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2007 - Domain Names and Trademarks: Past, Present, and Future Print

Friday 23 March 2007, Euro-Counsels, MailClub, and the Bar council of Marseille organize, with the support of AFNIC and la Communauté Urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole, the third International Technology and Law Conference, taking place at the Pôle Média de la Belle de Mai, 37 rue Guibal, 13003 Marseille. The theme of the conference will be:

DOMAIN NAMES AND TRADEMARKS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

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The new bâtonnier of the Barreau de Marseille, Marc Bollet, will introduce the day. In the programme, three round tables and one workshop are proposed.

The four main themes of the day will be:

  • .fr: How does France manage this domain name when faced with .com and other nations' extensions?
  • Conflict management.
  • Best management practices for enterprise domain names.
  • How to defend against illegal practices.

Many specialists will be present for discussions during the day: institutions (Mathieu Weill, the director of AFNIC, INPI), domain name litigation experts, domain name management company representatives (3 Suisses, Spir, Rue du Commerce, Cofidis), and specialist european lawyers.

Download the registration form (FR).

Download the complete programme (FR).

9h15: .fr: How does France manage this domain name when faced with .com and other nations' extensions?

With the participation of:

  • Mathieu Weill, Director of AFNIC
  • Nils Bayer, Lawyer and Rechtsanwalt at the bars of Paris and Berlin, Euro-Counsels

Round table animated by Jean-François Poussard, domain names section manager, MailClub.

Themes discussed:

  • How has Afnic progressively opened up the availability of the .fr domamin?
  • How do professional domains (example: .avocat.fr) function?
  • The blockage of .fr domain registrations.
  • Cybersquatting, typosquatting. Is .fr still a domain of confidence?
  • Why has Germany the world's second most popular domain extension? What is behind its success? How are .de conflicts managed outside of the OMPI? Are international trademarks victims of .de cybersquatting?
  • How is the .fr domain positioned with respect to the european .eu domain?
  • The marketing of registers and free domains (.be - Belgium): what opion does Afnic have on this practice?
  • Do domain name registrars have a list of fundamentally forbidden terms?
  • What place is there for DOM-TOM extensions when compared to the .fr domain?
  • Focus on extensions of the future: .asia, .bzh, etc.

10h45: Conflict management

With the participation of:

  • Julie Laurent, Lawyer of the Bar of Paris, Euro-Counsels
  • Cédric Manara, Associated Professor, Edhec Business School
  • David-Irving TAYER, European advisor on trademarks, designs, and models, Cabinet Plasseraud

Round table animated by Séverine Mas, laywer at the Bar of Marseille, founder member of the association Euro-Counsels.

Themes discussed:

  • Alternative procedures for domain name litigation resolution.
  • The OMPI: how does it function? The UDRP: a miracle solution?
  • What is the cost of a procedure? What is the typical duration? What are the chances of obtaining a positive result?
  • The management of .eu domain litigation: how do the ADR function? What are the differences between the ADR and the UDRP?
  • How to obtain damages?
  • Solutions for recuperating an .fr domain.

12h30: Lunch for all participants

14h00: Best management practices for enterprise domain names.

With the participation of:

  • Olivier Boudoint, New products director, Cofidis
  • Yves Estor, judicial director, 3 Suisses International
  • Luc Sylvain Gilbert, judicial director, Spir Communication
  • Marie-Anne Luberne, regional PACA deligate, INPI

Round table animated by Cédric Manara, associated professor, Edhec Business School.

Themes discussed:

  • Naming strategy: trademarks and domain names.
  • What are the extensions most desired by French companies?
  • Detection of litigious names, surveillance systems, recuperation.
  • New product launches, name changes.
  • What are the available methods for preventing third parties from registering these domain names?
  • Online marketing: the role of the domain name.
  • Generic domain names: the madness of repurchasing.

15h45 - Domain name workshop: how to defend oneself against illegal practices?

With the participation of:

  • Cyril Chabert, Doctor of law, Avocat à la Cour, Lecturer at l'Université de Paris XII
  • Séverine Mas, lawyer at the Bar of Marseille, founder member of the association Euro-Counsels
  • Jean-François Poussard, domain names section manager, MailClub
  • Stéphane Rios et Yannick Simon, entrepreneur and historic CTO of Rue du Commerce
  • Isabelle Toutaud, head of legal department, AFNIC

Workshop animated by Benjamin Vitasse, domain name consultant jurist, MailClub.

Themes discussed:

  • The typosquatting invasion. How to defend against this phenomenon?
  • Rue du Commerce: reflections on the first judgement condemning a registrar to pay costs
  • Litigation .fr: Litigation solutions for the recuperation of .fr domains. How does one contact an owner of an .fr domain?
  • Cybersquatting furtive: limitations of recuperation systems.
  • Domain name parking, sponsored links. When squattors manipulate the popularity of a trademark in order to benefit the competition.

17h30: Conference finish