Dmytro Savchuk and Olha Lyubun, associates of Lavrynovych & Partners Law Firm, have attended a seminar entitled «The Changing Domain Name Landscape and New gTLDs: Business Risk and Opportunity Management».
The seminar was held with the support of the Ukrainian Bar Association, the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and BASCAP initiative group in Ukraine.
The seminar included a discussion of the resolution approved by the Board of Directors of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in June, 2011, regarding the changes in domain name landscape and introduction of new gTLDs (generic top level domains). The discussion focused on the analysis of problems and opportunities related to the introduction of new gTLDs, as well as issues of Internet business risk management and prospects of correlation between legal protection of domain names and trademarks.