January 2012 amidst a flurry of
controversy. Whether you've decided to join the .brand
revolution or just to wait and see, the online landscape is about
to change forever and all organisations need to finalise their
strategy and decide how to prepare for potentially hundreds of new
domain extensions.
This interactive event will discuss the opportunities and
challenges and how organisations can best prepare themselves.
Dr Tonkin has been at the forefront of ICANN
policy development since 2001. He will be on hand during the
morning to share his thoughts and insight on .brand and to answer
any questions you have.
Lucy Nunn and Robert Blamires are senior lawyers at Field Fisher
Waterhouse, a law firm at the cutting edge of domain name
exploitation and brand protection. The firm works with
clients and their consultants on a wide variety of domain name
registration, exploitation and protection services and is
perfectly-placed to assist businesses in understanding the new
regime, and maximising the opportunities it presents.
This seminar is relevant to all
industry sectors and may be of particular interest to in-house
marketing departments, and in- house legal and IP professionals who
deal with domain name registration, commercial exploitation and
trade mark and brand protection issues.
Agenda
| 08:45 -
09:15 |
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Registration and refreshments |
09:15 -
10:20
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Presentations / insights on the new gTLD regime:
- Robert Blamires, Senior
Associate, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
- Lucy Nunn, Senior Associate, Field
Fisher Waterhouse LLP
- Dr Bruce Tonkin, ICANN Board Member and Chief Strategy Officer
for Melbourne IT Limited
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| 10:20 -
10:50 |
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Roundtable discussion – practical issues for brand
owners |
| 10:50 - 11:30 |
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Closing remarks and refreshments |