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'''INTA''', or the '''International Trademark Association''', is a not-for-profit membership association established with the sole motive of providing the necessary support and advancement of trademarks and intellectual property with a view of conducting fair and effective commerce. It is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Brussels and Shanghai and representatives in Geneva, Mumbai and Washington D.C.  

'''INTA''', or the '''International Trademark Association''', is a not-for-profit membership association established with the sole motive of providing the necessary support and advancement of trademarks and intellectual property with a view of conducting fair and effective commerce. It is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Brussels and Shanghai and representatives in Geneva, Mumbai and Washington D.C.  

== INTA and ICANN ==

== INTA and ICANN ==

The INTA was critical of ICANN, telling its members to oppose ICANN’s proposed expression of interest (EOI) process, which it drafted in December, 2009 to solicit entities to submit basic information about themselves and their requests for new [[gTLD]]s. INTA cited that the decision of ICANN to accept pre-registrations was premature and also stressed that the pre-registration process was harmful to trademark holders, as it would force them to register their trademarks defensively in order to protect them. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/drewsen-to-dengate-thrush-12oct10-en.pdf icann.org]</ref>

The INTA was critical of [[ICANN]], telling its members to oppose ICANN’s proposed expression of interest ([[EOI]]) process, which it drafted in December 2009 to solicit entities to submit basic information about themselves and their requests for new [[gTLD]]s. INTA cited that the decision of ICANN to accept pre-registrations was premature and also stressed that the pre-registration process was harmful to trademark holders, as it would force them to register their trademarks defensively in order to protect them.

INTA had showed its willingness, however, to support ICANN in an economic study aimed to research one of the most overreaching issues identified by ICANN. However, it demanded that the study should take place prior to the launch of any new gTLD program.<ref>[http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10138 goldsteinreport.com]</ref> In response to this, ICANN also accepted the INTA offer over helping ICANN in writing an economic report. <ref>[http://www.managingip.com/Article/2701823/Icann-accepts-INTA-offer-of-help.html managingip.com]</ref>

Not all INTA members were supporting the association’s decision to oppose ICANN, however. For instance, [[Minds + Machines]], an INTA member, supports the EOI procedures. Minds + Machines CEO [[Antony Van Couvering]] pointed out to ICANN staff that INTA told its members to flood the EOI forum's comment area with anti-EOI messages, which the association thought would be effective in raising their voice against the process. Van Couvering explained the following as to why INTA opposed the EOI: ICANN had committed to resolve several issues related to the unlimited new gTLD program including trademark protection, root zone scaling, malicious conduct and economic demand and impact before introducing the new gTLDs, and the INTA believed that these overreaching issues remained unresolved and that ICANN had not done necessary work to ensure the potential benefits outweighed the risks, harms and the costs to the [[DNS]] and to the public.<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/msg00024.html forum.icann.org; post from Antony Van Couvering, CEO, Minds + Machines]</ref>

In letters from [[Heather Steinmeyer]], President of the INTA, dated September 8, 2010 and from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of the INTA, dated October 12, 2010, the INTA showed its willingness to assist ICANN in the identification of trademark protection issues and the analysis of the economic impact of the New gTLD Program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/steinmeyer-to-dengate-thrush-08sep10-en.pdf Letter from Heather Steinmeyer, President, International Trademark Association, September 8, 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/drewsen-to-dengate-thrush-12oct10-en.pdf Letter from Alen C. Drewson, Executive Director of International Trademark Association, October 12, 2010]</ref> To this, [[Peter Dengate Thrush]], Chairman of the [[ICANN Board of Directors]], replied on October 27, 2010, accepting the offer to

allow INTA's participation in the economic analysis process.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-steinmeyer-drewson-27oct10-en.pdf Letter from Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board of Director, ICANN, October 27, 2010]</ref>

 

At INTA's 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (May 5-9), one of the major topics discussed at the conference was domain names and how companies can protected their brands in an expanding top level name space. Many domain name-related companies numbered among the 9,000 in attendance, with the following companies exhibiting: [[101domain.com]], [[DomainTools]], [[GoDaddy]], [[ICM Registry]], [[Key-Systems]], [[Marksmen]] Inc., [[Melbourne IT]] DBS, and [[Safenames]] LTD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/01/xxx-registry-and-many-other-domain-companies-head-to-inta-meeting-next-week/ .XXX registry and many other domain companies head to INTA meeting next week, domainnamewire.com]</ref>

 

 

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