LOS ANGELES - The Sunrise and
Trademark Claims announced that survey is available for individuals interested
in sharing their feedback about these Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs). According to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the
Sunrise and Trademark Claims RPMs were adopted as part of the Corporation's New Generic
Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program. This feedback will be essential to the
evaluation of these Rights Protection Mechanisms and ICANN's data collection
efforts related to them.
What to Expect
Participants' responses are
voluntary and will remain anonymous and confidential.
Survey completion time is
approximately 15 minutes.
Registries, registrars, and
trademark owners and representatives also have an opportunity to participate in
the survey.
The ICANN Organization
commissioned Analysis Group, Inc., an external consulting firm, to develop and
administer the survey in close collaboration with the Review of All RPMs for
All gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group of the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO). The RPMs PDP Working Group is mandated to
conduct the first-ever policy review of all existing RPMs.
RPMs refer to policies and
processes developed to provide workable mechanisms for trademark owners to
either prevent or remedy certain unauthorized use of their trademarks in the
Domain Name System (DNS).
Sunrise and Trademark Claims RPMs
are services provided through ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). The
Sunrise service provides priority access to rights holders to request domain
names associated with their trademark(s). The Trademark Claims service provides
notification to the rights holder after registration, allowing for immediate
action if the domain registered is infringing rights. As Sunrise and Trademark
Claims RPMs have not been subject to a policy review before, no comprehensive,
publicly available data exists that measures the mechanisms' effectiveness.