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'''STI''' is the abbreviation for '''Specific Trademark Issues'''. It is also sometimes referred to as Special Trademark Issues. It was mostly adopted as a resolution by the Generic Names Support Organization ([[GNSO]]) on 28 October 2009. It was basically proposed by the GNSO when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) sent a letter to the GNSO requesting to review the policy implications of specific trademark protection mechanisms for the sake of the proposed new [[gTLD]] Program. The STI consisted of the following representatives: | '''STI''' is the abbreviation for '''Specific Trademark Issues'''. It is also sometimes referred to as '''Special Trademark Issues'''. It was mostly adopted as a resolution by the Generic Names Support Organization ([[GNSO]]) on 28 October 2009. It was basically proposed by the GNSO when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) sent a letter to the GNSO requesting to review the policy implications of specific trademark protection mechanisms for the sake of the proposed new [[gTLD]] Program. The STI consisted of the following representatives: | ||
* Representatives from each Stakeholder Group | * Representatives from each Stakeholder Group | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 6 August 2011
STI is the abbreviation for Specific Trademark Issues. It is also sometimes referred to as Special Trademark Issues. It was mostly adopted as a resolution by the Generic Names Support Organization (GNSO) on 28 October 2009. It was basically proposed by the GNSO when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sent a letter to the GNSO requesting to review the policy implications of specific trademark protection mechanisms for the sake of the proposed new gTLD Program. The STI consisted of the following representatives:
- Representatives from each Stakeholder Group
- Nominating Committee Appointees
- GAC
These representatives were tasked to analyze the specific rights protection mechanisms, which needs to be included in the Draft Application Guidebook or DAG.
Members[edit | edit source]
The STI mostly consists of attorneys from all the Stakeholder Groups, and people who have lots of experience in trademark law and Internet and a few numbers of non-lawyers.
Principles[edit | edit source]
The STI works on the following principles:
- Unanimous consensus
- Rough consensus: This is a situation wherein there is a small minority that disagrees about a topic but majority agree
- Strong support: This means that there is a large number of opposition
- No consensus [1]
Work[edit | edit source]
The STI after its creation was assigned a huge task which included processing and addressing trademark issues as well as providing solutions to the benefit of both the non-commercial users as well as those of the trademark owners and the DNS community as a whole. [2]
The STI published a report in which it provided its vital recommendations regarding the creation of a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure. It was mostly created to protect the trademarks in the new gTLD program. [3]
ICANN and STI[edit | edit source]
The ICANN created the STI to provide the recommendations about how the trademark issues should be handled keeping in mind the new gTLDs program and expansion of the Root. [2]
References[edit | edit source]