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The Global Protected Marks List allows rights holders of worldwide trademarks to add them into a white list. This gives them a good amount of protection for the use of their trademark at the top and second levels. One important thing to note is that the benefits of GPML are limited only to the trademark owners and not to their licensees. Thus, all domain name registrations that are waiting to be included into the GPML must be issued in the name of the trademark owner.<ref>[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf IRT Draft Report]</ref>
The Global Protected Marks List allows rights holders of worldwide trademarks to add them into a white list. This gives them a good amount of protection for the use of their trademark at the top and second levels. One important thing to note is that the benefits of GPML are limited only to the trademark owners and not to their licensees. Thus, all domain name registrations that are waiting to be included into the GPML must be issued in the name of the trademark owner.<ref>[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf IRT Draft Report]</ref>
==GPML Requirements==
* To gain the benefits of GPML, trademark owners need to have an ownership of 200 trademark registrations with national recognition and should have GPM issued in a minimum of 90 countries.
* To gain the benefits of GPML, trademark owners need to have an ownership of 200 trademark registrations with national recognition and should have GPM issued in a minimum of 90 countries.
* The trademark owners should have all the registrations issued on or before November 1, 2008
* The trademark owners should have all the registrations issued on or before November 1, 2008
* The owners needs to state that the registration for the applied GPM is not owned by any other party
* The owners needs to state that the registration for the applied GPM is not owned by any other party
* The registration of the second level domain names needs to be identical to the GPM in 50 TLDs <ref name="link2">[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf icann.org]IRT draft report</ref>
* The registration of the second level domain names needs to be identical to the GPM in 50 TLDs <ref">[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf IRT Draft Report]</ref>
== Functioning of GPML ==
== Functioning of GPML ==
The IP Clearinghouse is charged with validating all data regarding the GPML application. Once the IP Clearinghouse finishes with the validation and sums up the initial GPML, ICANN publishes it before the request for proposal or RPF issues. This publishing by ICANN is done beforehand so that there are no potential applicants to take the GPML even if they want to do so.
The IP Clearinghouse is charged with validating all data regarding the GPML application. Once the IP Clearinghouse finishes with the validation and sums up the initial GPML, ICANN publishes it before the request for proposal or RPF issues. This publishing by ICANN is done beforehand so that there are no potential applicants trying to register a protected mark.
For the continued qualification of marks, the trademark owner needs to sign an affidavit or declaration attached with the initial documented evidence and the annual re-validation paperwork.
For the continued qualification of marks, the trademark owner needs to sign an affidavit or declaration attached with the initial documented evidence and the annual re-validation paperwork.
Once the process of initial application is concluded, the process of including new applications for marks to be included in the GPML takes place on a rolling basis. It is ICANN who decides to accept new gTLD applications on a rolling basis or before every new gTLD application round. <ref name="link2">[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf icann.org]IRT draft report</ref>
Once the process of initial application is concluded, the process of including new applications for marks to be included in the GPML takes place on a rolling basis.<ref>[http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-draft-report-trademark-protection-24apr09-en.pdf IRT Draft Report]</ref>
== References ==
== References ==