Re: Your Action on Domain Name Tasting is Requested - September 15th Deadline
Dear Mr. Di Gangi, Please find attached the answers to the questions in the above matter. Very truly yours, Dr. Éva SZIGETI Director of Trademark Operation DANUBIA Patent and Law Office H-1368 Budapest, POB 198 Street address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 16, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Phone: 36-1-411-8720; Fax: 36-1-317-1025 e-mail: szigeti@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:szigeti@xxxxxxxxxx> , szigeti@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:szigeti@xxxxxxxxxxx> , website: www.danubia.com <http://www.danubia.com> ==================================================================================== This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged information which is intended for the addressee(s) only and which may not be reproduced or disclosed to any other person. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number above or on e-mail and destroy your copy of the e-mail. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Claudio Di Gangi, INTA External Relations Manager, Internet and Judiciary [mailto:communications@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:09 PM To: Dr. Szigeti Éva Subject: Your Action on Domain Name Tasting is Requested - September 15th Deadline International Trademark Association - Representing Trademark Owners Since 1878 <http://www.magnetmail.net/images/template/inta/logo_inta_letterhead.gif> Dear Eva, As the size and importance of the Internet grows, The International Trademark Association continues to support public policy that promotes intellectual property as an element of fair and effective national and international commerce. Today, INTA would like to draw your attention to an important Internet policy development that requires your response by September 15th: ICANN, the Internet's governing body, is seeking feedback from Internet stakeholders on whether to proscribe an emerging practice known as Domain Name Tasting. Domain Name Tasting is described by ICANN as: * The systematic exploitation, by registrants, of a post registration refund period - typically five days - for the purposes of gaining access to domain names without cost and testing their profitability during the five day period. Domain Name Tasting is of particular concern to trademark owners because: * The short timeframes involved in registering, deleting and re-registering domain names means that some registrants may be profiting from the short-term use of trademark variations. * Existing legal and dispute resolution mechanisms may not be cost effective or sufficiently timely to deal with all the infringement or typo-squatting activity that may occur as a result of domain name tasting. * In just one month (March) this year, registrants tasted over 50 million domain names. Paul Twomey, President of ICANN, discussed Domain Name Tasting with INTA's Board of Directors during the 2007 Annual Meeting, and INTA's Internet Committee has worked to encourage ICANN to address these concerns. Because of these efforts, ICANN is now reviewing the practice of Domain Name Tasting, and is seeking the opinions of Internet stakeholders via two online questionnaires posted to its website. One poll, which was developed by the ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (of which INTA is a member), is specifically designed to gather feedback from individual trademark owners and their counsel. Even if you are unsure whether your brands or trademarks have been subject to Domain Name Tasting, INTA strongly recommends that you complete these surveys to protect your interests against this potentially harmful practice. Please find instructions and access to the online polls via this link: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-10aug07.htm <http://www.magnetmail1.net/ls.cfm?r=102084969&sid=2744007&m=358389&u=INTA&s=http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-10aug07.htm> Please reply at your earliest convenience, keeping in mind the September 15, 2007 deadline. Should you have any questions or if you require further assistance, please contact me at: +1-212-642-1720 or cdigangi@xxxxxxxx Thank you for expressing your concerns to ICANN on this important Internet policy matter. 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