<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Interdisciplinary effort produces all star line-up! There are two panels : 1) Trademark Protections in the New gTLDs 2) “Walled Gardens:” Should gTLDs Become Private Platforms?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><u></u><div class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:673.636px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824subscribe-body" style="width:653.636px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824the-post"><div class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/au-icann" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_8800842757358072824size-medium gmail-m_8800842757358072824wp-image-10931" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/au-icann-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Today, <strong>Monday February 25 2019</strong> at <strong>1:30pm ET</strong> (18:30 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">American University Washington College of Law</a></strong>, the <strong><a href="https://www.american.edu/soc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">American University School of Communications</a></strong>, the<br><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><strong>Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property</strong></a>, and the <strong><a href="https://internetgovernancelab.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet Governance Lab</a></strong> present a mini-conference - <strong><a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/icann-and-the-new-top-level-domains/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">ICANN and the New Top-Level Domains</a></strong> in Washington DC. Participants will consider the impact of the recent addition of 1200+ new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the rights of IP owners, domain name registrants, and the public, and on the architecture of the internet. Speakers include: <strong>Michael Karanicolas</strong>, University of Toronto; <strong>Brian King</strong>, MarkMonitor; <strong>Rebecca Tushne</strong>t, Harvard Law School; <strong>Brian Winterfeldt</strong>, Winterfeldt IP Group; <strong>Mary Wong</strong>, ICANN; <strong>Becky Burr</strong>, ICANN Board & Neustar; <strong>Sarah Deutsch</strong>, ICANN Board; <strong>Kathy Kleiman</strong>, Center for Information Technology, Princeton University; <strong>Jeff Neuman</strong>, Com Laude/Valideus; and <strong>Mitch Stoltz</strong>, EFF.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>VIEW ON YOUTUBE: <a href="https://youtu.be/1zt-hfwCV0Q" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://youtu.be/1zt-hfwCV0Q</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/au-icann" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/au-icann</a> (AI Captions)</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb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