April 25, 2009
4:24 p.m.
The draft IRT report on Intellectual Property issues associated with gTLDs was released yesterday. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24apr09-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protecti... Note that although it is posted for a 30 day comment period, the final report is due on 24 May 2009, and comments to be considered in the drafting of the final report must be submitted by 6 May 2009 - 11 days from today. It is clear that the IRT group has done an enormous amount of work in a very short time. I will leave it to experts in the field to comment on the appropriateness of their recommendations. Alan